CSS3 Foundations (Treehouse Book Series) - Softcover

Lunn, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118356543 ISBN 13: 9781118356548

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

Master innovative and eye-catching website design with the exciting new Treehouse Series of books

Turn plain words and images into stunning websites with CSS3 and this beautiful, full-color guide. Taking web designers beyond the constraints of prebuilt themes and simple site-building tools, this new Treehouse book combines practicality with inspiration to show you how to create fully customized, modern websites that make viewers stop and stay.

The exciting new Treehouse Series of books is authored by Treehouse experts and packed with innovative design ideas and practical skill-building. If you're a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career-changer, every book in this practical new series should be on your bookshelf.

• Part of the new Treehouse Series of books, teaching you effective and compelling website development and design, helping you build practical skills
• Provides career-worthy information from Treehouse industry pros and trainers
• Explains the basics of cascading style sheets (CSS), such as how to structure with CSS, use CSS syntax, how to manipulate text, and visual formatting
• Also covers the box model, how to animate page elements, cross-browser compatibility, and more

Leverage pages of dazzling website design ideas and expert instruction with a new Treehouse Series book.

About this title

About the Author

Ian Lunn (@IanLunn) is a freelance front end developer, passionate about building the future of the web using technologies such as CSS3 and HTML5. With a Higher National Diploma in Internet Technology, Ian combines his education with expertise in CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and WordPress to build creative and effective websites and applications.

Treehouse is a consortium of web and software designers and developers whose mission is to bring affordable technology education to people everywhere, in order to help them achieve their dreams and change the world. In keeping with that mission, the Treehouse Series of books are authorized by experts and loaded with innovative design ideas and practical skill -building instruction. If you're a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career -changer, every book in the series belongs on your bookshelf.

From the Back Cover

TAKE YOUR WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT KNOW-HOW TO AN EXCITING NEW LEVEL

Html is fun when you’re first learning how to use it to build a website. But when you add CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to the mix, the experience―and your web pages―become magical. CSS3 Foundations takes you beyond the pre-fab themes and simple site-building tools found in most books, and provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to turn humdrum words and images into dazzling websites that draw visitors in and make them want to stay.

Whether you’re a novice or an experience developer who’d like to take your skills to the next level, word-class developer Ian Lunn fills you in on all the CSS3 you need to know, including how to:

• Develop with CSS for desktop and mobile browsers
• Master CSS syntax
• Create multi-column page layouts
• Use media types and media queries
• Manipulate text and fonts
• Execute visual formatting
• Jazz up your pages with transforms
• Bring pages to life with transitions and animations
• Build cross-browser compatible websites
• Fine-tune your workflow with best practices

Like all the books in the Treehouse series, CSS3 Foundations is designed to help you expand your skill set and broaden your professional horizons, whether you’re a hobbyist looking to go pro, a freelancer who wants to expand your client base, or an entrepreneur who want to know how to create a website fully customized for your company and your market niche.

From the Inside Flap

TAKE YOUR WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT KNOW-HOW TO AN EXCITING NEW LEVEL

Html is fun when you’re first learning how to use it to build a website. But when you add CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to the mix, the experience—and your web pages—become magical. CSS3 Foundations takes you beyond the pre-fab themes and simple site-building tools found in most books, and provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to turn humdrum words and images into dazzling websites that draw visitors in and make them want to stay.

Whether you’re a novice or an experience developer who’d like to take your skills to the next level, word-class developer Ian Lunn fills you in on all the CSS3 you need to know, including how to:

• Develop with CSS for desktop and mobile browsers
• Master CSS syntax
• Create multi-column page layouts
• Use media types and media queries
• Manipulate text and fonts
• Execute visual formatting
• Jazz up your pages with transforms
• Bring pages to life with transitions and animations
• Build cross-browser compatible websites
• Fine-tune your workflow with best practices

Like all the books in the Treehouse series, CSS3 Foundations is designed to help you expand your skill set and broaden your professional horizons, whether you’re a hobbyist looking to go pro, a freelancer who wants to expand your client base, or an entrepreneur who want to know how to create a website fully customized for your company and your market niche.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118356543
• ISBN 13: 9781118356548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352