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Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback) (平装)
by Eric A. Meyer
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Web design, Cascading Style Sheets, Computer & internet |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
The wealth of information packed into easy language - the book covers all the information you need about the browser compatibility issues, fonts and text properties, even element units and values. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
I have read up the most curent available sources for information on CSS. This is the definitive guide on CSS. I have searched high and low for a book of this quality and finally found it.
This book give you more than just bulk information. It breaks everything down and basically builds it back up for you. I don't know how well this book might be for the beginer, but I found it extremly useful. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
While all this information can be found online (which could be said about almost any web development language), the amount of attention paid to the subject is exceptional.
As with most O'Reilly books I own, I have never felt they were a waste of time or money. Finally, someone has done justice to a subject that should be at the forefront of every developers arsenal of web development tools.
I give lectures on web development and this is a subject that I stress to people over most others. The book is concise with very little fluff. It reads like a textbook.
Buy this book! |
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Jonathan (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
Anyone wanting to incorporate Cascading Style Sheets into their web pages should definitely read this book. It offers a very comprehensive study of all of CSS/1 and CSS positioning, as well as a fascinating look at some CSS/2 features (which of course no browers support yet). Browser compatibility problems are clearly identified for all properties. The explanations are detailed and easy to follow. This book would serve both a CSS novice as an introductory text, or an experienced professional as a reference book. I would recommend this book as one of those "must-haves" that every web designer should have in his or her collection. |
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John (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
Most people who have happened to work on web pages know something about stylesheets--yet very few actually know how to properly take full advantage of their features even at the "level 1" standard fairly well supported by most web browsers today.
If you've struggled to make a web page look like you want it, resorting to multipe FONT tags, tables, and formatting tags, then you need this book. If you've written a stylesheet or two but find yourself creating and applying styles to the point it seems more trouble than it's worth, this book is for you. From what I learned, I cut both the size of stylesheets and web pages for a number of both personal and company web pages - at times by more than a half - simply through a better understanding of the workings of stylesheets.
Beginning with the basics of what stylesheets actually are and building upon that basis with concepts like cascading, selectors, elements and pseudo-elements, the book will give readers an understanding of CSS difficult to appreciate merely through reading over other people's web pages or through trial and error. An exhaustive treatment of each sort of style - from fonts to inline elements to boxes -follows and covers nearly everything one could want to know about CSS1.
That said, the book could use an update as since 2000 the browser wars have evolved as has the application of CSS2, which is only touched upon by the book. However, unless you are already a pro at styles, you'll likely find this an invaluable reference, much as any title in the O'Reilly series. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
In 4 words, This Book Is Great! It contains a very complete explanation of most CSS properties that you will need for your upcoming web sites. Positioning, Fonts & Colors, Boxes, Formatting; it's all there.
For those of you who have to transition real print document (mostly suitable for PDF), well you will find a way to have your print document pretty similar to your current print document. In fact, one of the small case-studies is with this issue but if you go through the sections of boxes & positioning, you will find most of your answers there.
Great reference and I would suggest to anybody that wants alternative to 'Table positioning' and other formatting issues. |
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Thomas (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
Target Audience
Web developers who need a comprehensive guide on the use of CSS1 and CSS2 technology.
Contents
This book is an extensive guide on cascading style sheet technology, specifically the CSS1 and CSS2 specifications.
The book is divided into the following chapters:
CSS and Documents; Selectors; Structure and the Cascade; Values and Units; Fonts; Text Properties; Basic Visual Formatting; Padding, Borders, and Margins; Colors and Backgrounds; Floating and Positioning; Table Layout; Lists and Generated Content; User Interface Styles; Non-Screen Media; Property Reference; Selector, Pseudo-Class, and Pseudo-Element Reference; Sample HTML 4 Style Sheet; Index
Review
Most of my development work is not concentrated on the user interface. To date, I've been able to live with just a minimal amount of HTML and JavaScript knowledge. But more and more I'm being drawn into web design work, and CSS is playing a significant part in that. In order to have the information I need to do my job, I got a copy of this book and I'm glad I did.
Meyer does a nice job in balancing the material between code examples, reference to cover all the parameters, and example output to show what the code will do. I think the last part is very important, as it allows you to visualize the type of effects a certain command will have, and from there you can start to apply it to your own web site. I am undecided as to whether this would make a good first tutorial for someone just learning CSS. For me, it's a better reference guide once you have some basic CSS understanding.
There is one formatting decision that the author made in the second edition that some might find irritating. He decided that to keep the book from growing too large, the information about which browsers support which features would be dropped from the print version. You can get that information from the online web site, so it's not like you're left in the cold. But if that information is important to you and you want one-stop reading, this book might not be what you want.
Conclusion
A solid reference manual on CSS that you will use for coding examples, parameter reference, and visual examples of the effects you can obtain. |
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Vincent (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
I was surprised when I first came across this book. Initially I assumed that that the subject would be too small to sustain a whole book but that's not the case.
There is a wealth of information in here about Cascading Style Sheets. Whilst it's true that there may be nothing here that searching the web can't elicit, it's so much more useful to have the information to hand that I'd certainly recommend it as a worthwhile purchase.
Since I always try to make the appearance of my web pages browser independent, I found the information on browser compatability particularly useful. |
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Jennifer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
Anybody wanting to learn CSS should buy this book. All that is needed is an understanding of HTML - - no previous CSS experience is necessary.
The book starts out by explaining what CSS is, the need for it and why & how you should use it. You'll be taught different ways of linking style sheets to your HTML documents, and which of those ways is supported by which browsers [versions].
The meat of the book gives descriptions on each CSS element, practical examples, a heads-up on browser support issues, and even tips and tricks to work around those problems.
This book is by far *the book* for learning, or even just brushing up on CSS.
The only thing more I could have asked for with this book was coverage of CSS Level 2. CSS Level 1 was covered superiorly in this book, however Level 2 was barely touched on. Guess I'll have to wait for the next edition. |
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Brown (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
Not really a reference, but more than a simple tutorial. This is the best book I've seen about Cascading Style Sheets, and went a long way to convincing me that CSS had finally arrived in Prime Time.
But even though they've long since "arrived," they're still very much on the move. Meyer's terrific website offers an elegant glimpse into state-of-the-art CSS. He's done marvelous things with the technology, things that simply never would have occured to me as lending themselves to a CSS solution (eg, pure CSS popups - no javascript involved).
This book is a worthy investment for any serious web developer. |
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Kristi (MSL quote), USA
<2007-07-03 00:00>
This book is a great overview of the wonderful things that can be done with CSS in web development. Using CSS is a great way to make websites more accessible to the disabled while not losing the look of a well designed web page. This book is set up nicely and makes note of features that are not properly supported by the various browsers that are out there. It has a great overview in the back of each of the attributes that can be used in CSS and how they are to be applied and whether they are inherited etc. It's a great resource for those implementing the powers of CSS to clean up their html code. |
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