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CSS: Tools & Skills
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CSS: Tools & Skills

by Craig Buckler, Ahmed Bouchefra, Tiffany B Brown
October 2018
Intermediate to advanced
85 pages
59m
English
SitePoint
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Preface

CSS has grown from a language for formatting documents into a robust language for designing web applications. Its syntax is easy to learn, making CSS a great entry point for those new to programming. Indeed, it’s often the second language that developers learn, right behind HTML.

As CSS's feature set and abilities have grown, so has its depth. In this book, we'll be looking at essential CSS tools and skills for front-end developers today.

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Code Samples

Code in this book is displayed using a fixed-width font, like so:


<h1>A Perfect Summer's Day</h1>
<p>It was a lovely day for a walk in the park.
The birds were singing and the kids were all back at school.</p>
			

Where existing code is required for context, rather than ...

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