CSS books

Applying design patterns to HTML and CSS allows web developers and designers to improve their work, in terms of efficiency/productivity and end results, so this is an essential book for anyone involved in the industry to own.

As well as information on CSS and HTML best practices, this book provides the reader with all the CSS and HTML design patterns they need, to adapt for their own projects quickly and easily, along with details of exactly how each one works, and how to use them most effectively.

The book is up to date for modern browser support, and CSS and HTML specs.

We are on the verge of a revolution. The web is becoming the main developing platform and the primary source for information and software. In recent years, mobile devices have turned Internet applications from possibilities into necessities, and now computers that work exclusively on the web are being developed and sold. The software for the web is getting more sophisticated than ever and is replacing desktop applications once and for all. This level of change is both experimental and radical, and HTML5 is making it possible.
HTML5 for Masterminds leads the reader step by step to gain essential knowledge and to master complex subjects included in the HTML5 specification. After reading this book, you will know how to structure your documents with HTML5, how to style them with CSS3 and how to work with the most powerful Javascript APIs.
This book is not an introduction of HTML5 but instead a complete course that will teach you how to build compelling websites and amazing web applications from scratch. Every chapter explores basic concepts as well as complicated issues of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Concepts are supported by fully functional codes to guide beginners and experts through every single tag, style or function included in the specification. The codes are distributed throughout the book in a specific order to gradually introduce complex subjects and make them accessible to everyone.
The goal of HTML5 for Masterminds is to make you familiar with the most advanced technology for the web. It was developed to prepare you for the future, and it was written for the genius inside you... for Masterminds.
This Book Includes:
297 codes explained
16 Quick References, one at the end of every chapter to find and review its content
This Book Covers:

• Canvas API
• Drag and Drop API
• Geolocation API
• Web Storage API
• IndexedDB API
• File API
• Communication API (Ajax Level 2, Cross-Document Messaging, WebSocket API)
• Web Workers API
• History API
• Offline API

• New HTML5 Elements
• Traditional and Flexible Box Model
• Video Element
• Audio Element
• Media API
• New Form Elements
• Form Validation
• Form API
• CSS3 Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
• CSS3 Shadows, Fonts, Colors, Gradients, Translation, Transformation
• Javascript New Selectors
• Javascript New Standards
• External Libraries

The expert Web developer's guide to the effective use of style sheet technologies: CSS1, CSS2, and XSL! In this example-rich book, Keith Schengili-Roberts shows experienced Web developers all they need to know to achieve great results with the latest style sheet technologies. Schengili-Roberts covers both CSS1 and the new CSS2 standard in-depth, taking care to explain the differences between the two; key browser support issues; and the challenges of migrating to a CSS-based site. Understand key CSS2 properties, including the Box family; visual formatting and visual effects properties; paged media properties; color, background, font, text, table, and user interface properties; and techniques for generated content, automatic numbering, and lists. Discover how XML addresses style sheet issues through the eXtensible Style Language (XSL) standard; and learn practical techniques for using CSS and XSL together with Java, Perl, and XML. Detailed appendices provide full CSS1 and CSS2 element listings, color palette information, additional example code, and more.

Liquid or fluid layouts change width based on the user's unique device viewing size. These types of layouts have always been possible with tables but offer new design challenges as well as opportunities when built with CSS. This book, for experienced Web designers with some CSS experience, outlines how to do this successfully.
Designers will learn the benefits of flexible layouts and when to choose a liquid, elastic, or hybrid design. They will learn not only how to build a liquid layout from scratch using standards-compliant and cross-browser compatible (X)HTML and CSS, but will also learn how to design and slice their graphic comps in a way that makes flexible design achievable. This book will show designers that flexible layouts do not have to be visually boring or difficult to build when planned and built correctly. Even those who do not intend to build liquid layouts can use the concepts and techniques taught in this book to improve their fixed-width CSS designs, because they will learn how to design for the inherent flexibility of the web medium, instead of the rigid qualities of print media or table grid-based layouts.

CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets 3) is the next major revision of the style sheet language that is used to describe the presentation - the appearance and formatting - of web pages written in HTML. Learning to effectively use CSS is a critical developmental step for anyone aspiring to professional-level web page design skills. This book teaches you how to make decisions about how and when to apply CSS based on browser support and intended effects. It covers standards-compliant CSS, with an emphasis on helping you fully understand how to apply each concept in your everyday web development needs. Sams Teach Yourself CSS3 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed on CSS3, the next major version of the Cascading Style Sheets language. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. Sams Teach Yourself CSS3 in 10 Minutes will provide beginner and experienced users with fast at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common CSS3 pitfalls, and is written in a clear easy to understand format.

Although web standards-based websites can scale effectively—and basic CSS will give you basic results—there are considerations and obstacles that high traffic websites must face to keep your development and hosting costs to a minimum. There are many tips and tricks, as well as down-to-earth best practice information, to make sure that everything runs quickly and efficiently with the minimum amount of fuss or developer intervention. Targeted at "high traffic" websites—those receiving over 10,000 unique visitors a day—Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites gives you inside information from the professionals on how to get the most out of your web development team.
The book covers the development processes required to smoothly set up an easy-to-maintain CSS framework across a large-volume website and to keep the code reusable and modular. It also looks at the business challenges of keeping branding consistent across a major website and sustaining performance at a premium level through traffic spikes and across all browsers. Defensive coding is considered for sites with third-party code or advertising requirements. It also covers keeping CSS accessible for all viewers, and examines some advanced dynamic CSS techniques.

• The value of process
• Making reusable, robust, and modular CSS
• How to maximize the performance of your site
• Integrating with third parties
• How to keep branding consistent
• Best practices for cross-browser and accessible CSS
• Dynamic CSS techniques

This book is for Web developers building and maintaining premium, successful, high-traffic websites using web standards. This book will also help team leaders responsible for code that will be shared over multiple projects, as well as project managers with a high churn of contract staff.

1. The Value of Process
2. CSS Style Guide
3. Fundamentals
4. Frameworks and Integration
5. Brand Implementation
6. CSS and Accessibility
7. Devices
8. Performance
9. Dynamic CSS
10. Testing and Debugging
11. Creating your CSS
12. Appendix 1: CSS Standards Guide
13. Appendix 2: Accessibilitiy Guidelines
14. Appendix 3: Browser Support Guidelines
15. Appendix 4: Development Process

After learning the language of design, how does one effectively use standards-based technologies to create visually strong Web sites? The full-color Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites gives developers a peek into the process of the best designers in the world through the work of high profile, real-world Web sites that made them famous. The book focuses on deconstructing these top-tier large-scale sites with particular attention given to deconstructing CSS.

95% of all Web users now have CSS/DHTML compatible browsers. Now's the time to leverage these technologies to build sites that load faster, look hotter, and work better! In this fully updated best-seller, two renowned Web developers help you master CSS and DHTML -- hands-on! Learn how to use CSS and DHTML to build real-world sites that sell products, educate visitors, display ads, present quizzes, and deliver sophisticated interactivity. The book begins by introducing the fundamentals of CSS style sheets, including the STYLE Tags; Z-Index stacking; and more. The authors demonstrate how to add DHTML-based interactivity; build pop-ups for search and secondary navigation; create splash screens; and much more. The book also includes practical solutions for reliable cross-browser coding. All finished sample sites and applications are on the Web -- so developers can reuse the code, and see exactly how their pages should look and work.

As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences programmers, and as a result, working with semantic markup and CSS can create roadblocks to achieving truly beautiful designs using all the resources available. Add to this the pressures of presenting exceptional design to clients and employers, without compromising efficient workflow, and the challenge deepens for those working in a fast-paced environment. As someone who understands these complexities firsthand, author and designer Andy Clarke offers visual designers a progressive approach to creating artistic, usable, and accessible sites using transcendent CSS.

In this groundbreaking book, you’ll discover how to implement highly original designs through visual demonstrations of the creative possibilities using markup and CSS. You’ll learn to use a new design workflow, build prototypes that work well for designers and all team members, use grids effectively, visualize markup, and discover every phase of the transcendent design process, from working with the latest browsers to incorporating CSS3 to collaborating with team members effectively.

Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design:

Uses a visual approach to help you learn coding techniques

Includes numerous examples of world-class Web sites, photography, and other inspirations that give designers ideas for visualizing their code

AdvancED CSS is the most complete and detailed book available to cover the advanced features and capabilities of Cascading Style Sheets. Every professional Web designer and developer will want this book. Every Web professional working on commercial Web sites will need this book.