Ebook: Mobile First Design with HTML5 and CSS3: Roll out rock-solid, responsive, mobile first designs quickly and reliably

Packt Publishing, 2013. — 122 p. — ISBN: 1849696462, 9781849696463The mobile first design philosophy aims to develop websites that will be lean and fast on small screens without sacrificing a tablet or desktop experience. Using HTML5, CSS3, and simple, standardized modern web tools you can make one site to rule them all.
Mobile First Design with HTML5 and CSS3 will teach you the tools you need to make a modern, standards-based web page that displays beautifully on nearly any web browser—essential knowledge for anyone who makes websites!
In this book, you will learn how to set up a project from scratch and quickly get up and running with a full portfolio website that will form the base for making almost any kind of web page. Learn to develop web pages that fit the web conventions we all have to conform to. You will learn how to make responsive image slideshows; image galleries with detail pages; and bold, eye-catching banners and forms. Best of all, you will learn how to make these things fast without compromising quality.
This book will walk you through the process step by step with all the code required, as well as the thinking that goes behind planning a mobile first responsive website.What you will learn from this book
Develop web pages that change their layout and respond to different sized screens, so that they display well on mobiles, tablets, and desktops
Utilize HTML5 and CSS3 to make responsive web pages quickly and effectively
Use current technologies like LESS and SASS to work fast
Build web page components that will function well on both small and large screens
Create and plan designs that work for small and large screens without having to sacrifice content