The Bottom Line
With this book, you'll understand the basics of CSS and style sheets and how to apply them to your Web pages.
Pros
- Learn both of style sheets and using CSS
- Clearly explains difficult CSS concepts
- Good CSS examples
Cons
- Not easy to use as a reference later
Description
- Very colorful and fun, this book is easy to read.
- Covers the history of style sheets and CSS.
- Learn how print designers use style sheets, and how to apply that to the Web.
- It covers the syntax of CSS, including classes and ids, pseudo-classes and more.
- Teaches an understanding of units within CSS.
- Learn how to manage fonts using cascading style sheets.
- Create inline and external style sheets and when to use them.
Guide Review - HTML Style Sheets Design Guide by Natanya Pitts et al
Style sheets are the new way to define the look and feel of your Web pages. They are a powerful, and sometimes confusing tool, but with this book you'll have the hang of CSS quickly and easily. This book has the look and feel of how you would expect something with "style" to look. It's not your basic text book with page after page of boring text. The layout and design make it fun to read and learn CSS and also give you some ideas as to how CSS can be used on the Web. If you are planning on creating Web pages, then you should probably read this book.
