Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design, by Dan Cederholm and Ethan Marcotte

by Nekkid blogger on December 19, 2009

This is a jewel of a book from one of the Dan Cederholm, Handicrafted CSS acknowledged grand masters of CSS and Web Design. There is a real connection between craftsmanship and Web design, and Cederholm and Marcotte show what this link resides in. That’s the theme running through Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design. It explores CSS3 that works in today’s browsers, and you’ll be convinced that now’s the time to start experimenting with it.

This book will also show you excellent tools to create the most flexible, reliable, and bulletproof Web designs. It shows and demonstrate progressive enrichment techniques over more traditional labor-intensive methods.

Some subjects covered:

  • building for unanticipated future use
  • progressively enriching designs using CSS3 properties
  • modular float management
  • crafting flexible frameworks
  • fluid layouts using grid-based design principles
  • craftsmanship details on typography, jQuery, and shifting backgrounds

This is an excellent work literally guaranteed to provide new insight. Also, the writing style is one that is easily read. There are new “tricks” galore in this book. The book is rated “intermediate to advanced” and deserves that rating.

Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design shows connections between artistry and web design and explores CSS3 for modern browsers. Web designers, project managers and artists alike receive an excellent progressive series of lessons on how to enrich designs using CSS3 properties. Color screen shots throughout provide excellent examples. This is an important book!

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