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CSS3: The Missing Manual (2013)

by David Sawyer McFarland(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1449325947 (ISBN13: 9781449325947)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

O'Reilly Media

review 1: This is a good introduction to CSS in general and CSS3 specifically. I'm a software developer, but anyone who is familiar with HTML could follow this book. In some places, it seemed like an earlier draft of the book might have been aiming to become a "Head First" book (corny jokes, etc.). Everything the book is demonstrated in working examples. The book walks you through each example very explicitly (down to telling you to press enter to go to the next line), which can get old and explains the high page count. But it's easy enough to skim through those parts if you know what you're doing, and if you mess something up you can always read it more carefully and dig yourself out. If I was in a lecture or watching a video tutorial that was this verbose, it would probably drive ... moreme nuts, but in a book you can always skim and skip.
review 2: I think the book was well written and very helpful. Someone commented that it wasn't really an HTML 5/CSS3 book, but really an HTML4/CSS2 book. I disagree. With this book I was able to create an HTML5 compliant website.The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was because often it's the details that catch you out when you are trying to get something to work. I still found myself consulting the web to find what I needed. There were lots of links in the ebook, so perhaps that is expected, but I would have preferred to find the answers there. Also, there was no mention of how to do a secure guest book, which I was hoping to find. There were a couple of other minor things missing. All in all, it was very good and I would have given it 4.5 stars.I should say that the book was nearly perfect for someone of my skill level, that is not a novice, but nowhere near an expert either.I highly recommend the book. less

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