CSS: The Missing Manual

A very skilled and workmanlike introduction to essential concepts but under the gloss it skates over the issues that first time projects unavoidably have to face, get skilled in and overcome. Nevertheless a good initial introduction, some useful links and should be part of a necessary reference library for the real world problems that will be encountered.

Excellent CSS3 description. Written in very easy to understand language, goes to other areas necessary to understand the subject (but just enough not to overextend the book). Two gripes only - and it doesn't affect 5 stars I gave this book. First, the author sometimes in tutorials treat readers as idiots. And second, more importantly, the illustrations should have been done in color, especially since explanation often refers to colors. It's sometimes difficult to coordinate the story with black and white illustrations.

This was monumentally helpful for me on my coding journey of understanding how websites talk to each other and how to style them properly. If you are tired of trying to find answers on Reddit and Stack Overflow and want advice and trueness that is both industry standard and trustworthy, I recommend this book. You can have it open while working on projects too so it's a great reference guide.

The book starts pretty basic, but gives a very detailed dive into CSS. This book shows you the different hacks needed for different browsers (ugh ugh IE)! David gives some really interesting tips and sites which display the power of CSS.

I believe I'll use this book as a CSS reference for months to come.

Practical and helpful to know for those who are going to do website design. Must plan and structure html tags first than apply css rules. Skipped over the tuturiol and will review it at a later time.