They say that good things come in small packages, and it's certainly true for this edition of CSS Pocket Reference. Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest Cascading Style Sheet specifications in CSS 2.1, this indispensable little book covers the most essential information that web designers and developers need to implement CSS effectively across all browsers.
Inside, you'll find:
A short introduction to the key concepts of CSS
A complete alphabetical reference to all CSS 2.1 selectors and properties
A chart displaying detailed information about CSS support for every style element and its cross-browser compatibility
This reference neatly condenses the details of its top-selling companion volume, Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide into one easy-to-use cheat-sheet that delivers all the CSS details you need to complete the task at hand. Whenever you're stuck and need an answer quickly -- or if you just want to be sure you're applying CSS correctly -- this edition of the CSS Pocket Reference is the book you'll want by your keyboard or, conveniently, in your back pocket.
Eric A. Meyer is the author of the critically acclaimed online tutorialIntroduction to HTML, as well as some other semi-popular Web pages. He is a member of the CSS&FP Working Group and the author of Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide.
Comments about oreilly CSS Pocket Reference, Third Edition:
The CSS Pocket Reference is very complete for CSS 1.0 and 2.1. Sadly enough it does not contain CSS 3.0 references yet, but I'm sure the next version will.
I must agree with one of the reviews below, that I missed the guide words at the top of the pages, but the index in the back of the book covers for it quite well.
One other thing I liked quite well is that the book tells you with what browser the CSS will work. Downside to that is that it doesn't tell what version. It just says Internet Explorer, but not if it'll work with 5.5, 6.0 or 7.0
All together I can conclude that this is a very good reference. It's more complete and easier than the W3Schools website. It's easy to use and very complete.
3/25/2008
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4.0
Nice update
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Comments about oreilly CSS Pocket Reference, Third Edition:
Nice update to an already good book. Keep it up!
10/17/2007
5.0
Excelent Book
By Anonymous
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Comments about oreilly CSS Pocket Reference, Third Edition:
What can I say? Its the CSS reference to have. The only problem I have, and maybe I am just blind, is the chart showing every element and cross browser compatibility -- because its not there!
