Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 - Second Edition: Build responsive and future-proof websites to meet the demands of modern web users

I'm a conceptual guy. I like explanation, not examples. This discusses and explains. The writer is not absolutely the clearest writer I've ever read, but he explains things in a way that is solid and sets them in my mind and is usable. I have found many other explanations to be vague or partial or confusing or to assume too much or too little. This is not for an inexperienced person. I'm not a programmer but am quite knowledgable about computer languages and web sites and HTML and CSS and am OK with Javascript, and this came in at exactly the right level for me. The programmer's humor is there but is kept to a level where it doesn't take over. I felt much more confident after reading this, and am using the new constructs.

I have not finished working through yet and may lift my review rating. The reason I have given it a 3 is that it goes straight to flexbox and does not seem to cover grids except in passing. I was looking for a book that would teach me the prevalent way of doing responsive web design and that is grids, I wanted to understand them instead of just using a framework. This book uses flexbox not grids, and flexbox is still bleeding edge with many features vendor dependent and even the markup has vendor imprints like -moz- or -webkit-. Sorry but that is not what I signed up for.

I'm in the middle of working on my portfolio and have been running into some issues in making it responsive. I felt lost and was tired of searching the web for answers. This book was easy to understand, delivered great resources and I love it provided code examples to follow through each chapter. So glad I found this book!

I have really enjoyed this book. I have been reading it over the past few weeks every night to unwind after work. I tend to prefer technical books over fiction, so this is my type of beach read. It's great for anyone brushing up on their skills or for those who might be wandering into the world of web design. It is written so concepts can be easily understood and practiced. I have read a few Packt books in the past and they all seem to be very good. This one will become a permanent reference on my desk.

Great book! The showed me how to create websites that are truly responsive and good for the future. I highly recommend the book.

Awesome stuff. Really recommended for anyone ready to dive into HTML5/CSS3. The big plus (for me at least) was constant linking to W3 site, so I would not assume that something is just "because".The only downside is too much of external links and thus constant need for Internet connection so readying on a lengthy flight (airliner did not offer internet) was a bit tedious :)

Provides a ton of usable, executable advice using good examples and in a very readable style. I enjoyed this so much that I also bought Mr. Frain's  Sass and Compass for Designers .

Not only is this book cleanly written, clear and succinct enough for even a neophyte to understand, but it's funny! Laugh out loud funny! It's written as though you are having a conversation with a friend and though it's an assigned text book for a class that I'm taking, I find that I read it on my own.

I've been teaching myself Front-end web development for the past few months. I have a reasonable take on HTML5 and CSS3 and wanted to better understand the approach to building a site from scratch with mobile devices in mind. This book is easy to follow, humorous in places and transfers a huge amount of useful knowledge from someone that knows their stuff. I wouldn't read this book before understanding the basics of web development but it is refreshing after some rather dry reads on Javascript that I have just put myself through. Highly recommend this book and I will be keeping it near me for easy reference (and to copy some of the obvious code that will make designing and building much easier). Thanks Ben for a great read.

This is one of the best book you can have for HTML and CSS. Don’t wait and just go for it, and you’ll not regret.

Used it to help build responsive web sites.

Avoid - Many things are very poorly described - the information about flex is awful, fx the flex-direction is missing an in-depth explanation. Also "cross axis" is used at page 50 but cross axis explanation is at 55! Book is more a kind of a "show-off" rather than a book that is teaching things. This is absolute not for beginners!

This is a very good book and is very informative much better than his other book