Harness the latest capabilities of HTML5 and CSS to create a single UI that works flawlessly on mobile phones, tablets, and desktops — plus everything in-between – now with color images!

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.

Key Features

• Understand what responsive web design is and its significance for modern web development
• Explore the latest developments in responsive web design and CSS, including layout with Grid and Subgrid, CSS Cascade Layers, Wide Gamut colors, and CSS Functions
• Get to grips with the uses and benefits of new HTML elements and attributes

Book Description

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Fourth Edition, is a fully revamped and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques for responsive web design. It emphasizes pragmatic application, teaching you the approaches needed to build most real-life websites, with downloadable examples in every chapter.

Written in the author’s friendly and easy-to-follow style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design, including approaches for better accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, and the latest color manipulation tools making their way to browsers. You can enjoy coverage of bleeding-edge features such as CSS layers, container queries, nesting, and subgrid.

The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author.

By the end of the book, you will not only have a comprehensive understanding of responsive web design and what is possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also the knowledge of how to best implement each technique. Read through as a complete guide or dip in as a reference for each topic-focused chapter.

What you will learn

• Use media queries, including detection for touch/mouse and color preference
• Learn HTML semantics and author accessible markup
• Facilitate different images depending on screen size or resolution
• Write the latest color functions, mix colors, and choose the most accessible ones
• Use SVGs in designs to provide resolution-independent images
• Create and use CSS custom properties, making use of new CSS functions including ‘clamp’, ‘min’, and ‘max’
• Add validation and interface elements to HTML forms
• Enhance interface elements with filters, shadows, and animations

Who this book is for

Are you a full-stack or back-end developer who needs to improve their front-end skills? Perhaps you work on the front-end and you need a definitive overview of all modern HTML and CSS has to offer? Maybe you have done a little website building but you need a deep understanding of responsive web designs and how to achieve them? This is the book for you! All you need to take advantage of this book is a working understanding of HTML and CSS. No JavaScript knowledge is needed.

Table of Contents

1. The Essentials of Responsive Web Design
2. Writing HTML Markup
3. Media Queries and Container Queries
4. Fluid Layout and Flexbox
5. Layout with CSS Grid
6. CSS Selectors, Typography, and More
7. CSS Color
8. Stunning Aesthetics with CSS
9. Responsive Images
10. SVG
11. Transitions, Transformations, and Animations
12. Custom Properties and CSS Functions
13. Forms
14. Cutting-Edge CSS Features
15. Bonus Techniques and Parting Advice

Start Your Path to Design excellence

Initially, the road to Design excellence begins with a flexible grid. However, many new coders struggle with different screen sizes. First, this book explains media queries in a simple way. Consequently, you will create sites that look great on any device.

In addition, the guide teaches you to use modern CSS. Specifically, it explains how to use Flexbox and Grid for layout. Therefore, your coding workflow becomes much faster and cleaner. Overall, you will save time on every web project you start.

Mobile Mastery and Tech Growth

Furthermore, clean code improves your site loading speed. Because you use better HTML5 tags, you stay organized. Indeed, this high level of skill is vital for Design excellence. Clearly, even a beginner can learn these layout tools quickly.

Similarly, short steps help you learn faster. Thus, this book uses simple logic for every task. Actually, you will see results in your very first page. Finally, your professional focus will stay sharp and highly productive.

Building Long-Term Web Success

Moreover, clear code keeps your large projects organized. Basically, you break complex styles into tiny steps. Truly, this method is a core part of Design excellence. So, you can finish your tech projects with less stress.

Next, the guide covers how to optimize images. Specifically, it shows how to serve the right size to every user. Consequently, your whole website achieves more speed and better rank. In conclusion, this resource is a must-have for every modern designer.

Purchase and Site Information

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