# The State Of Mobile First and Desktop First

DevFeed: [The State Of Mobile First and Desktop First](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-state-of-mobile-first-and-desktop-first-45390.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ishadeed.com/article/the-state-of-mobile-first-and-desktop-first/>)

Author: Ahmad Shadeed

Published: 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ahmad Shadeed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ahmad-shadeed.md>)

Topics: [Responsive Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/responsive-design.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Media Queries](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/media-queries.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Web app](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webapp.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [component](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/component.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [devtools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devtools.md>), [first](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/first.md>), [media-queries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/media-queries.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [parallel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parallel.md>), [responsive-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/responsive-design.md>)

## AI overview

An article compares mobile-first and desktop-first approaches to responsive web design. It explains how each workflow uses CSS and media queries, discusses handling pages or components in parallel, and considers the tradeoffs of enhancing layouts across viewport sizes.

## Source excerpt

Is mobile first or desktop first still relevant today? An article that explores both with pros and cons for each.