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The Book of CSS3: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design [Paperback]

Peter Gasston (Author)
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Publication Date: May 13 2011

CSS3 is the technology behind most of the eye-catching visuals on the Web today, but the official documentation can be dry and hard to follow. Luckily, The Book of CSS3 distills the heady technical language of the CSS3 specification into plain English, so you can get started on your next project right away.

With real-world examples and a focus on results, The Book of CSS3 shows you how to transform ordinary text into stunning, richly detailed web pages fit for any browser. You'll master the latest cutting-edge CSS features, like multi-column layouts, borders and box effects, and new color and opacity settings. You'll also learn how to:

  • Stylize text with fully customizable outlines, drop shadows, and other effects
  • Create, position, and resize unlimited background images on the fly
  • Spice up static web pages with event-driven transitions and animations
  • Apply 2D and 3D transformations to text and images
  • Use linear and radial gradients to create smooth color transitions
  • Tailor a website's appearance to smartphones and other devices

From the simplest blog layout to the most feature-rich web portal, The Book of CSS3 puts the whole wide world of web design at your fingertips. The future of web design is now—what will you create with it?

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Peter Gasston has been a web developer for over 10 years in both agency and corporate settings. He was one of the original contributors to CSS3.info, the leading online destination for CSS3. Peter has been published in the UK's .net magazine, gives talks about CSS and web technologies at developer conferences, and runs the web development blog Broken Links. He lives in London, England.

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4.0 out of 5 stars CSS3 rules explained July 26 2011
By mko TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Peter is perfectly right with his introduction to the book ' 'Let me tell you a little about who I think you are: You're a web professional who's been hand-coding HTML and CSS (')'. This sentence, probably, describes most of the home grown HTML developers around the world. If you are working with CSS and you want to know what to expect when it comes to CSS3 this book sound to be quite useful. Peter goes over the features of CSS3 while at the same time presenting them in a structured way. He discuses particular rule, shows examples of the usage, and, at the end of each chapter, summarizes their support within most commonly used web engines: WebKit, Firefox, Opera, and IE. You will find this list again within appendix ' this way you can easily check whether particular feature is missing or not within given Web browser.

When it comes to the content, it turned out that I am really a casual user of CSS. There are many rules that I was not aware of. This way, I was able to learn new stuff. On the other hand, I think that material is quite demanding for the reader. As Peter states at the beginning of the book: 'The Book of CSS3 helps you leverage the excellent knowledge you have of CSS2.1 in order to make learning CSS3 easier. I won't explain the fundamentals of CSS'. This is true indeed. You have to have the knowledge of basics in order to benefit from the book. I suggest getting some other position that will teach you CSS from the scratch before targeting this one. What I can definitely say about the book is it's style. It suits me. Peter simply focuses on the matter itself. However, keep it mind that book is not for a beginners.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Buy other better css books Nov 12 2012
By Sang Minh Lam
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Hi All:

I am truly disappoint with the book. The book has a website but there is no link to download the code for the book. In addition, I send an email to the author to ask him if he could send me the code but no reply. I am trying to learn css and I brought several books from amazon and they all hav web sites to download the code for the book. I am really shock of the good reviews for this book because after I received the book from www.amazon.com I find it unreadable. The book doesnot show full examples but show pieces of code which is useless if you want to try out the full example in a browser. I recommend people buy other books such as "Visual Quickstart Guide Css3" or "Css Mastery Advanced Web Standards Solutions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Book of CSS3 Sep 12 2011
By Tami Brady HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
CSS has such potential. Even in its infancy, it's absolutely revolutionized the way that we create websites allowing us to create templates across our entire website saving a lot of time, effort, and space. No more hardcoding every little detail (repeatedly) into the html or treating each page of a website almost like a site in and of itself. Using CSS, websites can now be designed how we want rather than just coded to be functional.

CSS3 provides even more exciting possibilities. Using these new expressions, we can make websites that look less boxy, smooth out the headings, create more usable images, and find better ways to deal with different browsers and media. Of course, as with CSS in general, standardization is a problem. Different browsers interpret CSS differently, sometimes extremely so. Now, added into the mix, there's the complication of different media such as phones and tablets accessing our websites.

The Book of CSS3 provides a nice overview of the features of CSS3. While not all browsers can cope with these new expressions, there are a few tricks that we can use right now. Throughout the various chapters and also in the appendix, there are handy charts showing which browsers support these applications.
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