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Author Krenz-Kurowska, Joanna, author.

Title RESS Essentials.

Publication Info. Birmingham [UK] : Packt Publishing, 2013.

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Summary This is a step-by-step, practical guide which will introduce you to RESS and its key features. This book is aimed primarily at web developers interested in writing applications that leverage both client- and server-side code to optimise content for various devices.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Why Does RWD Change the Internet?; The RESS idea; Controversies; ""Separate mobile websites are a good thing""; ""RWD is too difficult""; ""RWD means degrading design""; RWD benefits; Freedom for designers; Invest less, reach out to a larger audience; Users; Developers; RWD evolution and experiments; Summary; Chapter 2: Sample RWD Setup for Client-Side Development; Bootstrap custom compilation setup; Testing the Bootstrap grid system; Integrating Gridpak.
Implementing responsive designSummary; Chapter 3: Server Side Setup -- Device Detection Libraries; The AGPL licensed ""OnSite"" version of the WURFL library; The WURFL Cloud version; YABFDL -- Detector; Summary; Chapter 4: Sample RESS Page; WURFL plus screen size detection; Dave Olsen's Detector; Pure JavaScript screen size test; Utility functions; Dave Olsen's Detector plus WURFL; Summary; Chapter 5: Responsive Images Client and Server-Side Approaches; Scaling responsive images is not linear; Plain CSS and Media queries -- a solution with limited browser support; tag proposition.
Picturefill that mimics the tag behavior with HTML5 and JSAutomated creation of responsive images; Server Side -- using one of our example RESS systems; Summary; Chapter 6: Performance; Optimizing website towards screen size or bandwidth?; Optimizing images; Optimizing image dimensions; Optimizing image compression; Optimizing the file format; Avoiding the use of images; Reducing the number of images; Media queries optimization; Testing; Summary; Chapter 7: Extending with jQuery; Twitter Bootstrap components and plugins; Responsive tables.
Converting a table to an accordion element with jQueryMasonry; Summary; Chapter 8: Employing a REST API for RWD; REST API; Slim PHP framework and integrating the RESS module; Defining API with the Slim framework; Gateway file and path setup; Implementing routes; Adding photos; What is it good for?; Summary; Index.
Subject Web sites -- Design.
COMPUTERS -- General.
Web sites -- Design. (OCoLC)fst01173252
Telecommunication.
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
COMPUTERS.
General.
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Telecommunications.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Krenz-Kurowska, Joanna. RESS Essentials. Packt Publishing 2013 1306070473
ISBN 9781461949596 (electronic bk.)
1461949599 (electronic bk.)
1306070473 (electronic bk.)
9781306070478 (electronic bk.)
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