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The book tells you the various ways to include it in html pages, it tells you how things are calculated and best of all, it's cheap.Great book. This book is like a textbook for css. There isn't much introduction or extra content, it just says "Here's what things you can change in css, here's the accepted values for them"For me, it was perfect.
Then comes the main part: a list of selectors and properties.Each listing includes the values, initial value, what it applies to, whether it is inherited, percentages if that's relevant, the computed value, and then a description.So, for example, the entry for "background-color" tells us that we can specify the background color for our web page by using , that it can be transparent, that we can specify that it inherits, and that it applies to all elements.Then it goes on to say exactly what this property will do (".sets a solid color for the background of the element") and what kinds of problems we might have with this when using different browsers. There is a thorough index, as well.You'll pull this off your shelf often if you write web pages, whether to check the options for bullets in your unordered lists or to find out what the mysterious term Dreamweaver offered you might mean. CSS, or "Cascading Style Sheets" is the language used to tell a web page what you want it to look like -- to "style" the web page, in other words. For more complex choices, there will also be examples.Having described everything from :active to widows, the book finishes up with a list of older terms that are no longer used. It's small enough to stick in a pocket and complete enough to be a useful reference for beginners or experienced users. This book isn't intended to take you from the moment you learned the term to really knowing how to use it. It's intended to keep you from having to remember all the little details, or having to look them up in your giant textbook.The book begins with a quick overview of the purpose and rules of CSS.
A useful quick reference for web designers that have abandoned the outmoded world of tables-based layout. I suggest reading the definitive guide first but I keep this pocket version on my desk (well, I know it's around here somewhere).
It also gives a list of the browsers that support each element. It will give you the quick syntax when you need it. Very helpful if you want your page to be compatible with more than one browser. The CSS Pocket Reference is just that, a "reference". It is not a lesson guide on using CSS.
Eric Meyer is The Man. Highly recommended for CSS geeks & web designers. You can't go wrong with this one-stop shopping reference book on CSS. You need to know or, at least, have a familiarity with CSS to take advantage of this tool.
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