This book is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS development–all you need to work your way up to CSS professional.

While CSS is a relatively simple technology to learn, it is a difficult one to master. When you first start developing sites using CSS, you will come across all kinds of infuriating browser bugs and inconsistencies. It sometimes feels like there are a million and one different techniques to master, spread across a bewildering array of websites. The range of possibilities seems endless and makes for a steep and daunting learning curve.

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CSS Mastery - Andy Budd - Great practical book on CSS - 2009-07-22
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Content Overview:

This book by Andy Budd covers CSS topics from a beginners level to a more advanced level. I'm an advanced CSS user, but I actually enjoyed reading the entire book from cover to cover. I find that reading over things you already know or use is a good idea; you never know when you will pick up a little trick that will save you some time every time you are writing CSS. Plus, if you really do know and use a technique 100%, you can give yourself a pat on the back..haha.

Topics covered in this book include:

* Doctype
* Margin Collapsing
* Box Model
* Using Background Images
* Relative, Absolute, Fixed Positioning
* Image Replacement Techniques
* Styling Links, Lists, & Forms
* Layouts (2 & 3 Column, Elastic, Fluid, Fixed)
* Hacks & Conditional Statements

When I read a book, I put bookmarks on the MOST important parts. These are of course the most important to ME, maybe you wouldn't even care about these topics. I do this so it's easy to get back to these sections of the book when I'm designing and coding.. so I don't have one of those, "I read about that somewhere" moments. Below I will quickly explain what I found to be the "bookmark worthy" parts of the book.


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Excellent book - 2009-09-24
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This book helped me to understand and use some of the more advanced CSS techniques. I recommend it to those already familiar with CSS and who are looking to advance their skills.

This is a great book - 2009-08-05
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This book clearly explains the concepts of CSS and is very good for people who learned how to do webpages using tables. I purchased another book that just shows how to do one example, this book clearly explains why to do things and gives you a good basis for future sites, not just learning how to do one specific example. I would highly recommend this book.

Excellent learning tool - 2009-06-07
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This book completely changed the way I build and design web sites for the better. I had been using HTML tables for layout for years and never realized how limiting that method was until I read this book. The narrative is very easy to follow and the different techniques are explained extremely well. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to expand their web design and front-end coding skills.

Very Good; Limited Coverage - 2009-05-28
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The book covers some topics very clearly. I've used CSS in a limited manner for years, but never done any really serious development. This book helped me gain an actual understanding of what is going on behind the scenes. For example, I never realized that vertical margins are collapsed. It also helped explain some of those annoying float clearing issues. If you already know about those, you may be looking for a more advanced book, but it does cover these beginner areas very well. I knock off a star for lack of coverage. (It's a rather short book.)

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