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CSS: The Missing Manual 4th Edition, Kindle Edition

by David Sawyer McFarland (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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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).

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2015
August 13
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David Sawyer McFarland, president of Sawyer McFarland Media, has been building and managing websites since 1995. He is also a writer and trainer, and teaches in the Portland State University multimedia program. He wrote the bestselling Missing Manual titles on Adobe Dreamweaver, CSS, and JavaScript.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B013VQ7N2M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 4th edition (August 13, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 13, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 54212 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 720 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #839,524 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #13 in Adobe Dreamweaver Web Design
- #50 in HTML Programming
- #79 in CSS Programming

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David McFarland is a Portland, Oregon based Web developer who's been designing and building Web sites since 1995. He is the author of CSS: The Missing Manual and Dreamweaver: The Missing Manual. He is also a Macromedia-certified trainer, and a member of the faculty of the multimedia program at Portland State University.

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A good invesment !

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022

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I really like this book. it has exercises and is super easy to follow. I didn't become an expert because is not my goal. But I can still have fun and build my own websites offline. It is so cool to see the changes you can make on a site, change the navigation style, and color. OMG, so much fun! I have a pretty good understanding of the structures and how CSS works with HTML5. These are computer languages that even if you advance in your skills, there are some websites still using the early versions before those and this book explains a little about it what works with or what won't work, not in depth. But everything else is relevant. Great book. I was in TX on 02-14 2021 in the storm and to survive the cold with my pets I burn most of my books, something I never thought I need it to do. I'll buy this book again.

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James S. Olson

McFarland for an excellent teaching book

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2018

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This book is very well done. The author went to a lot of effort to create tutorials in each chapter that allow you to see the
effects of CSS properties in an incremental manner. Plus, he provides the completed tutorial as well, so you can save time
by copying and pasting rather than having to type in every CSS block or property setting. I appreciate that. Thank you
Mr. McFarland for an excellent teaching book. I've been able to make use of the information directly in my work right away.
In addition his explanations of the CSS properties are very clear and helpful. There are a few typos in the book, but that
always happens. Previously I had gotten the CSS 3 book by Gasston but that book is a little more advanced and fast paced
and doesn't have all the tutorials that this one has. Highly recommended.

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mirau

Solved some CSS mysteries for me

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2021

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I'm only starting this book but already it has clarified a lot of things for me about CSS, that I've seen in code but didn't fully understand. It has me thinking about ways to use CSS to create usability tweaks that will make web pages easier to understand. Finally someone has explained the parts of a CSS statement! Looking forward to applying what I learn here.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022

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This was the textbook for an advanced html/css class that took at a community college. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever used. The chapter on pseudo elements/classes alone answered so many questions. My only complaint is that the SASS/LESS chapter was a bit out of date—the SASS tool used by the book is obsolete. They should have a webpage updating users on the latest tools as they seem to change like the weather. Other than that, it’s a must have reference with good tutorials. As are most Missing Manuals books.

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Sergey

A great resource for the novice and intermediate CSS junkies.

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015

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Great book. I really love it.
I had a chance to get along with the third edition. For the last two months, it played a role of a reference book as well as some W3 Schools web sites.
Now, when the 4th edition is out, I didn't even bother to think, should I buy it or not.
Well, I didn't have a chance to scan around all the book, but what I read yesterday was - flexbox and sass implementation. And it was - WOW. The author did a great job yo explain the new layout system as well as the preprocessing syntax and minor details of sass.
All in all, sorry for my english and don't even bother to think, whether you need this book or not. You do!

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Edin

This is a phenomenal book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017

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This is a phenomenal book!
It covers all of the details of CSS and explains everything in a very clear, precise and easy to understand language. It uses an "in other words" construct, where it explains even more clearly and from another perspective certain concept.
The design of the book is beautiful, which is to expect from a CSS book, perfect margins, justified text, and from the side, you can see borders of different Parts of the book in the form of gray lines.
It is very comprehensive, clear, detailed, well designed and organized. I would highly recommend this book.

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JOEL LALONDE

It is an excellent course and other then one or two minor issues ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015

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This is the second edition I have purchased. It is an excellent course and other then one or two minor issues in the tutorials, which are a lot of fun, the course has moved me to the next level. It is important to have a basic understanding of HTML but I found the book engaging and I now use it as an excellent reference. I can't wait for the update to Dreamweaver CC 2015 I'm not a very good typist so I will let DW handle the basic typing and use What I learned to tweak the CSS. Buy the book you won't regret it, and by the way it's massive.

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David

The Best CSS Book

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020

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After learning HTML, I found it difficult learning CSS. I bought CSS: The Definitive Guide but it was too theoretical until I came across Missing Manual. Every chapter was explained so well with clear examples including "positioning" which I found extremely difficult to learn in Definitive Guide. David Sawyer McFarlane is a great teacher.

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Mark Collins-cope

Excellent book. Everything in detail.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2023

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Wanted a book that had all those details you can't find anywhere. This is it.

DJH

Excellent. Picked Up So Much.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2019

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I'm a quarter of the way through this book and I have picked up SO much. I never tried to learn CSS before I have an online website and I always just did trail and error to get what I wanted and never bothered to learn what was happening and why. (A very frustrating way of doing things) Just after reading this book for a few days I now know what's going on. I'm still no expert and it will take a lot more of putting things into practice but I would recommend this book and as a reference too. I'll be looking to see if the author has Javascript next. I can't recommend it enough. CSS does seem overly complicated and not an exact science but I believe I will limit a lot of frustrations with this book.

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Perfect for my needs

Reviewed in Canada on November 15, 2020

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Good for someone who has been introduced to CSS and web design already and wants to get to an intermediate/expert level. Not the most up to date but still very happy

Timi

Nice book but...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2018

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It's a good and detailed book but I'm struggling to read it because of the large amount of text between each tutorial, it's purely a thing of preference but quote important to me

miss

Bingo!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2017

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I have tried many books this one is the best. I have made more progress in one day then in the last 3 week. It is comprehensive. Adresses questions you come accross when designing a modern looking website. It is written in plain English unlike many other books. The structure is logic and you handpick things you need. The pitfall of each technique is explained and paired with an uptodate solution.

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