CSS Media Queries & Responsive Web Design tutorial for Beginners

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Learn CSS media queries and responsive web design for beginners in this tutorial. A CSS media query is capable of changing your page design and presentation based on different screen and browsers sizes.

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CSS Media Queries & Responsive Web Design tutorial for Beginners

(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:26) Starter Code
(01:26) Viewport meta tag
(02:48) Syntax of a media query
(03:28) Think mobile first
(05:53) Other query types and breakpoints
(07:11) How to choose breakpoints
(10:25) Build a basic page layout
(16:11) Add a media query
(17:49) Use dev tools to view different screen sizes
(20:41) Add all media queries
(24:14) View each breakpoint change

Web Dev Tools:
Chrome Browser: https://www.google.com/chrome/
Visual Studio Code (VS Code): https://code.visualstudio.com/
Live Server VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
vscode-icons VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons
Github Themes VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.github-vscode-theme
W3C CSS Validator: https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Specificity Calculator: https://specificity.keegan.st/
HTML Special Characters and Entities: https://unicode-table.com
CanIUse.com: https://caniuse.com/

References:
MDN CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS
MDN CSS Basics: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/CSS_basics
MDN CSS Selectors: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors
MDN – How to Apply Colors to HTML Elements with CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color
MDN – CSS Values and Units: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
MDN – The Box Model: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/The_box_model
MDN – Styling Lists: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Styling_text/Styling_lists
MDN – Display Property: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display
MDN – Floats: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Floats
MDN – Columns: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Columns/Basic_Concepts_of_Multicol
MDN – Margin Collapsing: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model/Mastering_margin_collapsing
MDN – White-Space: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space
MDN – Positioning: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Positioning
MDN – Flexbox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Flexbox
MDN – Basic Concepts of Grid Layout: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Basic_Concepts_of_Grid_Layout
MDN – Grid Template Areas: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Grid_Template_Areas
MDN – CSS Images: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Images
MDN – CSS Background Images: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Backgrounds_and_Borders/Resizing_background_images
Chip Cullen – Article on Content Layout Shift: https://chipcullen.com/what-width-and-height-attributes-to-use-with-responsive-images/
MDN – CSS Media Queries: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Media_queries

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