Get Mobile Ready: A Responsive Web Design Workshop

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Get Mobile Ready: A Responsive Web Design Workshop

By QA Ltd.

Date and time

Tue, 20 May 2014 13:00 - 17:00 GMT+1

Location

Rainmaking Loft

Ground Floor 1 St Katharine's Way London E1W 1UN United Kingdom

Description

In an evolving mobile world, the importance of a customer-centric, responsive web design is a key part to your business strategy. Without user-friendly and compatible websites the likelihood of gaining or retaining customers can grind to a halt and have a negative impact on your company’s progression.

QA has proudly partnered with ZURB, RWD experts, to bring you an exclusive half-day workshop in the heart of London. Begin your journey towards mobile-ready web experiences for users by discovering the importance of RWD, associated best practice strategies and to further understand how people interact with touch devices. Leave with a refreshed view on the best approaches for moving your mobile strategy forward.

ZURB will deliver a hands-on session showing you how to create mobile-ready websites using Foundation, the most advanced responsive CSS framework in the world. Learn how this platforms enables you to easily optimise your website for different devices and speed up your workflow – and best of all you’ll be able to try it yourself on your own device!

Please make sure to bring your own device to participate in hands-on session.

Registration from 12.30 to 1 pm on Ground Floor of International House


AGENDA

Responsive Web Design (RWD)

  • Content first: Why content needs to take priority.
  • Responsive grids: Help automate the work of creating flexible layouts.
  • Navigation strategies: Common patterns and when to use them.
  • Progressive enhancement vs. graceful degradation: Learn when to use each.
  • Accounting for touch: Understand how people interact with touch devices.
  • Why you should learn to code: Understanding principles and techniques will make you a better visual designer.

Foundation

  • Getting started with Foundation: The quickest way to get Foundation configured and installed.
  • SASS and _settings.scss: Take full advantage of Foundations SASS structure. Learn how to alter nearly anything in Foundation with just a couple of quick changes.
  • Deep dive into our flexible, powerful grid: Learn how to quickly build complex responsive layouts using the Foundation grid. Plus centering and overlapping columns.
  • Visibility classes: Show different navigation or content elements for different devices.
  • Media queries: Show how to specify which CSS properties take effect under different conditions.


If you have any questions, please contact marketing@qa.com with subject: ZURB event

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QA, the UK's largest technical IT training provider, delivered training to more then 200,000 delegates in 2013. We provide quality courses delivered by quality trainers from leading vendors, such as Microsoft, VMware and Amazon Web Services, to our very own written QA Authored courses. Our technical IT training portfolio incorporates the widest range of courses, from mobile and web development to virtualisation and cloud computing. Visit www.qa.com/technical to learn more.

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