Ben Frain eBooks

Learn to really THINK about CSS, and how to create CSS that endures continual iteration, multiple authors, and yet always produces predictable results About This Book * Address the problems of CSS at scale, avoiding the shortfalls of scaling CSS. * The shortfalls of conventional approaches to scaling CSS. * Develop consistent and enforceable selector naming conventions with ECSS. * Learn how to organize project structure to more easily isolate and decouple visual components. Who This Book Is For This is a book for working CSS authors involved in large projects. This is a book that tackles create enduring CSS for large-scale projects. What You Will Learn * The problems of CSS at scale-specificity, the cascade and styles intrinsically tied to ele...

Tablets, smart phones and even televisions are being used increasingly to view the web. There's never been a greater range of screen sizes and associated user experiences to consider. Web pages built to be responsive provide the best possible version of their content to match the viewing devices of not just today's devices but tomorrow's too. Learn how to design websites according to the new 'responsive design' methodology, allowing a website to display beautifully on every screen size. Follow along, building and enhancing a responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3. The book provides a practical understanding of these new technologies and techniques that are set to be the future of front-end web development. Starting with a static Photoshop composit...

Produce and maintain cross-browser CSS files easier than ever before with the Sass CSS preprocessor and its companion authoring framework, Compass Overview Simple, clear, and thorough. This book ensures you dont need to be a programming mastermind to wield the power of Sass and Compass! Previously tricky and time-consuming CSS tasks will become trivial. Easily produce cross-browser CSS3 gradients, shadows, and transformations along with image sprites, data URIs, and more. Follow along with installing, setting up, and working through an entire project, implementing the Sass and Compass techniques and tools as we go. In Detail The CSS preprocessor, Sass, is becoming the de-facto standard for producing cross-browser CSS more maintainable and with more...