Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as ...
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Dec 28, 2009
Tami
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CSS: The Missing Manual is a good step by step manual for anyone interested in learning CSS. The book does assume that the reader has some basic experience with HTML. However, the CSS related material teaches the reader right from the very beginning.
Those new to CSS will likely read this book from start to finish, completing the tutorials as they go. In this way, they will learn how to create internal and external style sheets; the basics of text and image formatting; and more advan More...
Those new to CSS will likely read this book from start to finish, completing the tutorials as they go. In this way, they will learn how to create internal and external style sheets; the basics of text and image formatting; and more advan More...
Sep 12, 2011
Kelly
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So I have chosen not to rate this book as in terms of how much I liked it. I don't necessarily like reading books on CSS, HTML, Tech, etc., but I had to in this case because I am teaching myself.
In terms of being able to teach myself from this book, I thought that it was well laid out and easy to get through. Coming from the background of someone who only knew limited amounts of HTML, the book accomplished more than I hope for. Do I have a basic understanding of style sheets and More...
In terms of being able to teach myself from this book, I thought that it was well laid out and easy to get through. Coming from the background of someone who only knew limited amounts of HTML, the book accomplished more than I hope for. Do I have a basic understanding of style sheets and More...
Dec 20, 2011
Kyle
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My review is not reflective of the quality of this book. The quality is excellent, however my rating is my personal view on how I benefited from the book. I did not have the foresight to know what level of technical detail would be in this book, and having worked in web programming for a while (although not explicitly HTML/CSS), I was already familiar with many of the topics. My main intent was to cover Part III which covers div based layouts (as opposed to table layouts) in great detail an
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Nov 14, 2010
Lori
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I really enjoyed working through this book. It has really helped me better understand the inner workings of CSS and especially how the cascading process works.
The tutorials were really helpful and I liked that I could get hands on experience working through the different aspects of CSS.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in getting a good foundation of CSS. Even if you have never worked with CSS before.
The tutorials were really helpful and I liked that I could get hands on experience working through the different aspects of CSS.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in getting a good foundation of CSS. Even if you have never worked with CSS before.
Dec 09, 2011
Chris
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Looking to further my webpage creating ability, I bought this book several years ago. It was completely boring. Only read this if you are looking to add more "pizzaz" to a webpage, and only if you are in business. I kept having to put it down and "come back to it later"(the later that hasn't come yet)!
Jun 07, 2011
Cesar
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Muy buen libro, una de las mejores explicaciones que he leído sobre el modelo de cajas de CSS, tiene muchos ejemplos, explica de forma muy sencilla todo y el autor escribe de una forma muy divertida. Muy buena compra, si lo compran en la app store de Itunes, lo encuentran en 70 pesos.
Jan 01, 2010
Cgoldby
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I am a big fan of David McFarland's books in this series - he is able to actually keep technical manuals fairly enjoyable to read. I had a beginner's knowledge of CSS coming into this one, and afterwards I really feel pretty comfortable using it for any of my work.
Aug 17, 2011
Derek
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I've been using CSS for years but never really took the time to learn it. I would always just rely on various tutorials but never have a full grasp of exactly what I was doing. One area that I was fuzzy on was the use of descendent selectors. So after reading many amazon reviews, I ordered this book. Much of the book was a refresher for me, but I even enjoyed those sections as they helped to solidify my knowledge of those area. Overall, it's very well written and gives lots of clear examples. Th
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Dec 27, 2011
Abby
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For school... the first textbook I've ever read from start to finish. Knew all the basics, so this helped with suggesting some back-up and roundabout coding options, plus some useful advanced CSS knowledge.
Jan 19, 2012
Will
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I got to refresh my memory and hopefully learn something new, which I did. It's a good book. I didn't read everything in detail, but I skimmed through the whole thing. The humor in this book wasn't funny to me, but it's easy to ignore it.
Mar 05, 2011
February
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This book is for people who actually do have some idea of what they're doing. For a complete beginner like myself who last learned HTML when it was 2.0, it doesn't help at all.
Apr 22, 2011
Alexander
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Fantastic guide to CSS with a nod toward the coming of CSS3. I would highly recommend this tome to all skill levels.
Jun 11, 2010
Dhaval
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really good book specially for web developers migrating to web designing
Sep 26, 2011
Ryan
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Provides a great introduction to CSS. Contains plenty of solid reference materials.
Apr 25, 2011
Ajitabh
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A must have for every web designer. This is really a manual which explains CSS from scratch and does not assume any pre-requisites except a basic knowledge of some HTML programming.
Jan 02, 2012
Lisa
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I am really thrilled to find this series "The Missing Manual". Finally a computer book that is written in plain English, in a non-competitive human way, with tutorials and no extra cd, for extra expense, but downloadable files to go with lessons. Perfect for a this-time-of-life claiming my destiny sorta thing...(no I won't be retiring soon)
Thanks Mr. McFarland for caring about real human beings!
Thanks Mr. McFarland for caring about real human beings!
Aug 25, 2010
If you know nothing about css, get this book. By the time you are finished you will know enough. Firebug will help you with the rest.
May 29, 2010
MJ
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This book was VERY handy as I tried to get a handle on CSS. Wish I'd had the time to take it from front to back, using the guided exercises to really master the material. As it was, I used it mainly as a reference, and it served my purposes well. Definitely keeping it on hand.
Aug 04, 2010
Jaycruz
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Like all O'Reilly tech books I've read so far, this one is just as terrific. Every important thing you need to know about CSS(2.1) is in there and then some. The tutorials at the end of the chapters help immensely in learning.
May 18, 2011
Amy
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I recommend this as a great reference when learning CSS. I had several different books on CSS at hand but I kept going back to this one.
Jan 23, 2012
Abdulmomen
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My favorite! believe it or not, after you finish it you will learn CSS Insha' Allah.
Feb 07, 2012
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