
CSS - The Missing Manual, 4e
David Sawyer Mcfarland(Author)
O'Reilly (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 29. September 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
978-1-4919-1805-0 (ISBN)
Description
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).
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1223 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4919-1805-0 (9781491918050)
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CSS: The Missing Manual
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4th Edition
O'Reilly
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David Sawyer Mcfarland
CSS3: The Missing Manual
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Person
David Sawyer McFarland, president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., has spent the last 15 years, building and managing websites for Macworld.com and UC Berkeley, among others. He is also a trainer, and has written bestselling Missing Manual books on Dreamweaver, CSS, and JavaScript.
Content
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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Part 1: CSS Basics
- Chapter 1: HTML and CSS
- Chapter 2: Creating Styles and Style Sheets
- Chapter 3: Selectors: Identifying What to Style
- Chapter 4: Saving Time with Style Inheritance
- Chapter 5: Managing Multiple Styles: The Cascade
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Part 2: Applied CSS
- Chapter 6: Formatting Text
- Chapter 7: Margins, Padding, and Borders
- Chapter 8: Adding Graphics to Web Pages
- Chapter 9: Sprucing Up Your Site's Navigation
- Chapter 10: CSS Transforms, Transitions, and Animations
- Chapter 11: Formatting Tables and Forms
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Part 3: CSS Page Layout
- Chapter 12: Introducing CSS Layout
- Chapter 13: Building Float-Based Layouts
- Chapter 14: Positioning Elements on a Web Page
- Chapter 15: Responsive Web Design
- Chapter 16: Using a CSS Grid System
- Chapter 17: Modern Web Layout with Flexbox
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Part 4: Advanced CSS
- Chapter 18: Improving Your CSS Habits
- Chapter 19: More Powerful Styling with Sass
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Part 5: Appendixes
- CSS Property Reference
- CSS Resources