CSS Mastery, 3rd Edition

Fully updated to the latest CSS modules, make the journey to CSS mastery as simple and painless as possible. This book dives into advanced aspects of CSS-based design, such as responsive design, modular CSS, and CSS typography. Through a series of easy-to-follow tutorials, you will learn practical CSS techniques you can immediately start using in your daily work.

CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS development―this book demystifies the secrets of CSS. While CSS is a relatively simple technology to learn, it is a difficult one to master. When you first start developing sites using CSS, you will come across all kinds of infuriating browser bugs and inconsistencies. It sometimes feels like there are a million and one different techniques to master, spread across a bewildering array of websites. The range of possibilities seems endless and makes for a steep and daunting learning curve.

While most books concentrate on basic skills, this one is different, assuming that you already know the basics and why you should be using CSS in your work, and concentrating mainly on advanced techniques. This new edition covers all of the CSS fundamentals such as the importance of meaningful markup, how to structure and maintain your code, and how the CSS layout model really works.

This new edition contains

• New examples and updated browser support information
• Full coverage of modular CSS and responsive design
• Essential information on CSS typography and layout control

What You’ll Learn

• The best practice concepts in CSS design
• The most important (and tricky) parts of CSS
• Identify and fix the most common CSS problems
• How to deal with the most common bugs
• Completely up to date browser support information
• The latest information on CSS features and support

Who This Book Is For

CSS Mastery is aimed at intermediate and advanced web designers and developers. It offers a quick recap of the main points of CSS, while dispelling some common myths, but then moves forward to delve into the higher-level aspects of CSS. It contains fully up-to-date information throughout, and acts as a one-stop-shop for current CSS best practices.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Setting the Foundations
Chapter 2: Getting Your Styles to Hit the Target
Chapter 3: Visual Formatting Model Overview
Chapter 4: Web Typography
Chapter 5: Beautiful Boxes
Chapter 6: Content Layout
Chapter 7: Page Layout and Grids
Chapter 8: Responsive Web Design & CSS
Chapter 9: Styling Forms and Data Tables
Chapter 10: Making It Move: Transforms, Transitions, and Animations
Chapter 11: Cutting-edge Visual Effects
Chapter 12: Code Quality and Workflow