What is responsive web design and why is it important? What kinds of devices should we be targeting with our design? How can we best leverage the different capabilities of each device to provide great experiences to users? You’ll also make sure that your development environment is ready to go.
Topics covered:
What is responsive design?
Why does responsive design work for any device?
Remote debugging and emulation in the browser
The best way to get started is to start small and build up. In this lesson, we’ll cover the key components that make a site great on a small screen, including setting the viewport, adding content and sizing the content to the viewport. You’ll start the home town site project, by making sure that it looks good on a small screen.
Topics covered:
Why start small and build up?
What is the viewport?
Sizing content the content to the viewport
avoiding static sized items
Touch targets, and why they should be large