Smashing CSS: Professional Techniques for Modern Layout

by Eric A. Meyer

PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MODERN LAYOUTSmashing CSS takes you well beyond the basics, covering not only the finer points of layout and effects, but introduces you to the future with HTML5 and CSS3. Very few in the industry can show you the ins and outs of CSS like Eric Meyer and inside Smashing CSS Eric provides techniques that are thorough, utterly useful, and universally applicable in the real world. From choosing the right tools, to CSS effects and CSS3 techniques with jQuery, Smashing CSS is the practical guide to building modern web layouts.

With Smashing CSS you will learn how to: Throw elements offscreen/hide themCreate body/HTML backgrounds in XHTMLUsemore than 15 layout techniques including clearfix, two/three simple columns, faux columns, One True Layout, Holy Grail, em-based layout, fluid grids, sticky footers, and moreUse a variety of CSS effects including CSS popups, boxpunching, rounded corners, CSS sprites, Sliding Doors, Liquid Bleach, ragged floats, and moreApply CSS table styling including using thead, tfoot, and tbody, row headers, column-oriented styling (classes); styling data tables with jQuery, tables to graphs, tables to maps; and moreUse CSS3 elements including rounded corners, multiple backgrounds, RGBA, using jQuery to do CSS3 selections and so much more.

Eric Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web standards, and has been working on the Web since 1993. Smashing CSS is for developers who already have some experience with CSS and JavaScript and are ready for more advanced techniques.

"Smashing Magazine" (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world's most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

Genres: Website Design, Reference, Design, Programming, Nonfiction, Technology, Web

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 29, 2010

About the author

Eric A. Meyer is an American web design consultant and author. He is best known for his advocacy work on behalf of web standards, most notably CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), a technique for managing how HTML is displayed. Meyer has written a number of books and articles on CSS and given many presentations promoting its use. Eric currently works for Igalia.

Reviews

[Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Multi-column layout with css is hard. About 5 years ago there was a flurry of activity to find robust ways of doing two- and three-column layout, resulting in a number of canonical techniques, and Meyer was one of the large contributors to that effort. This book covers those techniques in detail, and that section alone is worth the price of the book.

Meyer has for many years been consistently at the front of the pack in devising and writing about techniques of (what was long ago called) dynamic html and the creative use of css. This latest of his books is an excellent addition to his work and to any web developer's library.

[Carl Macki · Rating 4 out of 5]

A master of CSS, Eric Meyer is artlessly skillful in his steps towards explaining the intricacies of the topics covered. I loved the section on multi-column layouts as I have found them hard to do in HTML and CSS.

This book covers with ease some of the most difficult techniques in CSS. It may not be the most advanced, the latest; but for what it covers it is impossible to beat.

[Dhuaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best practical overview of CSS I've found so far. It doesn't spend ages on the basics, but provides just the right toolkit to start making your CSS more bulletproof. I especially liked the section about bug fixes.

[Sardonyx · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read if you already have a bit of a grasp of CSS. It points out some things that you might have missed as well as some good tricks to deal with cross browser compatibility. A book that I'd definitely like to own a copy of!

[Peter Labrow · Rating 4 out of 5]

When it comes to CSS, there are few people who know as much as Eric Meyer. And me - but I learned most of what I know from Eric Meyer! Essential reading for all website developers.

[Luca Salvini · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good book and there's a lot of stuff in it.
It's just not as advanced as I expected.
Hoped for something more from Mr. Meyer.

[Robert McDiarmid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eric Meyer's latest missive on all things CSS and the must-have tools for successful use and design using HTML5 and CSS3. I learnd from the ground up on Meyer's books; and I am huge fan.

[Alana · Rating 4 out of 5]

GOoDTechniques for Modern Layout

[Mostafa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what i've expected from smashing mag.