Tiny CSS Projects

Michael Gearon, Martine Dowden

$183.95 $147.34

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Manning Publications
11 October 2023

Web graphics & design; Web programming; Databases & the Web

Explore numerous techniques to improve the way you write CSS as you build 12 tiny projects. For readers who know the basics of HTML and frontend development. No previous experience of CSS is required.

In Tiny CSS Projects, you will build twelve exciting and useful web projects with CSS — a must-know tool. This textbook teaches you how to make beautiful websites and applications by gilding you through a dozen fun coding challenges.

You will learn important skills through hands-on practice as you tinker with your own coding and will make actual creative decisions about the projects you re building.

You will rapidly master the basic features, including

A loading screen created by styling SVG graphics A responsive newspaper layout with multi-columns Animating social media buttons with pseudo-elements Designing layouts using CSS grids Summary cards that utilise hover interactions Styling forms to make them more appealing to your users

The projects may be tiny, but the CSS skills you will learn are huge! Press on with CSS s exciting layout features, including grid and flexbox, animations, transitions, and media queries.

About the technology Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) make the web beautiful. Where HTML structures a page and JavaScript gives it additional functionality, CSS handles colours, layouts, and typography — everything your users love about your site. While CSS is an established tool used in almost all production websites, it s also evolving to include new features.

By: Michael Gearon, Martine Dowden
Imprint: Manning Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 190mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 830g
ISBN: 9781633439832
ISBN 10: 1633439836
Pages: 275
Publication Date: 11 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Gearon is a user experience designer and frontend developer from Wales, UK. He studied BSc Media Technology at the University of South Wales whilst practising coding and design. Since then, Mike has worked with well-known UK brands—including Go. Compare and in the Civil Service at Companies House and Government Digital Service (GDS), to improve the interaction between the user and services and look at the overall flow as well as the individual design elements. Martine Dowden is an author, international speaker, and award-winning CTO of Andromeda Galactic Solutions. Her expertise includes psychology, design, art, accessibility, education, consulting, and software development. Tiny CSS Projects is her fourth book about web technologies and draws from 15 years of experience building web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, and accessible. For her community contributions, Martine has been awarded both as a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies and a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and Angular.

Reviews for Tiny CSS Projects

"""This book has a great mix of practical patterns that could be applied to many applications, combined with a thorough explanation of how they work."" Nick McGinness ""It helps people fall in love with CSS."" Danilo Zekovic ""Perfect as a reference manual."" Ricardo Marotti ""I gained a deeper understanding of CSS after reading the book."" Ranjit Sahai"