Responsive Design Made Easy: Exploring Media Queries and Website Testing

A Glimpse of Media Queries

Media queries are a key feature of responsive design. It allows us to cast specific styles for different devices and screen sizes. It's like having a wardrobe that automatically changes your outfit depending on where you're going!

Using media queries we can adapt the layout, typography, and other design elements to create a more optimal user experience across a variety of devices.

How do media queries work?

Media queries check the device's screen size and apply different styles based on that size. It's like telling the browser, " When the screen is this big or that big, do this, or make an element look like this".

We do that by defining breakpoints. Breakpoints are specific screen sizes that define what size the styles should change.

Let's practice with this simple example:

Let's start with a simple HTML file