CSS3 Pushing the Limits

**Push CSS3 and your design skills to the limit—and beyond!** Representing an evolutionary leap forward for CSS, CSS3 is chock-full of new capabilities that dramatically expand the boundaries of what a styling language can do. But many of those new features remain undocumented, making it difficult to learn what they are and how to use them to create the sophisticated sites and web apps clients demand and users have grown to expect. Until now. This book introduces you to all of CSS3’s new and advanced features, and, with the help of dozens of real-world examples and live demos, it shows how to use those features to design dazzling, fully-responsive sites and web apps. Among other things, you’ll learn how to: • Use advanced selectors and an array of powerful new text tools • Create adaptable background images, decorative borders, and complex patterns • Create amazing effects with 2D and 3D transforms, transitions, and keyframe-based animations • Take advantage of new layout tools to solve an array of advanced layout challenges—fast • Vastly simplify responsive site design using media queries and new layout modules • Create abstract and scalable shapes and icons with pseudo-elements • Leverage preprocessors and use CSS like a programming language within a stylesheet context Don’t pass up this opportunity to go beyond the basics and learn what CSS3 can really do!

Push CSS3 and your design skills to the limit—and beyond!

Representing an evolutionary leap forward for CSS, CSS3 is chock-full of new capabilities that dramatically expand the boundaries of what a styling language can do. But many of those new features remain undocumented, making it difficult to learn what they are and how to use them to create the sophisticated sites and web apps clients demand and users have grown to expect.

Until now.

This book introduces you to all of CSS3's new and advanced features, and, with the help of dozens of real-world examples and live demos, it shows how to use those features to design dazzling, fully-responsive sites and web apps.

Among other things, you'll learn how to:

• Use advanced selectors and an array of powerful new text tools

• Create adaptable background images, decorative borders, and complex patterns

• Create amazing effects with 2D and 3D transforms, transitions, and keyframe-based animations

• Take advantage of new layout tools to solve an array of advanced layout challenges—fast

• Vastly simplify responsive site design using media queries and new layout modules

• Create abstract and scalable shapes and icons with pseudo-elements

• Leverage preprocessors and use CSS like a programming language within a stylesheet context

Don't pass up this opportunity to go beyond the basics and learn what CSS3 can really do!

Annotation Push CSS3 and your design skills to the limitand beyond!Representing an evolutionary leap forward for CSS, CSS3 is chock-full of new capabilities that dramatically expand the boundaries of what a styling language can do. But many of those new features remain undocumented, making it difficult to learn what they are and how to use them to create the sophisticated sites and web apps clients demand and users have grown to expect. Until now. This book introduces you to all of CSS3s new and advanced features, and, with the help of dozens of real-world examples and live demos, it shows how to use those features to design dazzling, fully-responsive sites and web apps. Among other things, youll learn how to: Use advanced selectors and an array of powerful new text tools Create adaptable background images, decorative borders, and complex patterns Create amazing effects with 2D and 3D transforms, transitions, and keyframe-based animations Take advantage of new layout tools to solve an array of advanced layout challengesfast Vastly simplify responsive site design using media queries and new layout modules Create abstract and scalable shapes and icons with pseudo-elements Leverage preprocessors and use CSS like a programming language within a stylesheet contextDont pass up this opportunity to go beyond the basics and learn what CSS3 can really do! Go beyond the basics and learn what CSS3 can really do! CSS3 is an essential tool in a web developer's toolkit, allowing you to create fast-loading pages with exciting visual effects. However, there is a serious need for a book that explains all the amazing capabilities of CSS3, which would allow you to make the most of your websites and web apps and this book fills that void. Assuming you have a solid understanding of the basics of CSS3, this must-have resource digs into the language so that you can dive into more advanced coverage of its cutting-edge features and take your knowledge and skills to the next level. Drills down directly to advanced coverage on topics such as developing with deep Objective C Details all the amazing cutting-edge features of CSS3 and explains how to use them to your advantage Goes beyond the basics to show you want CSS3 is truly capable of CSS3: Pushing the Limits is essential reading in order to create stunning and memorable websites. Push CSS3 and your design skills to the limit and beyond! Representing an evolutionary leap forward for CSS, CSS3 is chock-full of new capabilities that dramatically expand the boundaries of what a styling language can do.