Responsive Web Design Guide

SaravananVijayamuthu
Frontend Weekly
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3 min readJul 7, 2020

💡Guide #1

— — -> Set the viewport

The viewport is the user’s visible area of a web page.

💡Guide #2

— — -> Use Media Queries

Media quires are a CSS feature that allows content on the webpage to adapt to different screen sizes and resolutions.

💡Guide #3

— — -> Design for mobile-first

When we build a website, we must start with the mobile design first.

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💡Guide #4

— — -> Use SVG for icons

SVG PROS

🎯 Faster loading times

🎯 Better rendering quality

🎯 Scalable without using image editors

🎯 SVG can be indexed by Google

🎯 Developers can edit using the code

🎯 Graphics can be animated

💡Guide #5

— — -> Use Relative Units

Don’t use fixed units like px, pt, cm, and so on. Use % instead

👎 Not Recommended

👍 Recommended

💡Guide #6

— — -> Understand the patterns

You also have to understand how “display” property works.

Know the difference

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SaravananVijayamuthu
Frontend Weekly

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