What this book covers

Chapter 1, The Essentials of Responsive Web Design, is a whistle-stop tour of the key ingredients in coding a responsive web design.

Chapter 2, Media Queries – Supporting Differing Viewports, covers everything you need to know about CSS media queries: their capabilities, their syntaxes, and the various ways you can wield them.

Chapter 3, Fluid Layouts and Responsive Images, shows you how to code proportional layouts and responsive images, and provides a thorough exploration of Flexbox layouts.

Chapter 4, HTML5 for Responsive Web Designs, covers all the semantic elements of HTML5, text-level semantics, and considerations of accessibility. We also cover how to insert video and audio into our pages with HTML5.

Chapter 5, CSS3 – Selectors, Typography, Color Modes, and New Features, gets to grips with the endless possibilities of CSS: selectors, HSLA and RGBA colors, web typography, viewport relative units, and a whole lot more.

Chapter 6, Stunning Aesthetics with CSS3, covers CSS filters, box shadows, linear and radial gradients, multiple backgrounds, and how to target background images to high-resolution devices.

Chapter 7, Using SVGs for Resolution Independence, explains everything we need to use SVGs inside documents and as background images, as well as how to interact with them using JavaScript.

Chapter 8, Transitions, Transformations, and Animations, our CSS gets moving as we explore how to make interactions and animations using CSS.

Chapter 9, Conquer Forms with HTML5 and CSS3, web forms have always been tough but the latest HTML5 and CSS3 features make them easier to deal with than ever before.

Chapter 10, Approaching a Responsive Web Design, explores the essential considerations before embarking on a responsive web design and also provides a few last minute nuggets of wisdom to aid you in your responsive quest.