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by Jonathan Snook (Author), Steve Smith (Author), Jina Bolton (Author), Cameron Adams (Author), David Johnson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: SITEPOINT; illustrated edition edition (1 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0975841971
  • ISBN-13: 978-0975841976
  • Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 20.2 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Mark Holgate, May 5 2007
What can i say... as someone who has albeit limited CSS experience
(having mostly built sites in HTML or languages other than CSS), this book
is awesome.

"It gives you an easy follow guide to what works as far as CSS coding,
across a lot of areas... and shows how much more control over design
specifics CSS can have...

Nate Klaiber, May 2 2007
The Art and Science of CSS was a quick read (208 pages) and packed
full of valuable code examples. Unlike other CSS books that teach you the
specifics of CSS with vague examples (not vague in a bad way), this book
teaches you specific examples and gives you extra resources.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really useful book - definatley recommended, 13 Jun 2007
By R. Boyce (Lancs, UK) - See all my reviews
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I'm not normally a fan of CSS - the mere thought of the amount of tweaking and hacking my CSS usually needs just to work correctly across a decent range of browsers gives me nightmares! But I did really enjoy this book. It's a short read, coming in about about 210 pages, the content is concise and well written. This makes it perfect for anyone who wants to read this book while learning or working on a project - you can read a section and straight away start working the techniques into your code instead of reading 4 chapters of syntax and theory just to get started.

The sections of the book are also really independent - for example, the first chapter I read was chapter 5 (forms) because that was relevant to what I was working on at the time. Since then I've dipped in and out at various points depending on what bits of information I needed. The way the book is written makes this really easy - you can dip in and out at different points and not have any trouble following the text and examples.

This book isn't for a total beginner, but this book is perfect for anyone who knows the basics of CSS and wants to move to the next level or anyone with experience with CSS who just wants to brush up a few gaps in their knowledge. Definitely a welcome addition to my bookshelf - I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
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2.0 out of 5 stars There is no science, 11 May 2008
By Mr. Aladdin Alkindy (UK) - See all my reviews
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I am sorry, but I don't agree with rating this book more than two stars for the following reason.

1- The method used is the static way of creating mark ups for example creating the photo album with out server side include (ssi will reduce the amount of typing and would make things easier to understand instead of having so many pages to create.

2- the title says the art and science of css, what you will find is only art work. There is no explanation of the meaning of each code. its only examples.

I don't recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn css.
this book is not for beginners even though the concept is. the book has failed to show beginners how to start for example file extension save as etc.
this book is only recommended to wanna be web masters who wants to borrow some ready made examples (serious web masters don't need this book)

when i bought this book i expected to find information about the following:
absolute and relative positioning. And how to use them together in one application for example you could have an absolute inside relative to have a two or more boxes as parents child relation.
the usage of percentages, pixel, etc in relation to screen.
more details about ms explorer bugs and how to fix them.
and more

unfortunately the book does not have any explanation and clearly the title is misleading by using the term science.

sadly as always, bad books takes lots of writers and this book is one of them. It took five writers.

If you want to learn css don't buy this book.
If you want examples and just examples this book is for you
If you don't know css this book is not a very good start.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but not mind blowing, 15 Feb 2008
By AndyK (Wales UK) - See all my reviews
Most of the examples in this book are aimed at streching your imagination a bit further than previously, specifically in how you approach a design and the coding aspect behind it. If you want a CSS manual, don't buy this book, this title would be better left until you're looking for inspiration.
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