Responsive Web Design is a standard now in web design, but it can be a little confusing for those that are just getting started. What are the fundamentals? what are the “must-haves”? In this episode, I try to answer those questions. Remember to Subscribe https://goo.gl/6vCw64

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These are the 10 basics of Responsive Web Design and links for further reading

1. Responsive vs Adaptive web design
https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/responsive-vs-adaptive-design-whats-best-choice-designers/
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/adaptive-vs-responsive-design
https://uxplanet.org/adaptive-vs-responsive-web-design-eead0c2c28a8

2. The flow
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Normal_Flow
https://marksheet.io/css-the-flow.html

3. Relative units
https://thecssworkshop.com/lessons/relative-units
https://www.tutorialrepublic.com/css-tutorial/css-units.php

4. Breakpoints
https://responsivedesign.is/strategy/page-layout/defining-breakpoints/
https://medium.com/@uiuxlab/the-most-used-responsive-breakpoints-in-2017-of-mine-9588e9bd3a8a
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_mediaqueries.asp

5. Max and Min values
https://www.sitepoint.com/creating-media-queries-for-responsive-web-designs/
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/guidelines-for-responsive-web-design/

6. Nested Objects
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/03/robust-layouts-container-units-css/
https://www.quackit.com/css/flexbox/tutorial/nested_flex_containers.cfm

7. Mobile or Desktop first
https://medium.com/@Vincentxia77/what-is-mobile-first-design-why-its-important-how-to-make-it-7d3cf2e29d00
https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/a-hands-on-guide-to-mobile-first-design/

8. Webfonts vs System fonts
https://responsivedesign.is/articles/should-i-use-system-fonts-or-web-fonts/

9. Bitmap images vs Vectors
https://filecamp.com/blog/vector-vs-bitmap-images-explained/
https://www.lifewire.com/vector-and-bitmap-images-1701238

10. Make it till it breaks
https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/the-principles-of-adaptive-design/
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37 Comments

  1. I really don't know where im going wrong with my code but I find myself using a lot of Media Query break points because the website just looks very irregular every time i size it down (i started coding for PC first)

  2. Hi Jesse , excellent video. Just wanna tell you that in a well done responsive design you need to write rules for margins, padding, font size, and others so you can get a congruent final design not just scalable blocks or multiple columns to one or two ! ; ) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  3. I thought vw and vh meant vertical width, vertical height. I have a 3 column responsive (well SHOULD be) blog, and it has pixels. Should I change those over to percentages and em's and rem's?

  4. I am currently in a class and we are getting into responsive web design in a couple weeks. I always like to scout what information I should be expecting and I appreciate you sharing this.
    Have a good day,

  5. Sorry for a silly question, how do you use relative unit in design tool, i.e. Sketch, as you can only assign pixel to font? Where does the em thing come in? When handover to developers? Also, thanks for the awesome video 😀

  6. Thanks for a very good succinct video about this!

    I've done a mix of back/front development, and always forget some details here and there.
    So a nice overview yours, of responsive design, is very helpful.
    Thanks!

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