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Practical CSS3: Develop and Design
By: Chris Mills
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub. Date: July 10, 2012
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-82372-9
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-82372-4
Web ISBN-10: 0-13-301464-9
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-13-301464-8
Pages in Print Edition: 336
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Overview
This book teaches how to use CSS3 to build cool, responsive user
interface features that are feasible for use in real-world projects
today. Readers will appreciate the author's approachable style and
will catch on quickly with this easy-to-follow, practical guide.
Well known and respected CSS3 expert Chris Mills devotes much of
the book to creating fallbacks for older browsers, so that the
content will still be accessible and usable.
Each chapter begins with a quick reference sheet with all the
syntax, fallbacks, backward compatibility, and browser support
(including mobile). The author clearly explains what the CSS
features do and why they are useful. Then he demonstrates a simple
design that illustrates usage, followed by more complex variations.
The chapter then covers appropriate fallbacks/shivs for older
browser support and problems that currently exist for that feature.
Topics include CSS3 typography, bling boxes, navigation buttons,
animated effects using CSS3, using CSS3 to implement icons, CSS3
layout chops, adaptive layouts and responsive design, fluid layouts
and percentages, and styling media. The book's companion website
offers a PDF of each chapter's cheat sheet, as well as sample code
used in the book, available for free download and updated
regularly.
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"awesome and thorough examples of what CSS3 can do" - by vegasvikk on 11-NOV-2012
Reviewer Rating:
This is just a great book all around. It's like a cookbook, having specific examples you can use and tweak to your heart's content. It's extremely thorough in the coverage of the CSS3 spec. After reading this one book I think I'll be up to speed after not studying web development since 2008. Because of the slight lag in writing time vs. publishing time, make sure to check out http://caniuse.com to see what features are currently supported.
Highly recommended!
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