Build Responsively: Columbus: Day 1

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1. MIDWEST TOUR SPONSORED BY

2. Download the Repo http://bit.ly/LWLTEA

3. P esenters BEN CALLAHAN MIDDLE-AGED GEEK @bencallahan ROB TARR BEARDED

   WONDER @robtarr DREW CLEMENS TELLS BAD JOKES @drewtclemens

4. Want More? @brworkshop @hearsparkbox www.seesparkbox.com/foundry

5. THANKS TO OUR MIDWEST TOUR SPONSORS

6. Session One RWD 101 9:00-10:00 http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /01-RWD101

7. THE WEB IS NOT FIXED-WIDTH

8. THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT

9. THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT “...scientific advancement is not evolutionary,

   but rather is a series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions, and in those revolutions one conceptual world is replaced by another...” — Thomas Kuhn

10. ENIAC, 1946 THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT ENIAC, 1946

11. Micral, 1972 THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT

12. Ericsson R380, 2000 THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT

13. Over 60% of new handset sales are smartphones. THIS IS

    A PARADIGM SHIFT

14. Apple sold around 13 million iPads in Q4 of 2011.

    THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT

15. Amazon sold over 4 million Kindle Fires in December of

    2011. THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT

16. FLEXIBILITY IS THE NEW NORM

17. FLEXIBILITY IS THE NEW NORM 0 500 1000 1500 2000

    2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Mobile Users Desktop Users Global Mobile vs Desktop Internet User Projection Source: Morgan Stanley Research

18. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BROWSE YOUR WEBSITES ON THESE DEVICES,

    TODAY. FLEXIBILITY IS THE NEW NORM

19. RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

20. ETHAN MARCOTTE Article on alistapart.com Book via A Book Apart

    RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN THE DEFINITION

21. RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN A FLUID FOUNDATION FLEXIBLE CONTENT MEDIA QUERIES

    THE DEFINITION

22. RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN LIVE CODE

23. Turn a 300px 3-column grid into a fluid grid. br-1.html

    RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN A FLUID FOUNDATION http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /01-RWD101

24. www.semantic.gs with LESS or SASS RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN A FLUID

    FOUNDATION

25. RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN FLEXIBLE CONTENT Images br-3.html The awesome poem

    is by a guy named Douglas, check him out at: http://ligzpoems.blogspot.com/

26. img { float: right; max-width: 100%; } RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

    FLEXIBLE CONTENT

27. Width, height Device-width, device-height Orientation Aspect ratio Several others http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/

    RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES

28. @media (min-width: 600px) { /* styles for 600px and up

    here */ } @media (max-width: 600px) { /* styles for 600px and down here */ } RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES

29. /* Large Resolution First CSS File Structure */ /* large

    resolution layouts here */ @media (max-width: 850px) { /* styles for 850px and down here */ } @media (max-width: 450px) { /* styles for 450px and down here */ } RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES

30. /* Small Resolution First CSS File Structure */ /* smallest

    resolution layouts here */ @media (min-width: 450px) { /* styles for 450px and up here */ } @media (min-width: 850px) { /* styles for 850px and up here */ } RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES

31. LARGE RESOLUTION FIRST PRO: IE support by default CON: Smallest

    devices load all assets SMALL RESOLUTION FIRST PRO: More logical (build up vs tear down) CON: IE support is tricky RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES

32. LARGE RESOLUTION FIRST PRO: IE support by default CON: Smallest

    devices load all assets SMALL RESOLUTION FIRST PRO: More logical (build up vs tear down) CON: IE support is tricky RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES

33. RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN MEDIA QUERIES Throw in a media query!

    br-5.html

34. WRAP UP

35. Fluid grid Flexible content Media Queries WRAP UP

36. P esenters BEN CALLAHAN MIDDLE-AGED GEEK @bencallahan ROB TARR BEARDED

    WONDER @robtarr DREW CLEMENS TELLS BAD JOKES @drewtclemens

37. Session Two RWD PLANNING & DESIGN 9:45-11:15 http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /02-PlanDesign

38. PROJECT BRIEF Hold on to your butts.

39. PROJECT BRIEF Client: Dress Responsively Project: Website that offers RWD-themed

    apparel.

