Mastering CSS: A guided journey through modern CSS (English Edition) - Softcover

Finelli, Rich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787281582 ISBN 13: 9781787281585

Verlag: Packt Publishing, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Rich Finelli's modern CSS training course, based on his bestselling Mastering CSS video, now available in a book. Master CSS from best practices to practical CSS coding.

Key Features:

- Learn CSS directly from Rich Finelli, author of the bestselling Mastering CSS training course

- From best practices to deep coding, Rich Finelli shares his CSS knowledge with you

- Rich Finelli covers the latest CSS updates with flexbox and works with retina devices

Book Description:

Rich Finelli trains you in CSS deep learning and shows you the techniques you need to work in the world of responsive, feature-rich web applications. Based on his bestselling Mastering CSS training video, you can now learn with Rich in this book! Rich shares with you his skills in creating advanced layouts, and the critical CSS insights you need for responsive web designs, fonts, transitions, animations, and using flexbox.

Rich begins your CSS training with a review of CSS best practices, such as using a good text editor to automate your authoring and setting up a CSS baseline. You then move on to create a responsive layout making use of floats and stylable drop-down menus, with Rich guiding you toward a modular-organized approach to CSS.

Your training with Rich Finelli then dives into detail about working with CSS and the best solutions to make your websites work. You'll go with him into CSS3 properties, transforms, transitions, and animations. You'll gain his understanding of responsive web designs, web fonts, icon fonts, and the techniques used to support retina devices. Rich expands your knowledge of CSS so you can master one of the most valuable tools in modern web design.

What You Will Learn:

- Master fundamental CSS concepts like the anatomy of a rule set, the box model, and the differences between block and inline elements

- Employ flexbox to layout and align elements simply and cleanly

- Become proficient with CSS3 properties such as transitions, transforms, gradients, and animations

- Delve into modular, reusable, and scalable CSS for more organized and maintainable style sheets

- Understand media queries and other pillars of responsive web design

- Get creative with the @font-face property, Google Web Fonts, font services such as Typekit, as well as, icon fonts

- Understand the workflow for HiDPI (retina) devices using 2x images, SVG, and the srcset attribute

Who this book is for:

This book is for web designers who wish to master the best practices of CSS in their web projects. You already know how to work with a web page, and want to use CSS to master website presentation.

Table of Contents

- CSS Foundations

- Ramping Up

- Creating a Page Layout with Floats

- Creating Buttons with Modular, Reusable CSS Classes, and CSS3

- Creating the Main Navigation and Drop-Down Menu

- Becoming Responsive

- Web Fonts

- Workflow for HiDPI Devices

- Flexbox, Part 1

- Flexbox, Part 2

- Wrapping Up

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rich Finelli is a husband and a father living in Piscataway, NJ, working as a frontend developer. He's truly passionate and excited for all frontend technologies and enjoys learning about web design and development. He also teaches two courses on CSS at Mercer County Community in NJ, and writes about web design on his blog, richfinelli.com.

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Rich Finelli's modern CSS training course, based on his bestselling Mastering CSS video, now available in a book. Master CSS from best practices to practical CSS coding. Key Features: - Learn CSS directly from Rich Finelli, author of the bestselling Mastering CSS training course - From best practices to deep coding, Rich Finelli shares his CSS knowledge with you - Rich Finelli covers the latest CSS updates with flexbox and works with retina devices Book Description: Rich Finelli trains you in CSS deep learning and shows you the techniques you need to work in the world of responsive, feature-rich web applications. Based on his bestselling Mastering CSS training video, you can now learn with Rich in this book! Rich shares with you his skills in creating advanced layouts, and the critical CSS insights you need for responsive web designs, fonts, transitions, animations, and using flexbox. Rich begins your CSS training with a review of CSS best practices, such as using a good text editor to automate your authoring and setting up a CSS baseline. You then move on to create a responsive layout making use of floats and stylable drop-down menus, with Rich guiding you toward a modular-organized approach to CSS. Your training with Rich Finelli then dives into detail about working with CSS and the best solutions to make your websites work. You'll go with him into CSS3 properties, transforms, transitions, and animations. You'll gain his understanding of responsive web designs, web fonts, icon fonts, and the techniques used to support retina devices. Rich expands your knowledge of CSS so you can master one of the most valuable tools in modern web design. What You Will Learn: - Master fundamental CSS concepts like the anatomy of a rule set, the box model, and the differences between block and inline elements - Employ flexbox to layout and align elements simply and cleanly - Become proficient with CSS3 properties such as transitions, transforms, gradients, and animations - Delve into modular, reusable, and scalable CSS for more organized and maintainable style sheets - Understand media queries and other pillars of responsive web design - Get creative with the @font-face property, Google Web Fonts, font services such as Typekit, as well as, icon fonts - Understand the workflow for HiDPI (retina) devices using 2x images, SVG, and the srcset attribute Who this book is for: This book is for web designers who wish to master the best practices of CSS in their web projects. You already know how to work with a web page, and want to use CSS to master website presentation. Table of Contents - CSS Foundations - Ramping Up - Creating a Page Layout with Floats - Creating Buttons with Modular, Reusable CSS Classes, and CSS3 - Creating the Main Navigation and Drop-Down Menu - Becoming Responsive - Web Fonts - Workflow for HiDPI Devices - Flexbox, Part 1 - Flexbox, Part 2 - Wrapping Up

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1787281582
• ISBN 13: 9781787281585
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 522
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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