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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3, Second Edition

You're reading from   Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3, Second Edition Learn the HTML5 and CSS3 you need to help you design responsive and future-proof websites that meet the demands of modern web users

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784398934
Length 312 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. The Essentials of Responsive Web Design FREE CHAPTER 2. Media Queries – Supporting Differing Viewports 3. Fluid Layouts and Responsive Images 4. HTML5 for Responsive Web Designs 5. CSS3 – Selectors, Typography, Color Modes, and New Features 6. Stunning Aesthetics with CSS3 7. Using SVGs for Resolution Independence 8. Transitions, Transformations, and Animations 9. Conquer Forms with HTML5 and CSS3 10. Approaching a Responsive Web Design Index

Use the simplest code possible


It's easy to get drunk on the power that new techniques afford us. With this in mind, aim to solve your responsive problems in the simplest manner possible. For example, if you need to style the fifth item in a list of items and you have access to the markup, don't use an nth-child selector like this:

.list-item:nth-child(5) {
    /* Styles */
}

If you have access to the markup, make life easier by adding an HTML class to the item:

<li class="list-item specific-class">Item</li>

And then style the item with that simple class:

.specific-class {
    /* Styles */
}

Not only is this easier to understand, it gets you wider support for free (older versions of Internet Explorer don't support nth-child selectors).

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