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CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky-even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated edition provides the most modern and effective tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction on CSS available today. Learn how to use new tools such as Flexbox and Sass to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. Ideal for casual and experienced designers alike.

The important stuff you need to know:

Start with the basics. Write CSS-friendly HTML, including the HTML5 tags recognized by today's browsers.
Design for mobile devices. Create web pages that look great when visitors use them on the go.
Make your pages work for you. Add animations that capture the imagination, and forms that get the job done.
Take control of page layouts. Use professional design techniques such as floats and positioning.
Make your layouts more flexible. Design websites with Flexbox that adjust to different devices and screen sizes.
Work more efficiently. Write less CSS code and work with smaller files, using Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets (Sass).



CSS Basics
Chapter 1 HTML and CSS
HTML: Past and Present
Writing HTML for CSS
The Importance of the Doctype
How CSS Works
Chapter 2 Creating Styles and Style Sheets
Anatomy of a Style
Understanding Style Sheets
Internal Style Sheets
External Style Sheets
Tutorial: Creating Your First Styles
Chapter 3 Selectors: Identifying What to Style
Type Selectors: Styling HTML Tags
Class Selectors: Pinpoint Control
ID Selectors: Specific Page Elements
Styling Groups of Tags
Styling Tags Within Tags
Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements
Attribute Selectors
Child Selectors
Siblings
The :target Selector
The :not() Selector
Tutorial: Selector Sampler
Chapter 4 Saving Time with Style Inheritance
What Is Inheritance?
How Inheritance Streamlines Style Sheets
The Limits of Inheritance
Tutorial: Inheritance
Chapter 5 Managing Multiple Styles: The Cascade
How Styles Cascade
Specificity: Which Style Wins
Controlling the Cascade
Tutorial: The Cascade in Action
Applied CSS
Chapter 6 Formatting Text
Using Fonts
Using Web Fonts
Discovering Google Web Fonts
Adding Color to Text
Changing Font Size
Formatting Words and Letters
Adding Text Shadow
Formatting Entire Paragraphs
Styling Lists
Tutorial: Text Formatting in Action
Chapter 7 Margins, Padding, and Borders
Understanding the Box Model
Controlling Space with Margins and Padding
Adding Borders
Coloring the Background
Creating Rounded Corners
Adding Drop Shadows
Determining Height and Width
Wrapping Content with Floating Elements
Tutorial: Margins, Backgrounds, and Borders
Chapter 8 Adding Graphics to Web Pages
Discovering CSS and the Tag
Adding Background Images
Controlling Repetition
Positioning a Background Image
Using Background Property Shorthand
Using Multiple Background Images
Utilizing Gradient Backgrounds
Tutorial: Enhancing Images
Tutorial: Creating a Photo Gallery
Tutorial: Using Background Images
Chapter 9 Sprucing Up Your Site's Navigation
Selecting Which Links to Style
Styling Links
Building Navigation Bars
CSS-Style Preloading Rollovers
Styling Particular Types of Links
Tutorial: Styling Links
Tutorial: Creating a Navigation Bar
Chapter 10 CSS Transforms, Transitions, and Animations
Transforms
Transitions
Animations
Tutorial
Chapter 11 Formatting Tables and Forms
Using Tables the Right Way
Styling Tables
Styling Forms
Tutorial: Styling a Table
Tutorial: Styling a Form
CSS Page Layout
Chapter 12 Introducing CSS Layout
Types of Web Page Layouts
How CSS Layout Works
Layout Strategies
Chapter 13 Building Float-Based Layouts
Applying Floats to Your Layouts
Overcoming Float Problems
Tutorial: Multiple-Column Layouts
Chapter 14 Positioning Elements on a Web Page
How Positioning Properties Work
Powerful Positioning Strategies
Tutorial: Positioning Page Elements
Chapter 15 Responsive Web Design
Responsive Web Design Basics
Setting Up a Web Page for RWD
Media Queries
Flexible Grids
Fluid Images
Responsive Web Design Tutorial
Chapter 16 Using a CSS Grid System
How Grids Work
Structuring Your HTML for Grids
Using the Skeleton Grid System
Creating and Naming Columns
Tutorial: Using a Grid System
Chapter 17 Modern Web Layout with Flexbox
Introducing Flexbox
Flex Container Properties
Flex Item Properties
Tutorial: Build a Flexbox Layout
Advanced CSS
Chapter 18 Improving Your CSS Habits
Adding Comments
Organizing Styles
Eliminating Browser Style Interference
Using Descendant Selectors
Chapter 19 More Powerful Styling with Sass
What is Sass?
Installing Sass
Sass Basics
Organizing Your Styles with Sass Partials
Sass Variables
Nesting Selectors
Inheriting (or Extending) Properties
Mixins
Working with Media Queries
Troubleshooting with CSS Source Maps
Appendixes
Appendix CSS Property Reference
CSS Values
Text Properties
List Properties
Padding, Borders, and Margins
Backgrounds
Page Layout Properties
Animation, Transform and Transition Properties
Table Properties
Miscellaneous Properties
Appendix CSS Resources
References
CSS Help
CSS Tips, Tricks, and Advice
CSS Navigation
CSS Layout
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