Adaptive Web Design (2nd Edition) – Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement

Adaptive Web Design (2nd Edition)
264 Pages
ISBN 978-0134216140

The definitive guide to progressive enhancement, completely revised and rewritten. In this brief book, I chronicle the origins of progressive enhancement—its philosophy and mechanisms—and reveal the countless practical ways you can apply progressive enhancement principles in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

By understanding progressive enhancement and how to apply it properly, you can craft experiences that serve users (rather than browsers), giving them access to your content from anywhere.

Aaron Gustafson

About Aaron Gustafson (Chattanooga, Tennessee Author)

Aaron Gustafson

As would be expected from a former manager of the Web Standards Project, Aaron Gustafson is passionate about web standards and accessibility.

In his two decades working on the Web, Aaron has worked with a number of companies you’ve probably heard of including Box, Happy Cog, Major League Baseball, McAfee, the New York Times, SAS, StubHub, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vanguard, Walgreens, and Yahoo. He joined Microsoft as a web standards advocate to work closely with their browser team.

Aaron loves to share his knowledge and insights in written form. His three-part series on progressive enhancement for A List Apart is a perennial favorite and his seminal book on the subject, Adaptive Web Design, has earned him numerous accolades and honors. When he’s not writing, Aaron is frequently on the road presenting at conferences and running workshops across the globe.

Back home in Chattanooga, TN, Aaron is the proprietor of the Chattanooga Open Device Lab and helps organize the Code & Creativity talk series with his partner Kelly McCarthy. He is a longtime member of Rosenfeld Media’s “experts” group and writes about whatever’s on his mind at aaron-gustafson.com.