Responsive Mobile Architecture

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One website for all devices is the mantra of modern 21st century web development. In this video, web design guru Scott Davis offers a concise and practical look at the tools and design approach you need to ensure that your mobile website will look great on any device.

  • Review three basic approaches to mobile app development: HTML 5, Native, and Hybrid
  • Learn why responsive mobile sites display correctly on any device
  • Discover proven techniques that solve the mobile-website-multiple-viewport problem
  • Learn how declarative media queries in CSS3 simplify mobile orientation styling
  • Discover Twitter Bootstrap, an easy method for creating mobile-friendly websites
  • Learn HTML5 tricks for popping up a virtual keyboard, tapping a link to dial a phone, and more
  • Make your mobile HTML5 app look like a native iOS or Android app in airplane mode
  • Learn local storage techniques that make your mobile app run best when it goes offline
  • Explore best practices for application caching in mobile apps

Scott Davis is the founder of ThirstyHead.com, a training and consulting company that that specializes in HTML5, mobile development, SmartTV development, NoSQL, Groovy, and Grails.

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  • Title: Responsive Mobile Architecture
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  • Release date: November 2015
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9781491940129