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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Draw Wireframes

Chiara Aliotta
Chiara Aliotta
2,711 Points
Posted by Chiara Aliotta
Chiara Aliotta
2,711 Points

Mobile first approach

I think in this video is not clear why we are going through the "mobile first" approach. In fact there are different way to think how you should start building your website, "mobile first" is one of them. It would be nice explain quickly the reason why you embrace this choice, but also give hints to explore other philosophy behind it.

4 Answers

rayorke
rayorke
27,709 Points
rayorke
rayorke
27,709 Points

Further on in the course, when you dive in to styling the website with CSS, Nick actually spends a full video explaining the mobile first approach: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-a-website/css-cascading-style-sheets/take-a-mobilefirst-approach

Kevin Silvestre
Kevin Silvestre
13,561 Points
Kevin Silvestre
Kevin Silvestre
13,561 Points

You are right is a matter of choice and " Mobile first " is not the only approach, but they clearly stated why they use this approach. First , because they think is much easy to adapt a mobile web site to a desktop size than adapting a desktop size website to a mobile size. Also, because when designing for mobile first , you will be force to think about the most important elements of your site than you would designing first for a desktop where many secondary elements come into play.

Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points
Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points

Hi Chiara, this article is a useful overview of why many people have adopted a mobile first approach. It links to several resources if you want to read more about the methods and ideas.

Chiara Aliotta
Chiara Aliotta
2,711 Points
Chiara Aliotta
Chiara Aliotta
2,711 Points

Thanks all of you! I moved forward with the lessons and actually Nick explained it clear why going with mobile-first approach.

Thanks Tom for your hint. I have those books! ;)