40. PROJECT BRIEF Project Scope Offer only t-shirts at first... potential

    for more later. No initial product inventory (no cart, checkout, etc). Users vote via twitter on what shirt they want produced. Should appeal to designers and developers. Simple 3-4 template site initially. Site will be responsive, build mobile-first.

41. PROJECT BRIEF Napkin Sketch & Content Logo and Tagline “You

    Decide, 2012” Nav: Home, About, Shirts, Contact Top Shirt: # Votes, Title, Description, Link to Detail Headline and Two Paragraphs About the Site Footer: Nav and Copyright
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44. PROJECT BRIEF Your Job: Sketch how you think this site

    design would look at a mobile resolution. Oh yeah, You’ve got 5 minutes.

45. DON’T FORGET What is the hierarchy of content? Should we

    hide and show elements at different sizes? Which things are links? Are the buttons/links large enough for a touch device? How will the navigation respond? How much content do we need to allow for? Will it work in IE?

46. BROKEN PROCESS As if you didn’t already know.

47. Was that a familiar experience? What’s tough about that process?

    BROKEN PROCESS

48. The problem isn’t the style, it looks cool. The problem

    isn’t even the size of the design, because we DO need a solution at 960 pixels wide. BROKEN PROCESS THE PROBLEM WITH “960-ONLY DESIGNING”

49. The problem is the mindset. BROKEN PROCESS THE PROBLEM WITH

    “960-ONLY DESIGNING”

50. BROKEN PROCESS It assumes a fairytale world of controlled web

    experience that doesn’t exist, pushes design decisions onto developers, and creates false expectations in clients. THE PROBLEM WITH “960-ONLY DESIGNING”

51. It simply is not conducive to creating a site which

    is future-proof and forward thinking... • Mobile First CSS • Content as King • Responsive Layouts BROKEN PROCESS THE PROBLEM WITH “960-ONLY DESIGNING”

52. BROKEN PROCESS So, what’ a geek to do?

53. DON’T keep up the status quo. DON’T stop at whining

    about inadequate tools. Get creative and explore other possibilities with the tools and practices we have available today. BROKEN PROCESS

54. STUFF WE’VE TRIED It ain’t always been pretty.

55. MOBILE FIRST DESIGN “Let’s try designing it the way we

    plan to code it. Just do the design at a small resolution.” STUFF WE’VE TRIED

56. MOBILE FIRST DESIGN Problems: Mobile layouts are inevitably more linear

    and simple, and they provide little direction or room for more interesting layouts at large screen sizes. STUFF WE’VE TRIED

57. STUFF WE’VE TRIED BOOKENDS “Okay, if designing for large resolutions

    isn’t enough, how about adding a small version? We’ll deliver both.”

58. STUFF WE’VE TRIED BOOKENDS Problems... It’s a band-aid. It doesn’t

    solve the root issues. Extra design ain’t free.

59. STUFF WE’VE TRIED BOOKENDS... PLUS “Okay, if designing large and

    small isn’t enough, how about adding a mid-range version? After all, tablets are the new black.” “And how about a 1280?” “And maybe one for the CEO’s Blackberry Storm?”

60. STUFF WE’VE TRIED BOOKENDS... PLUS Problems... Again, it’s a band-aid.

    And it costs a LOT, too.

61. OUR PROCESS (For now, anyway.)

62. We are attempting to optimize content, design, and development time,

    finding a balance of appropriate direction from all disciplines without destroying budgets. ...while delivering on mobile-first, responsive designs where content is valued and considered. OUR PROCESS

63. A Priority Guide OUR PROCESS Step One:

64. A Priority Guide ( Formerly Known As A Mobile-Sized Content

    Prototype Wireframe Thingy) OUR PROCESS Step One:

65. Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co SIZE US

    UP & CAST YOUR VOTE! IMAGE OF LEADING SHIRT WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? SHOW ME ALL THE CANDIDATES The Dress Responsively Clothing Company doesn’t exist. Yet. This website is a product of Sparkbox’s Build Responsively workshop. Dress Responsively was originally built as a mock project to create working files and content for the workshop’s attendees. But then we got to thinking. What standards-loving, responsively- building, media-querying web citizens wouldn’t love some apparel which flies the flag of the future of the web? Let’s turn it over to the people. So here we are. If we are able to stump for enough interest, tweets, and votes for this geekwear, we’ll print up the winner and make it available. Check out the shirt designs, vote for your frontrunner, and pass us along to your friends. Democracy at work, folks. It’s either that or mob rule, whichever comes first. Either way, we all get sweet shirts out of it. SHOW ME THE CANDIDATES Back to Top SPARKBOX LOGO MADE BY BUILD RESPONSIVELY LOGO EXCLUSIVELY FOR Home About Shirts Contact © Sparkbox 2012 All Rights Reserved. Responsive design is always the right answer. Though it is not always the only answer. Listen to Bruce Lee. Be like water, my friend. We’ve got to design in the browser. We just don’t have the tools yet. El Presidente Say: EXPANDING FOOTER Link Link HAS DROP DOWN MAILTO LINK SCROLL BELOW 334 VOTES #1 IN POLLS Tuesday, February 14, 12 Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co IMAGE OF SHIRT #1 SHIRT DETAILS AND VOTING Back to Top REPEAT FOOTER EXPAND HIDDEN IMAGE OF SHIRT #2 SHIRT DETAILS AND VOTING IMAGE OF SHIRT #3 198 VOTES SHIRT DETAILS AND VOTING 254 VOTES 334 VOTES Tuesday, February 14, 12 A little something clever and explanatory about the shirt. Keep in mind that we can’t be too exclusive in the humor, at least not without giving subtle explanation. Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co IMAGE OF SHIRT #1 VOTE FOR IT EXPAND HIDDEN 334 VOTES CLICK FOR DETAIL VIEW #1 IN POLLS   SHIRT TITLE GOES HERE NEXT SHIRT PREV SHIRT Back to Top REPEAT FOOTER Tuesday, February 14, 12 3 Guides for 3 Templates

66. Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co SIZE US

    UP & CAST YOUR VOTE! IMAGE OF LEADING SHIRT WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? SHOW ME ALL THE CANDIDATES The Dress Responsively Clothing Company doesn’t exist. Yet. This website is a product of Sparkbox’s Build Responsively workshop. Dress Responsively was originally built as a mock project to create working files and content for the workshop’s attendees. But then we got to thinking. What standards-loving, responsively- HAS DROP DOWN MAILTO LINK SCROLL BELOW 334 VOTES #1 IN POLLS Home Page

67. Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co IMAGE OF

    SHIRT #1 SHIRT DETAILS AND VOTING EXPAND HIDDEN IMAGE OF SHIRT #2 SHIRT DETAILS AND VOTING 254 VOTES 334 VOTES Listing Page

68. A little something clever and explanatory about the shirt. Keep

    in mind that we can’t be too exclusive in the humor, at least not without giving subtle explanation. Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co IMAGE OF SHIRT #1 VOTE FOR IT EXPAND HIDDEN 334 VOTES CLICK FOR DETAIL VIEW #1 IN POLLS   SHIRT TITLE GOES HERE NEXT SHIRT PREV SHIRT Back to Top REPEAT FOOTER Detail Page

69. A Style Prototype OUR PROCESS Step Two:

70. A Style Prototype http://sparkbox.github.com/style-prototype/ OUR PROCESS Step Two:

71. Large Resolution Design OUR PROCESS Step Three:

72. Code Responsive Templates OUR PROCESS Step Four:

73. Content , design, and development team members must review and

    collaborate regularly at every stage in the process. OUR PROCESS Step Five Zero:

74. We can’t “throw it over the wall” anymore... at least

    not if we want our sites to be excellent. There are too many moving parts. OUR PROCESS Step Five Zero:

75. The esult for D ess Responsively: OUR PROCESS

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79. DISADVANTAGES OF DESKTOP-WIDTH WIREFRAMES Too much focus on layout. Designer

    may not feel freedom to interpret layout. Leaves an extra step for designer/developer to figure out translation to mobile width. OUR PROCESS

80. ADVANTAGES TO MOBILE-SIZED PRIORITY GUIDE Wireframes focus more on hierarchy

    and less on layout. Cuts out a step of designer sketching/designing for mobile first. Dev gets direction on both desktop and smallest mobile widths. Answers some of the questions in handoff. More visual decisions left to designer, less headache for devs. OUR PROCESS

81. CLIENT DELIVERABLES Crap. I almost forgot about them.

82. CLIENT DELIVERABLES It depends... So if everything is changing, what

    do we show them?

83. Client Education. Level of trust from the client. Scope of

    the project. Time and budget. CLIENT DELIVERABLES DELIVERABLE DECISIONS ARE EFFECTED BY...

