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CSS : the missing manual / David Sawyer McFarland.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Missing manualPublication details: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, Inc., c2015.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxii, 693 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1491918055 (pbk.)
  • 9781491918050 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Cascading style sheets : the missing manual
Subject(s):
Contents:
HTML and CSS -- Creating styles and style sheets -- Selectors: identifying what to style -- Saving time with style inheritance -- Managing multiple styles: the cascade -- Formatting text -- Margins, padding, and borders -- Adding graphics to web pages -- Sprucing up your site's navigation -- CSS transforms, transitions, and animations -- Formatting tables and forms -- Introducing CSS layout -- Building float-based layouts --- Positioning elements on a web page -- Responsive web design -- Using a CSS grid system -- Modern web layout with Flexbox -- Improving your CSS habits -- More powerful styling with Sass.
Summary: CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky-even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated fourth edition shows you how to take your HTML and CSS skills to the next level, with valuable tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction. Casual and experienced designers alike will quickly learn how to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. The important stuff you need to know: Start with the basics. Write CSS-friendly HTML, including the HTML5 tags recognized by today's browsers. Apply real-world design. Format text, create navigation tools, and enhance pages with graphics. Make your pages lively. Create eye-catching animations and give your visitors attractive tables and forms. Take control of page layouts. Use professional design techniques such as floats and positioning. Look great on any device. Craft sites that adapt to desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers with responsive web design. Work quickly and efficiently. Learn timesaving techniques to make your pages easier to create, use, and maintain.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky--even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated edition provides the most modern and effective tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction on CSS available today. Learn how to use new tools such as Flexbox and Sass to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. Ideal for casual and experienced designers alike.

The important stuff you need to know:

Start with the basics. Write CSS-friendly HTML, including the HTML5 tags recognized by today's browsers. Design for mobile devices. Create web pages that look great when visitors use them on the go. Make your pages work for you. Add animations that capture the imagination, and forms that get the job done. Take control of page layouts. Use professional design techniques such as floats and positioning. Make your layouts more flexible. Design websites with Flexbox that adjust to different devices and screen sizes. Work more efficiently. Write less CSS code and work with smaller files, using Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets (Sass).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The book that should have been in the box"--Cover.

HTML and CSS -- Creating styles and style sheets -- Selectors: identifying what to style -- Saving time with style inheritance -- Managing multiple styles: the cascade -- Formatting text -- Margins, padding, and borders -- Adding graphics to web pages -- Sprucing up your site's navigation -- CSS transforms, transitions, and animations -- Formatting tables and forms -- Introducing CSS layout -- Building float-based layouts --- Positioning elements on a web page -- Responsive web design -- Using a CSS grid system -- Modern web layout with Flexbox -- Improving your CSS habits -- More powerful styling with Sass.

CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky-even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated fourth edition shows you how to take your HTML and CSS skills to the next level, with valuable tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction. Casual and experienced designers alike will quickly learn how to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. The important stuff you need to know: Start with the basics. Write CSS-friendly HTML, including the HTML5 tags recognized by today's browsers. Apply real-world design. Format text, create navigation tools, and enhance pages with graphics. Make your pages lively. Create eye-catching animations and give your visitors attractive tables and forms. Take control of page layouts. Use professional design techniques such as floats and positioning. Look great on any device. Craft sites that adapt to desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers with responsive web design. Work quickly and efficiently. Learn timesaving techniques to make your pages easier to create, use, and maintain.

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