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Responsive Web Design by Example : Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783553259
Length 258 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Responsive Web Design FREE CHAPTER 2. Web Development Tools 3. Constructing a Simple Responsive Blog with Responsive.gs 4. Enhancing the Blog Appearance 5. Developing a Portfolio Website with Bootstrap 6. Polishing the Responsive Portfolio Website with LESS 7. A Responsive Website for Business with Foundation 8. Extending Foundation A. Pop Quiz Answers Index

A look into Foundation


Foundation (http://foundation.zurb.com/) is one of the most popular frontend development frameworks. It is used by a number of notable companies, such as Pixar, Washington Post, Warby Parker (https://www.warbyparker.com/), and so on. As mentioned, Foundation ships with common web components and interactive widgets. Herein, we will look into the components, as well as the widgets we are going to employ for the website.

The grid system

The grid system is an integral part of a framework. It is one thing that makes managing web layout feel like a breeze. Foundation's grid system comprises twelve columns that can adapt to narrow viewport size through the drop-in classes provided. Similar to both the frameworks we explored in the previous chapters, the grid consists of rows and columns. Every column has to be wrapped within a row for the layout to span properly.

In Foundation, apply the row class to define an element as a row, and apply the element with the columns or column...

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