1. RESPONSIVE
WEB DESIGN
WITH BOOTSTRAP
Jason Stehle @jasonstehle

2. WHAT IS RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN?
Responsive Web Design is a way to make a website or web
application work well on devices of different shapes and sizes.

3. WHAT IS IT MADE FROM?
CSS3 Media Queries
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i.ieb-ie
fot lf;
la: et
wdh 4.3101755;
it: 89672269%
}
@ei (a-it:77x {
mda mxwdh 6p)
dvsd-ysd {
i.ieb-ie
fot nn;
la: oe
wdh 10;
it: 0%
}
}

4. BENEFITS OF RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN
One codebase
Better experience across screen sizes
No more m.*.com
Better future proofing

5. DRAWBACKS OF RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN
More complexity
More testing
Mobile performance considerations (images, excess
content, etc.)
Legacy browser compatibility (Can I Use)

6. WHO USES RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN?
Microsoft, Boston Globe, etc.
Follow @rwd

7. WHAT IS BOOTSTRAP?
Grid system, useful styles, component library.
*I have been informed by a hipster that it should not be referred to as "Twitter Bootstrap"

8. WHY DO I USE BOOTSTRAP?
I am not a particularly talented front-end developer
I am not a particularly talented visual designer
Good for building a passable UI quickly
I have deadlines
I can use it how I want
It has the "critical mass"
It has an ecosystem (builtwithbootstrap, bootswatch,
wrapbootstrap, jetstrap, divshot)
It's (mostly) well documented

9. DRAWBACKS OF BOOTSTRAP
Everything's going to look like default Bootstrap.
So buy a theme, they're like 20 bucks.

10. AND NOW, SOME CODE