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Mastering CSS Grid

You're reading from   Mastering CSS Grid A comprehensive and practical guide to creating beautiful layouts with CSS Grid

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614846
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pascal Thormeier Pascal Thormeier
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1–Working with CSS Grid
2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Basic Rules and Structures for CSS Grid FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Project Introduction: What We’ll Work on and First Tasks 4. Chapter 3: Building Advanced Grid Layouts 5. Part 2 – Understanding the CSS Grid Periphery
6. Chapter 4: Understanding and Creating Responsive and Fluid Grid Layouts 7. Chapter 5: Implementing Layouts with Flexbox and CSS Grid 8. Chapter 6: Benefits of Grid Layouts and When Not to Use Them 9. Part 3 – Exploring the Wider Ecosystem
10. Chapter 7: Polyfilling CSS Grid’s Missing Features 11. Chapter 8: Grids in the Wild – How Frameworks Implement Grids 12. Part 4 – A Quick Reference
13. Chapter 9: Quick Reference and Cheat Sheet 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding and Creating Responsive and Fluid Grid Layouts

After learning about advanced grid structures and concepts and how to align individual elements, or even the entire grid content, the next concept to conquer is responsiveness. Since the invention of smartphones (and no, we do not mean the 1994 IBM Simon, which predates the first CSS release by a full 2 years!), more screen sizes have emerged.

I remember when specific versions of websites were developed for smartphones and even tablets once those started to become a thing. I remember some apps even having specific domains for their mobile versions. Nowadays, we use the same website for all devices and let CSS make the adjustments for us.

And let’s also be thankful that the times of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), used to transfer web content to cellphones such as the Nokia 6310 from 2001, are over…

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