Responsive Design: An Undead Introduction to Mobile Web Development: Undead Institute

By John Rhea

Zombies can attack anytime and anywhere. So if you build websites that work on your phone and your desktop you'll be ready to stop them no matter where you are or what you're doing. Responsive design will let you build one website to stop them all.
 

What You'll Beat Zombies With

Responsive Design is a framework of code and processes and approaches that will make your website (and zombie destruction) as versatile as the screens thrown at it. You'll learn how responsive design works, why it's a great option, how media queries can change your page, what the viewport meta tag does, what to do about images and other media, and a horde of best practices for making your website awesome no matter what screen it displays on.
 

How You'll Learn to Smack Zombies Around

You won't just passively take in the view, like a zombie shuffling across the mainland. You'll have plenty of combat practice with analogies, examples, and code tutorials you can build, break and fix again. Working with your hands and your head you'll craft code that pleases the eye and knocks a zombie into last Tuesday.

All the code and directions are provided as both codepen tutorials and downloadable html files, so you can fight the apocalypse how and where you like. You can work with them on the codepen site or on your own device.

And later you'll bring those skills together in a final project that cements those skills into zombie smashing muscle memory.
 

Why Zombies?

Are zombies just a gimmick? Why would this be any better than a straight laced book that sticks to the facts?

Straight laced books are often straight boring. And if you have insomnia problems go buy that book. The author, John, has read the boring books and knows that staying awake and engaged are also important for learning. But this book uses zombie references and analogies not just to make you smile, but to help the material stick. If a tough technical concept is related in silly terms you understand, like a zombie trying to buy gum at a super market, it's much more likely to stay in that brain those zombies are intent on eating.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Rhea
• Release date: Oct 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781393955078

Book preview

Contents

Cover

Front Matter

Copyright

Content Warning (for Silliness)

Four Word

Zombie Bob say No!

Title Page

Bringing a Toothpick to a Web Fight (Mobile solutions are important)

The Mobile-Solutions Cage Match (Options for mobile solutions)

Hand-to-HTML Combat (Prerequisites for Responsive Design)

Suit Up for Your First Zombie Fight (Viewport meta tag and overflow-x property)

A Vice around a Zombie’s Head (Flexible layouts)

Hitting Zombies in the Break Point (Media queries)

Squash and Stretch (the Zombie’s Face) (Responsive image solutions and )

Human Resistance Manifesto (Best Practices in Responsive Design)

Pitfalls and Zombie Traps (Don't do these)

Leaving the Horde Behind (Other types of media queries)

Responsively Killing Zombies (Practice)

Resources

Glossary

About the Author

Sneak Peak of More Advanced CSS: Zombie in a Ballgown

© 2018 by John Rhea. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Distributed by the Undead Institute a division of StoryLab LLC

Also available as

Book #3 in the Humanity's Second Chance Boxed Set

Book #6 in the Undead Web 101: Student Bundle

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You Know What Else Kills Zombies?

Honest feedback. Enjoyed the book? Found an error or an omission? Still confused about something? Want to complement the author’s sense of humor (or lack thereof)? Email John directly at [e-mail]

Content Warning

(for Silliness)

This book contains a large amount of information, zombies, silliness, and a sense of humor that some would call terrible. If you’re looking for straight technical information or a cure to your insomnia, this is not the book for you.

If you’re looking for a book that’s accessible to those without technical training or inclination and/or don’t mind laughing a bit while you’re learning, this book is for you. We at the Undead