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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS

You're reading from   Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS Build future-proof responsive websites using the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803242712
Length 498 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section I: The Fundamentals of Responsive Web Design FREE CHAPTER
2. The Essentials of Responsive Web Design 3. Writing HTML Markup 4. Media Queries and Container Queries 5. Fluid Layout and Flexbox 6. Layout with CSS Grid 7. Section II: Core Skills for Effective Front-End Web Development
8. CSS Selectors, Typography, and More 9. CSS Color 10. Stunning Aesthetics with CSS 11. Responsive Images 12. SVG 13. Transitions, Transformations, and Animations 14. Custom Properties and CSS Functions 15. Forms 16. Section III: Latest Platform Features and Parting Advice
17. Cutting-Edge CSS Features 18. Bonus Techniques and Parting Advice 19. Other Books You May Enjoy
20. Index

A brief history of SVG

The first release of SVG was in 2001. That was not a typo. SVG has been “a thing” since 2001. While it gained traction along the way, it’s only since the advent of high-resolution devices that SVGs have received widespread interest and adoption. Here is the introduction to SVGs from the 1.1 specification (https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/intro.html):

SVG is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics in XML [XML10]. SVG allows for three types of graphic objects: vector graphic shapes (for paths consisting of straight lines and curves), images, and text.

As the name implies, Scalable Vector Graphics allow two-dimensional images to be described in code as vector points. This makes them a great candidate for icons, line drawings, and charts.

As vectors describe relative points, they can scale to any size, without loss of fidelity. Furthermore, in terms of data, as SVGs are described as vector points, it tends to make them tiny...

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