
Practical CSS3
Develop and Design
Chris Mills(Author)
Peachpit Press Publications
Published on 9. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-321-82372-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book teaches how to use CSS3 to build cool, responsive user interface features that are feasible for use in real-world projects today. Readers will appreciate the author's approachable style and will catch on quickly with this easy-to-follow, practical guide. Well known and respected CSS3 expert Chris Mills devotes much of the book to creating fallbacks for older browsers, so that the content will still be accessible and usable.
Each chapter begins with a quick reference sheet with all the syntax, fallbacks, backward compatibility, and browser support (including mobile). The author clearly explains what the CSS features do and why they are useful. Then he demonstrates a simple design that illustrates usage, followed by more complex variations. The chapter then covers appropriate fallbacks/shivs for older browser support and problems that currently exist for that feature. Topics include CSS3 typography, bling boxes, navigation buttons, animated effects using CSS3, using CSS3 to implement icons, CSS3 layout chops, adaptive layouts and responsive design, fluid layouts and percentages, and styling media. The book's companion website offers a PDF of each chapter's cheat sheet, as well as sample code used in the book, available for free download and updated regularly.
Each chapter begins with a quick reference sheet with all the syntax, fallbacks, backward compatibility, and browser support (including mobile). The author clearly explains what the CSS features do and why they are useful. Then he demonstrates a simple design that illustrates usage, followed by more complex variations. The chapter then covers appropriate fallbacks/shivs for older browser support and problems that currently exist for that feature. Topics include CSS3 typography, bling boxes, navigation buttons, animated effects using CSS3, using CSS3 to implement icons, CSS3 layout chops, adaptive layouts and responsive design, fluid layouts and percentages, and styling media. The book's companion website offers a PDF of each chapter's cheat sheet, as well as sample code used in the book, available for free download and updated regularly.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
654 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-82372-4 (9780321823724)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Chris Mills (Manchester, UK) is a web technologist, open standards evangelist, and education agitator currently working at Opera Software on the developer relations team. He writes articles about cutting-edge web standards for dev.opera.com (http://dev.opera.com/), .net mag, A List Apart, and other publications, and he speaks at universities and industry conferences.
Content
1. INTRODUCTION TO CSS3 AND MODERN WEB DESIGN
2. BUILDING A SOLID CROSS-BROWSER TEMPLATE WITH HTML5 AND JAVASCRIPT
3. SPICING UP YOUR FONTS
4. ENHANCING BOXES WITH CSS3 BLING
5. ANIMATED EFFECTS USING CSS3
6. USING CSS3 TO IMPLEMENT ICONS
7. CSS3 LAYOUT CHOPS
8. RESPONSIVE AND ADAPTIVE DESIGN
2. BUILDING A SOLID CROSS-BROWSER TEMPLATE WITH HTML5 AND JAVASCRIPT
3. SPICING UP YOUR FONTS
4. ENHANCING BOXES WITH CSS3 BLING
5. ANIMATED EFFECTS USING CSS3
6. USING CSS3 TO IMPLEMENT ICONS
7. CSS3 LAYOUT CHOPS
8. RESPONSIVE AND ADAPTIVE DESIGN