Responsive and Mobile-First Web Design

What you'll learn

• Set up the viewport meta tag and write mobile-first CSS with media queries.
• Build fluid layouts with relative units, clamp(), Flexbox and Grid.
• Serve responsive images and touch-friendly navigation and forms.
• Use container queries and user-preference media features.
• Test, debug and optimize responsive pages for performance and accessibility.

Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started

1. What is responsive design?

Module 2: Foundation

1. Viewport & meta tags
2. CSS media queries
3. Breakpoints strategy

Module 3: Core Techniques

1. Flexible layouts
2. Fluid typography
3. Images & pictures element
4. Touch interactions
5. Navigation patterns

Module 4: Layout Systems

1. CSS Grid responsive
2. Flexbox responsive
3. Container queries

Module 5: Design Patterns

1. Forms for mobile
2. Orientation changes
3. Device capabilities
4. User preference media queries

Module 6: Testing & Tools

1. Testing responsiveness
2. Debugging mobile
3. Performance on mobile

Module 7: Best Practices

1. Accessibility for mobile
2. Best practices checklist

Module 8: Tools & Resources

1. Modern CSS features
2. Cheatsheet & Interview Q&A

Module 9: Performance Optimization

1. Image optimization for mobile
2. CSS & JS optimization

Module 10: Revision & Summary

1. Responsive design recap