CSS Pocket Reference, Third Edition

Visual Presentation for the Web

By Eric A. Meyer
October 2007
Pages: 168
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-51505-7 | ISBN 13: 9780596515058
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Description

The third edition of the CSS Pocket Reference has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest Cascading Style Sheet specifications in CSS 2.1. This indispensable little reference covers the most essential information that web designers and developers need to implement CSS effectively, and includes a chart displaying detailed information about CSS support for every style element across all browsers.
Full Description

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.

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Good reference, November 25 2008

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Submitted by M. Jansen [Respond | View]

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.

Nice update, March 25 2008

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Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]

Nice update to an already good book. Keep it up!

Pretty good, but one glaring omission, December 03 2007

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Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]

The information in this book is very good. I'm glad I bought it, but it has one incredibly frustrating glaring omission: There are no guide words at the tops of the pages in the attributes reference section. This is about 2/3 of the book, and is really the main reason for buying it. You can't flip through to find what you need, you have to stop & scan each page.

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Excelent Book, October 17 2007

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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!

Media reviews
"[Consumers] will find the fine 'pocket references' produced by O'Reilly to be compact and affordable."
-- James Cox, The Computer Shelf: Midwest Book Review

"CSS Pocket Reference is a compact and neatly organized gem of a book, packed with information of value to busy Web programmers."
-- Michael J. Ross, Web Developer, Slashdot.org

"I recommend this pocket reference for all Web Designers and web authors. "
-- Walid Amir, Official Adobe User Group in Egypt

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