I haven't read the entire book yet, but did look up information using the index and found what I needed easily. I am sure it will be a big help in understanding CSS better.
Great book!
This is a good investment for anyone that is a beginner on CSS believe me! I am a graphic designer in transition from printed materials to web and is very useful.
Nothing else comes close
This is the only CSS book the world needs. Half the information in this book is unavailable anywhere else -- and it's the half that always trips you up, too. This book will catapult you from "frustrated, bawling baby-man or baby-woman" to "smooth-codin' CSS pachuco" in no time flat.
CSS is a pretty well-designed system, but the general problem of layout is more complicated than it seems on the surface. The concepts look simple -- margins, sizes, positions -- but experience shows that you can't rely on your intuitive expectations of reasonable behavior. For example, CSS looks for all the world as if left and right were analogous to top and bottom. But in fact, horizontal and vertical layout are different systems that use rather different rules. Gotcha!
In the CSS domain, there is just no substitute for actually studying and understanding the system. You have to know the specific rules through which CSS properties are turned into geometry, and that's what this book provides. It's clear, concise, and authoritative.
Without this book, your life is not worth living.
Cool...I get it...
Eric writes in a clear and detailed way that really communicates. This is especially challenging when an artistic concept has to be explained in technical detail!
If you just need a little CSS, check out Eric's articles. If you're tasked with supporting several sites with diverse text requirements, or you're into heavy CMS configurations like Joomla! A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website, read the book!
Boring, just like a good web dev reference should be
A solid plot, well-formed characters, and an intriguing writing style make this... wait, what?
This is a boring, very useful book. I've read a lot about CSS on the web and nothing came close to the explanation in this book. Instead of saying things like "we won't bother you with the complex way this is calculated," Meyer bothers you with the complexity. Each property I read made me really understand how it works and how it should be used.
I've been reading this bad-boy from cover to cover and I think I'm doing myself a bit of a disservice. I think I'm going to skip to the positioning section (everyone could use a better understanding of this mysterious and magical world), read that, maybe read a few other things I'm interested in mastering and then leave it as a reference. It makes a lot more sense to read the properties you don't understand than trying to get through it all.
Learn (x)HTML and CSS online, then buy this book if you're serious about getting into web page design.
