CSS mastery
by Andy Budd · first published 2006
89% recommend11% neutral
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Practical CSS guide with step-by-step solutions to common layout problems. Clear on the box model, positioning, and browser bugs with workarounds. Suits developers wanting a solid foundation in CSS fundamentals.
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Provides information on developing Web sites using CSS.
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If you're only going to buy one book on CSS, I highly recommend CSS Mastery by Andy Budd. It actually has a great introductory section in there, and no one puts into plain English better the reasons why certain hacks are used in certain browsers. Web Standards Solutions by Dan…
on “Ask YC: Best way to learn CSS/UI design?” ↗I really like CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions by Collison, Budd, Moll.
on “Learn CSS Layout” ↗CSS Mastery is a good one - https://www.amazon.com/CSS-Mastery-Advanced-Standards-Soluti...
on “Ask HN: Can you recommend advanced books on CSS?” ↗I second that! CSS Mastery by Andy Budd is great. After reading that book you will really understand the box model and positioning, as well as a bunch of other stuff. Of course learning CSS goes together with learning to write…
on “Ask YC: Best way to learn CSS/UI design?” ↗1 Book has it all: "CSS Mastery" by Andy Budd You will be a ninja thereafter.
on “Ask YC: Best way to learn CSS/UI design?” ↗I like CSS Mastery: http://www.amazon.com/CSS-Mastery-Advanced-Standards-Solutio... It does a great job of calling out CSS bugs in specific browser versions and describes how to work around them.
on “Ask YC: what are the best books to learn CSS and XHTML from?” ↗I asked the same question on HN earlier: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=73284 I ended up buying the book CSS Mastery by Andy Budd and I'm quite satisfied with it ;)
on “Best online CSS tutorial/class?” ↗…-- The web is still largely a written medium. Getting the typography right is a huge win. And this book is great. Implementation resources: * Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Freeman et. al. * CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards_ by Budd et. al. Helpful: * CSS frameworks like Blueprint, Bootstrap, Compass * Using grids * SCSS/CASS/LESS Also, Smashing Magazine (web) is very good. To build implementation…
on “Ask HN: (Backend) coders, did you learn web design? If yes, how?” ↗CSS Mastery for me is THE book on CSS. Although its old because at the time the book was written, IE7 was not officially in the market yet. It contains a lot of step-by-step solutions for common real-world css problems,…
on “What is the best CSS book?” ↗…After you are done with that, try this book: PHP and MySQL Web Development http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dst... And after you are done with it. Beef up your css with this one:CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dst... Once you are done with that, get your jQuery groove on with this: jQuery: Novice to Ninja http://www.amazon.com/jQuery-Novice-Ninja-Earle-Castledine/d...…
on “Learning to code. Or am I just crazy??” ↗For CSS, I learned most from 'CSS Mastery'; For Ruby on Rails, I'd recommend 'Simply Rails 2'. I don't think there's any book that covers everything. Server/hosting wise, I leave everything to Heroku.
on “Ask HN: Review my app: Wappr” ↗CSS Mastery by Andy Bubb. The best, and only one book/resource you need to become really good with CSS. For HTML, spend an hour or two with HTMLDOG.com will do the job.
on “Ask HN: Are there any resources for learning html+css that are actually good?” ↗…tons of awesome books on amazon - look for the bestsellers and highest reviews. One that helped me with logos is: Logo Design Love I also liked the Classical Effects in Photoshop. Foe websites: I liked CSS Mastery and on the cssgarden as well as reading alistpart.
on “Ask HN: Where can I improve my graphic design skills?” ↗…Peter is totally totally awesome - I wish he would write every tech book!! Now you have the grounding, start making and asking questions. What killed me was the UX/UI stuff. Then a friend suggested CSS Mastery book and using blueprint this got me clued in. Now I was not paralyzed. It was so awesome to see an app created in literally minutes. I loved RoR - I miss it terribly. I disliked the community. Fanboyish.…
on “Learning Ruby and Rails, where would you start?” ↗It really does depend on the book. Looking at Amazon, the Django book, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, The Pickaxe, CSS Mastery and The Ruby Programming Language are all <$30 each and are all well regarded. I'm sure there's plenty more.
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