Pro CSS – On the Shelves Soon
I’ve had a lot of things on the go recently and I’ve been remiss in not doing a bit of self-promotion (and promotion for fellow authors Dan Rubin and Jeff Croft) for a certain CSS book. Pro CSS is the title and it does exactly what it says on the tin – it teaches professional CSS techniques for web developers/designers who already have a good basic understanding of CSS and want to refine their skills even further.
The book’s publication date (as far as Amazon is concerned) is the 27th November, so hopefully I’ll be getting my hands on my copies very soon (and I can tell you from experience that it’s a great feeling, although probably not quite as momentous as the first time, so to speak).
I’m looking forward to seeing Jeff and Dan at next year’s SXSW Interactive where we’ll get the chance to raise a (no doubt Yahoo or Google-sponsored) pint for a real celebration.
Posted: November 21st, 2006 under Tech, Writing.
Comments
Comment from Lloydi
Time December 27, 2006 at 7:15 am
Hi Matteo, and thanks for the nice comments. I’ll tell you what I use:
* BBEdit – No specific reason, it was recommended to me and it is sometimes easier to open that than my other tool of choice which is …
* Dreamweaver – I use Dreamweaver for the site templating tools which are fantastic
My general plan of attack is to create the page using BBEdit and once I am happy I move across to DreamWeaver and then specify editable areas on the page. For the graphics side of things, I use only PhotShop. So that’s it for me – a simple text editor, DreamWeaver for site management and PhotoShopf for graphics/images.
AS for TextMate vs BBEdit. I really cannot say. I’ve only just started using Text Mate and do not have any preference yet.
PRO CSS may be too advanced for you at this stage (language barrier is part of the problem). I would be inclined to try a CSS book that is aimed at beginners/intermediate. There may be some overlap with the CSS in my book, though.
Alternatively, if you would like to aim a little higher, you could try some of the books shown here:
http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/other-books/
I cannot say how easy you will find these because of the language barrier. I wish you the best of luck :-)
Comment from Nate K
Time January 9, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Ian,
Just finished reading Pro CSS Techniques and thought you all did a great job with the book. I think there are only so many ways you can cover CSS, and I felt this book covered it exhaustively, did not give false hope, and has a great appendix (A, B, and C). Though advanced in nature, it can help an intermediate developer just as much. I would actually recommend it to an intermediate developer simply for the learning process – the book doesn’t just cover solutions, it walks you through the frustrations and gives you more of a learning opportunity.
Congrats on the great book.
Comment from Matteo
Time December 26, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Hi Ian, I have finished yesterday your “Build web sites the right way”. I found it great because my english is a maccaroni english. But your plain style is fantastic, and I understood everything! Thank you very much for your work.
Now I would like to go on in my personal research. (I am a copywriter and I made my site with RapidWeaver).
What could be the next book in your opinion? Do you think Pro CSS is too much? I need a book in simple english.
Just the last question: (where I live there are no Web designers that use XHTML and CSS). I really want to begine to do by myself (very) little things for business. What are the applications that improve the production?
I have found CSSEdit.
I still don’t know what is the better choice from BBEdit and Textmate… Photoshop… Also for layouts
Graphic Converter…
Please tell me what you use… so I can save a lot of time reading reviews… I really belive in your professional skills… ;)
(If you don’t want to make advertising you can answer me by e-mail).
Best regards
Matteo Bianchi