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Loading... Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Editionby Eric A. MeyerSeries: Nutshell Handbook Series
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I can usually find the answers I need in this book, so it is handy to have. I use this reference more than any other CSS book. (  ) dkhiggin | Apr 21, 2009 |  A must-have for anyone who does serious work with style sheets. This edition stops at css2.1 (  ) RicDay | Jan 24, 2009 | If you make web pages, you must have this book. No exceptions. ( ) abirdman | Jul 4, 2007 | If you do CSS, you need this. Still, the religious element is too high—pretending that CSS is something independent of how browsers actually display it, and speaking of "standards" as something normative. (  ) timspalding | Aug 30, 2005 |  no reviews | add a review
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The book is very upfront about the spotty early browser support for CSS1 and the sluggish adoption of CSS2. However, enthusiasm for the technology spills out of the pages, making a strong case for even the most skeptical reader to give CSS a whirl and count on its future. The text covers CSS1 in impressive depth--not only the syntactical conventions but also more general concepts such as specificity and inheritance. Frequent warnings and tips alert the reader to browser-compatibility pitfalls.
Entire chapters are devoted to topics like units and values, visual formatting and positioning, and the usual text, fonts, and colors. This attention to both detail and architecture helps readers build a well-rounded knowledge of CSS and equips readers for a future of real-world debugging. Cascading Style Sheets honestly explains the reasons for avoiding an in-depth discussion of the still immature CSS2, but covers the general changes over CSS1 in a brief chapter near the end of the book.
When successfully implemented, Cascading Style Sheets result in much more elegant HTML that separates form from function. This fine guide delivers on its promise as an indispensable tool for CSS coders. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered: HTML with CSS Selectors and structure Units Text manipulation Colors and backgrounds Boxes and borders Visual formatting principles Positioning CSS2 preview CSS case studies
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