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Discussion on: Building a responsive website? Start with mobile first!

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Camille • Edited

I just re-started this journey a couple weeks ago and the first piece of advice I got from a friend who has been doing this for years was exactly this - always start mobile first. I am trying to do that every time I start a new exercise or challenge now - even when it doesn't ask me to do so.

It's sort of intuitive ... most people I know have had their first ever introduction to the wonders of the web via their phone these days. It's only the really hardcore computer users (gamers, developers, etc.) who even buy computers now.

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Savvas Stephanides

I just re-started this journey a couple weeks ago and the first piece of advice I got from a friend who has been doing this for years was exactly this - always start mobile first. I am trying to do that every time I start a new exercise or challenge now - even when it doesn't ask me to do so.

That's good advice. It's true that a lot more people visit the web from their phones now because it's just convenient to pick up your phone and look something up, rather than turn on your laptop/desktop and wait for it to open so you can open your browser.