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I used to play around with CSS and 5 years later here I am. I don't have a clue of what CSS means now-a-days.

I was wondering if you guys knows what the best resources and books are to learn CSS. I would like books that cover the basics and a little advanced.

1 answer per post please.

Thanks!

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  • Just curious, why only one answer per post?
    – BenV
    Jul 30, 2010 at 2:48
  • @ben, usually so that the community can vote up which one they belive is best. But that usually goes hand-in-hand with CW. Jul 30, 2010 at 2:57
  • 'List of' questions should be community wiki. I've converted this one.
    – Tim Post
    Jul 30, 2010 at 9:07

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www.csszengarden.com

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  • Not a book but probably the best resource out there
    – Sruly
    Aug 4, 2010 at 12:53
  • The CSS Zen garden is a fun exercise in displaying the same markup in a variety of ways, but I don't think it's one of the best ways to learn CSS. It's a good resource to help you see what's possible.
    – jessegavin
    Aug 16, 2010 at 17:10
  • The Zen garden is getting long in the tooth. It certainly deserves accolades for what it has accomplished, but I really don't see it as being the most useful resource anymore.
    – Dan Gayle
    Aug 25, 2010 at 14:56
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This is a great thread from StackOverflow: What is the best book on CSS?

Also, I'm particularly fond of CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions. It does a really nice job of explaining some of the peculiar things in CSS as though they make sense!

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  • I find it very strange that people keep recommending the book by Eric Meyer. I own a copy of this book, and I have never once found it to be of any use to me whatsoever, plus it seems completely unreadable.
    – delete
    Jul 30, 2010 at 4:22
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I found the first edition of CSS The Missing Manual (O'Reilly) a good accessible introduction.

There is now a second edition.

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Bulletproof Web Design is completely and utterly fantastic. The first CSS book I bought since getting back into web design and still the best I've read.

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  • I totally agree with Bobby Jack. This is a good book.
    – jessegavin
    Aug 16, 2010 at 17:04
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Keep these two links FOREVER in your bookmark bar, they will serve you well:

CSS Selectors and charts of browser support: http://kimblim.dk/css-tests/selectors/

CSS Selectors and hacks to target specific browsers: http://www.webdevout.net/css-hacks#in_css-selectors

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w3schools has a nice tutorial.

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Think Vitamin Video Tutorials

Has some great videos on CSS, all the way from beginner - look in the Fundamentals Videos.

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quirksmode.org. Especially like the compatibility tables.

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