CSS expertise is now vital for every professional web designer and
developer, but CSS and its associated technologies have grown more
complex as they've become more powerful and flexible. In just 24 lessons
of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours will help
you master every CSS3 technique, concept, and skill you need to fully
control how your pages and sites will appear in any web or mobile
browser. Unlike older books that endlessly rehash the absolute basics of
first-generation CSS, this book dives right into today's most important
CSS skills and topics. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come
before, guiding you smoothly to mastery. CSS expert Jennifer Kyrnin
covers all this, and much more:
- Making smart decisions about using CSS, based on your desired effects
and browser support
- Designing for mobile devices and platforms
- Gaining total control over typography, text, and colors
- Specifying images, multimedia, shapes, backgrounds, and borders
- Generating visual content with CSS and SVG
- Establishing consistent and workable layouts, grids, and page
structures
- Using CSS in Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Building CSS3 animations, transformations, and transitions
- Programming CSS: conditionals, variables, cursors, and pointers
- Using Sass and other powerful pre-processors
- Working with modern CSS editors and online tools
- Previewing the future of CSS, including CSS4 selectors, Cascading
Script Sheets, and CLISS
Throughout, step-by-step instructions walk you through common questions,
issues, and tasks; Q-and-As, Quizzes, and Exercises build and test your
knowledge; "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and
"Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. By the time you're
finished, you'll have all the skills and code you'll need to build great
CSS3 websites -- for any browser, device size, platform, or environment.
