Creating Responsive Web Design

Complexity Simplified once again by Mr Converse

Chris Converse is the king of taking complex subject and simplifying them by breaking them down step by step into easy-to-follow processes. Having purchased his previous web course "Bring Your Web Design to Life: Creating Rich Media Websites with Adobe Creative Suite" I knew what to expect and got exactly that - knowledge that works. I particularly enjoyed the fact that he didn't work in Dreamweaver with this title but with a simple text editor. What I also enjoyed about this course was that it came with all source files, including the photoshop graphics as psd's. I will say however - the HUGE advantage of this course is the message boards - being able to ask questions and get responses in a timely manner is really amazing. It's also a great learning experience to see what others have asked and to see Chris's response - again, yet another opportunity to learn for free or as they call it, "added value." I already rated this course a 5 star but if you compare Chris Converse to others who teach getting your design to code, nobody can come close to him. He is the standout guru who is able to make the world of web design a fun, exciting and enjoyable experience. Can't wait for the next course.

A Practical Take on Responsive Web Design

This is a very good, clear tutorial/course on designing a responsive web site. Having read the books and recommended best practices from various people, it's good to see a practical guide that strays away from the theory slightly. Compared to the theory that I've read, this course does not push for using single, over-sized images that scale to different viewports nor does it focus on percentage based widths, margins, and padding values everywhere. The percentages are present where applicable and then absolute measurements are applied. Beyond the focus of the course being RWD, Chris does a fantastic job at providing clear explanations as to what a number of CSS properties were and why they were being used. Some are common to those that use it daily; however, for those that do not, his explanations are a great assistance. The only things that caught my attention were a couple of the typos in the video code (but not in the downloaded files) and the price feels a bit steep to me. Ended up using a coupon for the course and was very satisfied with such; however, the list price would have truly kept me away from the course. All in all, I'm glad that I had that coupon and was able to take this course since it provided a lot of information.

Great course

Hi, I've just finished this course, and I've to say that I've learned a lot of about this way of designing webs. I've read a lot of books about this issue before and it's the first time I understand the rules of responsive web design. The videos are very easy to follow, and the steps are quite clear. Maybe the web made in the course it's a bit ugly, but it's enought elements to understand the main concepts. Thanks for this course, Regards, Roberto Delgado.