CSS secrets
by Lea Verou · first published 2014
92% recommend8% neutral
Why HN recommends it
Collection of practical, advanced CSS techniques for everyday design problems that shows approaches you would not find on your own; treats CSS as an engineering problem. Suits working web developers past the basics.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
Based on two popular talks from author Lea Verou - including CSS3 Secrets: 10 things you may not know about CSS - this practical guide provides more than 50 undocumented techniques and tips for using CSS3 to create better websites. The talks that spawned this book have been top-rated by W3Conf and .net magazine. Get information you won't find in any other book Learn through small, easily digestible chapters Helps you understand CSS more deeply so you can improve your own solutions Apply Lea's techniques to problems other than those she discusses Gain tips from a rockstar author who works for W
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That's not true, this book [1] is written by a woman and got a lot of support : [1] http://www.amazon.fr/CSS-Secrets-Lea-Verou/dp/1449372635 (it's really good btw)
on “GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart” ↗One of my favorite books is Lea Verou's CSS Secrets [0]. [0] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920031123.do
on “Ask HN: Can you recommend advanced books on CSS?” ↗http://www.htmlandcssbook.com/ taught me the groundwork despite its age. Lea Verou's CSS Secrets is a great book to pair it with - will show you lots of avenues of CSS and layout ideas that you'd never have found on your own. You probably also need some reference on Flexbox & Grid but depends how…
on “Ask HN: Learning modern web design and CSS” ↗I'm surprised no one mentioned Lea Verou's "CSS Secrets" [0]. Most books I've read will give some depth at how aspects of CSS work, or recommend a best practice, but Verou's work is the only one I've seen that sees using CSS as an engineering solution. The…
on “What do I need to read to be a CSS dev?” ↗…account and start experimenting, sharing new ideas on css forums ect. 3. Try to replicate some css frameworks like pure. Read the code; try to figure out how they did something. 4. Finally, I recommend CSS Secrets book by Lea Verou. You can buy a pre release copy.
on “Ask HN: How do I get better at CSS?” ↗The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett. His last work. Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson (I'd recommend this to families with young children) CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems by Lea Verou. I'm not really a front in person so this was an interesting look into CSS3 Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking Georgia…
on “Ask HN: Best books you've read in 2015” ↗Read lea verou book 'css secrets' it's an awesome book for every web developer. http://lea.verou.me/writing/
on “Ask HN: Learning modern web design and CSS” ↗I found these two ones quite good. https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/professional-css3 https://www.amazon.com/CSS-Secrets-Solutions-Everyday-Proble...
on “A JavaScript-Free Front End” ↗CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems (written by Lea Verou) covers a variety of interesting techniques along these lines.
on “Show HN: Cyberpunk web design made easy, really easy” ↗…Humankind. * The Three-Body Problem Trilogy. Great, great sci-fi. * Understanding ECMAScript 6. Best ES6 reference book. * Node.js Design Patterns. Best Node book for intermediate/advanced developers. * CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems. Great, great book on advanced CSS tips & tricks. * Mastering Selenium WebDriver. This is probably the only good book on Selenium among so many bad books…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗CSS Secrets is wonderful but I wouldn't consider recommending it for learning CSS as it assumes at least a solid base. What I do believe someone new to CSS or currently learning would find useful is the overall approach.…
on “Ask HN: Learning modern web design and CSS” ↗…my front-end and design skills, since I feel weak in that area. I looked for relevant books, got through several ("Design of everyday things", "About Face", "HTML&CSS" by Jon Duckett, and finishing up "CSS Secrets" by Lea Verou), created some very neat things in pure CSS, and I'm getting better at it by the day. Objectively speaking, I've gotten through a lot of things in the last 3 weeks, but it doesn't feel…
on “List your accomplishments” ↗CSS Secrets by Lea Verou.
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