Stunning CSS3: A Project-Based Guide to the Latest in CSS

Introduction

CSS3, the newest version of the style sheet language of the web, is less about creating new effects and more about accomplishing the beautiful web design effects you’re familiar with in fantastic new ways—ways that are more efficient and produce more usable and flexible results than the techniques we’ve been using for the last decade.

CSS3 is still changing and evolving, as are browsers to support it and web designers to figure out how best to use it. CSS3 can create some stunningly beautiful and cool effects, as you’ll see throughout this book. But if these effects aren’t practical for real-world sites right now, what’s the point? In this book, I’ll focus on teaching you the cutting-edge CSS techniques that can truly improve your ...