84. Educated clients (or more trusting and open-minded ones) may be

    open to deliverables closer to what we’ve described in our current process. CLIENT DELIVERABLES

85. Though we may educate our clients, some will inevitably want

    to see more and more versions of wireframes and layouts which cover multiple screen sizes... perhaps due to the project scope, or simply a lack of vision. We recommend getting paid for that. CLIENT DELIVERABLES

86. P esenters BEN CALLAHAN MIDDLE-AGED GEEK @bencallahan ROB TARR BEARDED

    WONDER @robtarr DREW CLEMENS TELLS BAD JOKES @drewtclemens

87. Session Three GETTING A GOOD START 11:30-NOON http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /03-Boilerplate

88. DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

89. BROWSERS CHROME SAFARI FIREFOX DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

90. DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

91. DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

92. BROWSERS CHROME SAFARI OPERA FIREFOX (GETFIREBUG.COM) DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

93. BOOKMARKLETS DEVELOPMENT TOOLS http://www.benjaminkeen.com/misc/bricss/ http://seesparkbox.com/foundry/media_query_bookmarklet

94. ADOBE SHADOW DEVELOPMENT TOOLS http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/shadow/

95. BROWSERSTACK DEVELOPMENT TOOLS http://browserstack.com

96. SASS/SCSS DEVELOPMENT TOOLS http://sass-lang.com/

97. HTML5 BOILERPLATE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS ˒ http://html5boilerplate.com/ https://github.com/sparkbox/html5-boilerplate

98. HTML5 BOILERPLATE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/touch-icons http://humanstxt.org/

99. HTML5 BOILERPLATE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS http://www.modernizr.com/ http://paulirish.com/2009/markup-based-unobtrusive-comprehensive- dom-ready-execution/ http://jquery.com

100. P esenters BEN CALLAHAN MIDDLE-AGED GEEK @bencallahan ROB TARR BEARDED

     WONDER @robtarr DREW CLEMENS TELLS BAD JOKES @drewtclemens

101. MIDWEST TOUR SPONSORED BY

102. Session Four THE NITTY GRITTY 1:15-5:00 http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /04-Markup

103. WRITE THE MARKUP Fluid presentation makes the separation of style

     from content critical.
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108. http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /04-Markup

109. CSS 1 http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /05-CSS-1

110. Home About Shirts Contact Dress Responsively clothing co SIZE US

     UP & CAST YOUR VOTE! IMAGE OF LEADING SHIRT HAS DROP DOWN MAILTO LINK SCROLL BELOW 334 VOTES #1 IN POLLS

111. TASK GOALS 1) ADD THE “HOME” LINK BACK IN 2)

     INCORPORATE THE LARGER LOGO 3) CONSIDER TYPE AND PADDING SIZES 4) HONOR THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DESIGN CSS-1

112. CSS 2 http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /07-CSS-2

113. TASK GOALS 1) ADJUST FONT-SIZE APPROPRIATELY 2) MOVE TO TWO

     COLUMNS 3) HONOR THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DESIGN CSS-2

114. CSS 3 http://bit.ly/LWLTEA /09-CSS-3

115. TASK GOALS 1) ADD A 2-COLUMN LAYOUT 2) ADD A

     3-COLUMN LAYOUT 3) TRY FOR A VISUALLY APPEALING GRID 3) HONOR THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DESIGN CSS-3

116. DRESSRESPONSIVELY.COM

117. RESPONSIVE CHALLENGES

118. RESPONSIVE CHALLENGES IMAGES ADS BIG TABLES COMPLEX NAVIGATION PROCESS

119. RESPONSIVE CHALLENGES IMAGES ADS BIG TABLES COMPLEX NAVIGATION PROCESS

120. RESPONSIVE CHALLENGES IMAGES ADS BIG TABLES COMPLEX NAVIGATION PROCESS

121. RESPONSIVE CHALLENGES IMAGES ADS BIG TABLES COMPLEX NAVIGATION PROCESS

122. RESPONSIVE CHALLENGES IMAGES ADS BIG TABLES COMPLEX NAVIGATION PROCESS

123. P esenters BEN CALLAHAN MIDDLE-AGED GEEK @bencallahan ROB TARR BEARDED

     WONDER @robtarr DREW CLEMENS TELLS BAD JOKES @drewtclemens

124. MIDWEST TOUR SPONSORED BY