lawrence farrell said
As someone who is still learning to use CSS, this is a great book! It might be lee useful to someone who feels that they have mastered the use of style sheets, but it suited my skill level perfectly. Would recommend this as a solid primer on the vagaries of CSS.
Elar Alexander said
This is beginner book but wow I read the book in one day and I understand the power of CSS. Very well written. Thanks.
Rachel don't worry about the bad reviews(foolish people) Please write more books. You are awesome.
Jared M. Stein said
CSS is difficult to master, and most who have have done so over a period of years, through trial and error, and from picking up tips one by one from the community of practitioners. Rachel Andrew's CSS Anthology doesn't offer much for the CSS veterans (I found only 1 tip I didn't know), but it's is absolutely full of all the good stuff that we CSS authors treasure and, of course, USE on a daily basis. The best part? Most instances in this book follow Web standards--you won't find that to be true with many other CSS books.
Daniel J. Beason said
After reading two great Sitepoint books* cover to cover and returning to them again and again, I thought "The CSS Anthology" would be another good purchase.
Unfortunately, this book makes learning web design as frustrating as the other two books made it easy. I'm on the verge of returning it.
The writing is not as simple, clever or memorable (important in a How-to) as the other books. Instead, the author tends to complicate rather simple concepts and blur the lines between topics.
I'm at about an intermediate level with CSS. The few solutions here that aren't too basic are hopelessly complicated by bad writing. It is easy to waste a day trying to get something from this book to work, simply because the subject was not well presented.
Because "The CSS Anthology" is not designed to be read straight through- I find myself using internet tutorials to find the same information. Not only do the Internet solutions tend to work better, they're easier to find and easier to understand.
I'll probably try to get my money back. Skip this one from the Sitepoint library.
*"Build Your Own Websites the Right Way Using HTML & CSS" and "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design"- Both excellent for beginners
Robert Hall said
For those of us who are beginners or intermediate programmers of CSS, I would recommend this book. From beginning use to advanced hints and tips, this book has something for everyone. Any book that helps me to learn even one item more than I already knew is a benefit to my library, and you can't beat Amazon.com for price!
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