This book is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS developmentall you need to work your way up to CSS professional. You'll learn how to:
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Mar 27, 2008
Erik
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I loved this book. If you've done a bunch of CSS but have some problems that you'd like to tackle once and for all (EM layouts, for example) then this book is a great reference. It's definitely a go-to book for common web problems regarding layout, box inheritance, etc.
Jul 07, 2008
Charles
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This book has really fine tuned my arsenal and widely broadened my understanding of CSS. The book has several nicely organized sections and comes with files that allow you quick references and opportunities to play with the code for a better understanding. Case studies at the end of the book are a great companion for putting all the things they throw at you too. My favorite part of this book was the CSS organization files that are ingenious. To sum up the book in a few words, CSS galore!
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Dec 29, 2008
Mark
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This is one of the better introductory CSS books out there. As with most, the information is available on the Net if you want to spend the time hunting it down. Andy Budd goes beyond many such online resources by providing insight into common problems and several tips on how to optimize solutions for some common CSS approaches. Overall, worth the money to have on your reference shelf.
Aug 28, 2011
Shaan
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To be honest, I had no idea what I was doing with CSS until I read this book. Got me quickly up to speed on the basics and then learned all the advanced techniques. Important areas that always confused me such as floating and positioning are completely clear now. And now I understand how to work with different browsers as well. Great book!
Dec 01, 2008
Chiel
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A fine book for everybody working with CSS, great examples.
Though I must add I learned that learning CSS is like learning to ride a bike, one can read about it but only learn by doing it.
Though I must add I learned that learning CSS is like learning to ride a bike, one can read about it but only learn by doing it.
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Aug 08, 2010
Nathan
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One of the better beginners CSS books I've come across. If you are just starting CSS and feel like you're not making enough progress, definitely check this book out.
Oct 14, 2008
Rachel
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A perfect follow-up to Friends of Ed's "yellow CSS book" which is more basic (but whose title escapes me).
This is not a beginner's CSS book. You should at least read the yellow book or "Bullet Proof Web Design" before tackling this one, which builds heavily off the core concepts you should have already learned.
It covers everything from layouts, to browser hacks, even showing you how to add little icons at the end of external links. Nifty, huh!
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This is not a beginner's CSS book. You should at least read the yellow book or "Bullet Proof Web Design" before tackling this one, which builds heavily off the core concepts you should have already learned.
It covers everything from layouts, to browser hacks, even showing you how to add little icons at the end of external links. Nifty, huh!
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Jul 25, 2011
Krista
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An excellent introduction to CSS, but with enough high-level tips to keep up with standards-based web development now.
Jul 28, 2010
Neil
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Great book for beginning to learn CSS all the way through some advanced stuff. Excellent authors and web developers.
Feb 24, 2009
Bryony
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Equally good for bed-time reading and reference. Very easily read and understood.
Dec 15, 2011
Paolo
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Tecniche avanzate per fogli di stile che sfruttano tutto il potenziale nascosto del linguaggio dei CSS.
Mar 26, 2008
Michael
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Overall, I thought it a very handy reference tool for a barely CSS literate person like myself. My only complaints are that is seems to be getting a little out dated. He mentions things such as CSS 3 and how it was supposed to come out later that year (2006). He also spends a lot of time talking about bugs associated with IE, especially 5.X which from my understanding is rarely used these days with the release of IE 7.0 (which he can't mention). Other than that, it was a good eye opener into my
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Jun 23, 2009
Janis
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Very good, although a bit out of date as IE7 wasn't out yet. Would benefit from a revision. Explores some concepts more widely than Bulletproof Web Design, although I must say that it doesn't demonstrate the markup and markup changes as well as the other. Both books overlap in large areas, but each has its own strong point.
Feb 16, 2008
Jolyon
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an excellent guide to producing CSS styled HTML pages with concise examples and explanations of the Box Model and more with consideration on how to work around the major Internet Explorer bugs and how to design new pages from the bottom up quickly and flexibly.
Sep 06, 2007
Sarah
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I am already really familiar with CSS but this book really takes it to the next step. Really easy to follow with great case studies. I highly recommend the friends of ed books, http://www.friendsofed.com/ for web designers.
Jan 20, 2008
David
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In my case, this book was literally life-changing. It filled in a lot of gaps in my CSS knowledge, and gave me the right start towards my web design/development career.
Sep 02, 2007
Chris
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I loved this book so much I bought it after returning it to the library. All the cool CSS layout tricks and hacks in one volume, written in plain, friendly English.
Jul 13, 2008
artsygal
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This is an awesome book esp for daily tackles w/browser compatibility and standard compliant issues. At my job I keep this book by my side at all times!
Jan 27, 2012
Caroline
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Outdated (2006). This is what happens when you leave a web dev book on the shelf unread for too long... ;-)
Mar 26, 2010
Will
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Strengthened my knowledge of CSS. This book makes sense of layout, box, and other nebulous topics.
Dec 02, 2010
Again, I haven't had the time I'd like to start this book. I'm looking forward to it though.
