Learning Mobile Web Design & Development

MP4 | Video: 540p | Duration: 5:47:50 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 658.2 MB

This course surveys the core principles and techniques essential to building web sites for mobile devices. Author Joe Marini introduces the mobile context, sheds light on its unique coding requirements, and discusses interface design techniques that enhance existing sites for mobile viewing. The course shows how to approach designing for mobile form factors such as smaller screens and finger-based interaction, along with how to incorporate CSS3 and HTML5 capabilities, such as geolocation, local storage, and media queries.

Topics include:

Implementing well-defined web standards

Working with Modernizr and Mobile Boilerplate

Building a first mobile web page

Understanding content adaptation strategies

Designing forms for mobile

Detecting client capabilities with script

Using server-side detection with PHP and ASP.NET

Working with mobile browser capabilities

Viewing and testing the mobile site on device emulators