I read the first edition of this book in 2008 to expand my CSS knowledge. It was a great help! While I haven't read a ton of other CSS books to compare, you can't go too wrong by choosing this one. I still refer back to it once in a while when I want to remember things like how exactly Internet Explorer's old box model differs from the W3C version, or to figure out what's wrong with my floated layout.
The book starts out with a basic introduction to CSS, and then goes into a number of more advanced tips and tricks (with examples) that help show different CSS principles in practice. There's also a good discussion of different filters you can use to target certain styles to particular browsers in case one browser renders differently than others. These filters should be avoided where possible because they make the CSS uglier (and often not technically valid), but they're good to be aware of when nothing else seems to be working.
A second edition of this book was published in late 2009. I have not yet had a chance to read that edition, but if anything it should be more useful than the first. It is noticeably thicker and contains new information about CSS3, updated browser compatibility information, and additional case studies.Get more detail about CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions, Second Edition.
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