Responsive Web Design by Example : Beginner's Guide - Second Edition电子书

Responsive Web Design by Example Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Table of Contents

Responsive Web Design by Example Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Time for action – heading

What just happened?

Pop quiz – heading

Have a go hero – heading

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Responsive Web Design

Responsive web design in a nutshell

Viewport meta tag

A word on screen size and viewport

Media queries

A look into responsive frameworks

The Responsive.gs framework

A word on CSS box model

CSS3 box sizing

The Bootstrap framework

The Foundation framework

A brief introduction to CSS preprocessors

Have a Go Hero — delve into responsive web design

Pop Quiz — responsive web design main components

Responsive web design inspiration sources

Summary

2. Web Development Tools

Choosing a code editor

Sublime Text Package Control

Time for action – installing Sublime Text Package Control

What just happened?

Have a go hero – install the LESS and Sass syntax-highlighting package

Setting up a local server

Time for action – installing XAMPP

What just happened?

Choosing a CSS preprocessor compiler

Browser for development

Source maps

Mobile emulator

Managing project dependency with Bower

Time for action – installing Node.js

What just happened?

Have a go hero – get yourself familiar with command lines

Time for action – installing Bower

What just happened?

Bower commands

Pop quiz – web development tools and command lines

Summary

3. Constructing a Simple Responsive Blog with Responsive.gs

Responsive.gs components

The classes

Using HTML5 elements for semantic markups

HTML5 search input types

HTML5 placeholder attribute

HTML5 in Internet Explorer

A look into polyfills in the Responsive.gs package

Box sizing polyfills

CSS3 media queries polyfill

Examining the blog's wireframe

Organizing project directories and files

Time for action – creating and organizing project directories and assets

What just happened?

Have a go hero – making the directory structure more organized

Pop quiz – using polyfill

The blog HTML structures

Time for action – constructing the blog

What just happened?

Have a go hero – creating more blog pages

Pop quiz – HTML5 elements

Summary

4. Enhancing the Blog Appearance

Using CSS3

Creating rounded corners with CSS3

Creating drop shadow

CSS3 browser supports and the use of vendor prefix

Customizing to placeholder text styles

Using CSS libraries

Working with Koala

Time for action – integrating project directory into Koala and combining the style sheets

What just happened?

Have a go hero – renaming the output

Pop quiz – website performance rules

Thinking mobile first

Composing the blog styles

Time for action – composing the base style rules

What just happened?

Have a go hero – customizing the link color

Time for action – enhancing the header and the navigation appearance with CSS

What just happened?

Have a go hero – customizing the header

Time for action – enhancing the content section appearance with CSS

What just happened?

Have a go hero – improving the content section

Time for action – enhancing the footer section appearance with CSS

What just happened?

Optimize the blog for desktop

Time for action – composing style rules for desktop

What just happened?

Making Internet Explorer more capable with polyfills

Time for action – patch Internet Explorer with polyfills

What just happened?

Have a go hero – polish the blog for Internet Explorer

Summary

5. Developing a Portfolio Website with Bootstrap

The Bootstrap components

The Bootstrap responsive grid

Bootstrap buttons and forms

Bootstrap Jumbotron

Bootstrap third-party extensions

Jasny Bootstrap off-canvas

Digging into Bootstrap

Using font icons

Examining the portfolio website layout

Project directories, assets, and dependencies

Time for action – organizing project directories, assets, and installing project dependencies with Bower

What just happened?

Have a go hero – specifying Bower custom directory

Pop quiz – test your understanding on Bower commands

Updating Bower components

The portfolio website HTML structure

Time for action – building the website HTML structure

What just happened?

Have a go hero – extending the portfolio website

Pop quiz – Bootstrap button classes

Summary

6. Polishing the Responsive Portfolio Website with LESS

Basic LESS syntax

Variables

Nesting style rules

Mixins

Parametric mixins

Specify a default value in a parametric mixin

Merging mixins with extend syntax

Generating value with mathematical operations

Generating color with mathematical operations and LESS functions

Referential import

Using a variable in an import statement

Using source map for easier style debugging

More on LESS

External style sheet references

Time for action – creating style sheets and organizing external style sheet references

What just happened?

Have a go hero – name and organize the style sheets

Pop quiz – which of the following option is not LESS Import option?

Working with Koala

Time for action – compiling LESS into CSS using Koala

What just happened?

Polishing the portfolio website with LESS

Time for action – composing the website styles with LESS syntax

What just happened?

Have a go hero – being more creative

Pop quiz — using LESS function and extend syntax

Improve and make the website functioning with JavaScript

Time for action – compiling JavaScript with Koala

What just happened?

Summary

7. A Responsive Website for Business with Foundation

Examining the website layout

A look into Foundation

The grid system

The buttons

The navigation and top bar

The pricing tables

Moving around Orbit

How is Orbit constructed?

Adding add-ons, the font Icons

Further on Foundation

Additional required assets

The project directories, assets, and dependencies

Time for action – organizing the project directories, assets, and dependencies

What just happened?

Time for action – building the website's HTML structure

What just happened?

Summary

8. Extending Foundation

Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets

Nesting rules

Storing a value with a variable

Variable interpolation

Reusable code block with mixins

A brief on the Sass mixin library

Creating and using a Sass function

Manipulating color with Sass functions

Useful Foundation's own function

Em and Rem

Have a go hero – diving into Sass

Pop quiz – multiple parameters in Sass function

Pop quiz – Sass color manipulation

Project recap

Style sheet organizations

Time for action – organizing and compiling style sheets

What just happened?

The website's look and feel

Time for action – build on the website

What just happened?

Have a go hero – colors and creativities

Pop quiz – importing an external Sass style sheet

Fine-tuning the website

Time for action – compiling JavaScript and styling the website with media queries

What just happened?

Have a go hero – remove unnecessary Foundation components

Summary

A. Pop Quiz Answers

Chapter 1, Responsive Web Design

Pop quiz – responsive web design main components

Chapter 2, Web Development Tools

Pop quiz – web development tools and command lines

Chapter 3, Constructing a Simple Respons3ive Blog with Responsive.gs

Pop quiz – using polyfill

Pop quiz – HTML5 elements

Chapter 4, Enhancing the Blog Appearance

Pop quiz – website performance rules

Chapter 5, Developing a Portfolio Website with Bootstrap

Pop quiz – test your understanding on Bower commands

Pop quiz – Bootstrap button classes

Chapter 6, Polishing the Responsive Portfolio Website with LESS

Pop quiz – which of the following option is not LESS Import option?

Pop quiz – using LESS function and extend syntax

Chapter 8, Extend Foundation

Pop quiz – multiple parameters in Sass function

Pop quiz – Sass color manipulation

Pop quiz – importing external Sass style sheet

Index