Need to learn CSS

[ccardimon]

What's the best way to learn CSS on a quick-and-dirty level?

I hear people are leveraging their CSS skills and the Print medium to create perfect PDF output the first time.

This is what I need to do.

[crdmerge]

http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

...and buy a book (there are plenty available).


Good luck,
Leon

[ccardimon]

Which is your favorite book?

[crdmerge]

I'm still using a 2005 book by Richard York, Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design.

It's surprisingly still current as to CSS3 content, but I see there's a revised (2011) edition available (thru Amazon).


Good luck,
Leon

[rmdavidson]

W3Schools - Online tutorials by the W3C http://w3schools.com/
CSS Zen Garden - Beautiful CSS-based design http://www.csszengarden.com/
A List Apart - For People Who Make Websites http://www.alistapart.com/
DreamInCode - DreamInCode.net an online forum for programming and web development http://www.dreamincode.net/
WebMonkey - Tutorials and resources for a variety of languages http://www.webmonkey.com/

[LTinker68]

CSS Zen Garden - Beautiful CSS-based design http://www.csszengarden.com/

Zen Garden is so cool to look at, even if you're not developing a site with those types of visuals.

[ddyer]

Also, download Firebug for Firefox. With this tool you can view css (and html) elements in web pages and even change values from the firebug plug-in. This way you can see how elements affect objects within a page. Or if you like the way something looks, you can see how the designer created their page.