This article covers the basic principles of responsive web design for those interested in creating their own responsive sites from scratch, as well as noting a few frameworks that can be used to speed up development time. The author favors the Foundation CSS framework for responsive development because of its syntax, diverse selection of components, and handy jQuery plug-ins. Regardless of building it yourself or relying on a premade framework, the concepts presented here enable anyone to create responsively designed sites that provide a positive user experience, regardless of the method of access.