CSS Mastery

This book by Andy Budd was published in 2006 but only lately I had the opportunity to read it. Each time I see such a book I wonder whether I should buy it when there are so many good sources online. This time the answer was pretty easy: you should buy it because it is an exceptional book.

CSS Mastery has to do with several ways which make a designer’s life easier and more profitable. The book covers both beginners and experts but my opinion is that if ine wants to take the most of it he shouldn’t be a starter.

The book is full of examples and techniques on several design issues. It can be read anytime with any order. It ends with two excellent case studies written by Simon Collison and Cameron Moll which include all said at the previous chapters.

I personally found very useful the chapters about round corners and CSS hacks, which always trouble me. During the reading you realize that you can apply all the techniques explained before because what is written is valid and precious.

Such books reduce the need of research on CSS, a research which can be proved to be time consuming and tiring. Of course I highly recommend this book.