Instant RESS Implementation: How To

By Chip Lambert

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks .Written with developers in mind this guide will show you how to make use of RESS using easy to follow examples and step by step solutions. Using PHP, HTML5, JavaScript and CSS this book will give you a solid foundation in RESS. You will need to have a good grasp of these languages as the techniques used are advanced.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Release date: Mar 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781849696937

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Instant RESS Implementation How-to

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Instant RESS Implementation How-to

Setting up your development environment (Simple)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more

XAMPP security

XAMPP on Mac OS

Finding more support

Getting started with PHP (Simple)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using responsive web design (Simple)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Tools

Getting started with Modernizr (Simple)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Keeping it efficient

Finding your visitors with Modernizr (Intermediate)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Supporting Internet Explorer

Blackberry and Nokia tidbit

Checking for web storage with Modernizr (Intermediate)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The future of web storage

Getting started with WURFL (Intermediate)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Alternative to ScientiaMobile's cloud

Firefox user-agent trick

Using WURFL to check for Apple devices (Intermediate)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Chrome on iOS

Apple app banners

Beginning responsive design with PHP (Simple)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Laying out our page with RESS (Intermediate)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Displaying images (Intermediate)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Getting visitor feedback (Advanced)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Wrapping it up (Simple)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Instant RESS Implementation How-to

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Instant RESS Implementation How-to

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First published: March 2013

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Author

Chip Lambert

Reviewer

Anders Andersen

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About the Author

Chip Lambert has been creating websites ever since his high schools days, and when he started creating websites, he began with fantasy sport websites. In addition to this 18 years of HTML experience, he has 13 years of experience with PHP and MySQL development. He is currently serving as Director of Applications Development at Bluefield College, where he also teaches HTML5 and CSS3 classes. You can follow him on Twitter @chiplambert.

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