Responsive Layouts
Treehouse
Course Summary
Responsive web design is a collection of techniques for building websites that work on multiple screen sizes. In these lessons, we're going to use the foundational principles of responsive design as a framework for thinking about page layout. By the end, you should have a better understanding of how to approach common decisions in responsive design.
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Course Description
About this Course Responsive web design is a collection of techniques for building websites that work on multiple screen sizes. In these lessons, we're going to use the foundational principles of responsive design as a framework for thinking about page layout. By the end, you should have a better understanding of how to approach common decisions in responsive design. What you'll learn
- Responsive design theory
- Media queries
- Breakpoints
- Page layout
About the Teacher
Nick is a teacher at Treehouse and an independent game developer. His Twitter handle is @nickrp.
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Course Syllabus
Responsive Theory
In general, responsive design consists of fluid grids, fluid images, and media queries. By this point, you should have already done some responsive design, but understanding the origins and foundational principles will help you step into more advanced concepts. 5 steps- Course Overview 1:29
- What is Responsive Web Design? 1:27
- What is Responsive Web Design? 3 questions
- Thinking in Relative Units 2:12
- Thinking in Relative Units 4 questions
- Extra Credit If you have an older website that's built using fixed units like pixels, try converting it to relative units, like percentages or ems. Alternatively, you could create a wireframe and then try using percentages to express it using relative units.
Media Queries
Media queries are CSS rules that help us include CSS code only when certain conditions are met. These conditions are called media features, and in the case of responsive web design, the media feature most commonly used is width, or more specifically, min-width. However, media queries actually come with many media features, and width is just one of them. 5 stepsResponsive Patterns
It's important to consider how different design patterns will translate from one breakpoint to another. Thinking about pieces of atomic design, such as tabs or an image carrousel, is a great way to break down a responsive layout into its component parts. 3 steps
