The Book of CSS3

A practical, example-filled guide to the most interesting and useful features in the CSS3 specification, aimed at experienced web developers. - Targets experienced users-gets right to the good stuff - Discusses present and future CSS3 features - Companion website contains example and updated resources - Author active and well-known in the CSS3 community

Informationen zum Autor Peter Gasston has been making websites professionally for more than 14 years in both agency and corporate settings. One of the original contributors to http://www.css3.info/! the leading online destination for CSS3! Gasston is the author of The Modern Web (No Starch Press) and has been published in Smashing Magazine ! A List Apart ! and net magazine . He also writes the web development blog (http://www.broken-links.com/)". He lives in London! England. Klappentext CSS3 is behind most of the eye-catching visuals on the Web today! but the official documentation can be dry and hard to follow and browser implemetations are scattershot at best.The Book of CSS3 distills the dense technical language of CSS3 specification into plain English and shows you what CSS3 can do right now! in all major browsers. With real-world examples and a focus on the principles of good design! it extends your CSS skills! helping you transform ordinary markup into stunning! richly-styled web pages.You'll master the lastest cutting-edge CSS3 features and learn how to:- Stylize text with fully customizable outlines! drop shadows! and other effects- Create! position! and resize background images on the fly- Spice up static web pages with event-driven transitions and animations- Apply 2D and 3D transformations to text and images- Use linear and radial gradients to create smooth color transitions- Tailor a website's appearance to smartphones and other devicesA companion website includes up-to-date browser compatibility charts and live CSS3 examples for you to explore.The Web can be an ugly place - add a little style to it with The Book of CSS3. Zusammenfassung CSS3 is behind most of the eye-catching visuals on the Web today! but the official documentation can be dry and hard to follow and browser implemetations are scattershot at best.The Book of CSS3 distills the dense technical language of CSS3 specification into plain English and shows you what CSS3 can do right now! in all major browsers. With real-world examples and a focus on the principles of good design! it extends your CSS skills! helping you transform ordinary markup into stunning! richly-styled web pages.You'll master the lastest cutting-edge CSS3 features and learn how to:- Stylize text with fully customizable outlines! drop shadows! and other effects- Create! position! and resize background images on the fly- Spice up static web pages with event-driven transitions and animations- Apply 2D and 3D transformations to text and images- Use linear and radial gradients to create smooth color transitions- Tailor a website's appearance to smartphones and other devicesA companion website includes up-to-date browser compatibility charts and live CSS3 examples for you to explore.The Web can be an ugly place - add a little style to it with The Book of CSS3. Inhaltsverzeichnis 17081044 ...

Klappentext

CSS3 is the latest revision of cascading style sheets, the language used to define the look and formatting of web documents. A still-evolving standard, CSS3 presents a moving target for developers who need to stay abreast of which features are supported by particular web browsers. The Book of CSS3 uses real-world examples to teach developers the fundamentals of the CSS3 specification, highlighting the latest developments and future features, while paying close attention to current browser implementations. Each chapter examines a different CSS3 module, and teaches the reader to use exciting new features like web fonts, background images, gradients, 2D and 3D transformations, animation, box effects, and more. With in-depth code samples and detailed illustrations, The Book of CSS3 doesn't waste time teaching the basics of the language, focusing instead on the groundbreaking new possibilities that CSS3 brings to the world of web design.

Zusammenfassung
CSS3 is behind most of the eye-catching visuals on the Web today, but the official documentation can be dry and hard to follow and browser implemetations are scattershot at best. The Book of CSS3 distills the dense technical language of CSS3 specification into plain English and shows you what CSS3 can do right now, in all major browsers. With real-world examples and a focus on the principles of good design, it extends your CSS skills, helping you transform ordinary markup into stunning, richly-styled web pages. You'll master the lastest cutting-edge CSS3 features and learn how to: - Stylize text with fully customizable outlines, drop shadows, and other effects - Create, position, and resize background images on the fly - Spice up static web pages with event-driven transitions and animations - Apply 2D and 3D transformations to text and images - Use linear and radial gradients to create smooth color transitions - Tailor a website's appearance to smartphones and other devices A companion website includes up-to-date browser compatibility charts and live CSS3 examples for you to explore. The Web can be an ugly place - add a little style to it with The Book of CSS3.

Inhalt
Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Scope of This Book; A Quick Note About Browsers and Platforms; The Appendices and Further Resources; Chapter 1: Introducing CSS3; 1.1 What CSS3 Is and How It Came to Be; 1.2 Let s Get Started: Introducing the Syntax; 1.3 Getting Started; Chapter 2: Media Queries; 2.1 The Advantages of Media Queries; 2.2 Syntax; 2.3 Media Features; 2.4 Summary; 2.5 Media Queries: Browser Support; Chapter 3: Selectors; 3.1 Attribute Selectors; 3.2 New Attribute Selectors in CSS3; 3.3 The General Sibling Combinator; 3.4 Summary; 3.5 Selectors: Browser Support; Chapter 4: Pseudo-classes and Pseudo-elements; 4.1 Structural Pseudo-classes; 4.2 Other Pseudo-classes; 4.3 Pseudo-elements; 4.4 Summary; 4.5 DOM and Attribute Selectors: Browser Support; Chapter 5: Web Fonts; 5.1 The @font-face Rule; 5.2 A Bulletproof @font-face Syntax; 5.3 Licensing Fonts for Web Use; 5.4 A Real-World Web Fonts Example; 5.5 More Font Properties; 5.6 OpenType Features; 5.7 Summary; 5.8 Web Fonts: Browser Support; Chapter 6: Text Effects and Typographic Styles; 6.1 Understanding Axes and Coordinates; 6.2 Applying Dimensional Effects: text-shadow; 6.3 Adding Definition to Text: text-outline and text-stroke; 6.4 More Text Properties; 6.5 Summary; 6.6 Text Effects: Browser Support; Chapter 7: Multiple Columns; 7.1 Column Layout Methods; 7.2 Column Gaps and Rules; 7.3 Containing Elements within Columns; 7.4 Summary; 7.5 Multiple Columns: Browser Support; Chapter 8: Background Images and Other Decorative Properties; 8.1 Background Images; 8.2 Image Masks; 8.3 Summary; 8.4 Background Images: Browser Support; Chapter 9: Border and Box Effects; 9.1 Giving Your Borders Rounded Corners; 9.2 Using Images for Borders; 9.3 Multicolored Borders; 9.4 Adding Drop Shadows; 9.5 Summary; 9.6 Border and Box Effects: Browser Support; Chapter 10: Color and Opacity; 10.1 Setting Transparency with the opacity Property; 10.2 New and Extended Color Values; 10.3 Matching the Operating System s Appearance; 10.4 Summary; 10.5 Color and Opacity: Browser Support; Chapter 11: Gradients; 11.1 Linear Gradients; 11.2 Radial Gradients; 11.3 Multiple Gradients; 11.4 Repeating Gradients in Firefox; 11.5 Summary; 11.6 Gradients: Browser Support; Chapter 12: 2D Transformations; 12.1 The transform Property; 12.2 rotate; 12.3 translate; 12.4 skew; 12.5 scale; 12.6 Multiple Transformations; 12.7 Transforming Elements with Matrices; 12.8 Reflections with WebKit; 12.9 Summary; 12.10 2D Transformations: Browser Support; Chapter 13: Transitions and Animations…