Ask HN: What resource is the best for learning modern CSS and design techniques?
I've done CSS, HTML, ASP, and PHP in the past, but I've definitely fallen behind the times. When I go to design websites, I constantly find myself checking w3c to see what I can/can't do, and even when I finish websites, they have a decidedly 2000s look to them.
So, my questions are...
1. What's a good book (not just a reference) to learn modern CSS design, techniques, and good style?
2. What else should I be looking into besides CSS, if anything, to bring myself up to date?
Thanks.
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- SASS and HAML
Do you know any good resources for SASS and HAML? I've never even heard of them before...
Learn about Object-Oriented CSS.
- A short intro: http://www.slideshare.net/stubbornella/object-oriented-css
- Reference: http://oocss.org/
- Nettuts tutorial [1]
Learn About Grid Systems.
- 960.gs
- blueprint
- Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design [2]
Learn about new CSS languages
- Sass & Scss
- Less css
Learn Css 3
- New Css selectors
- New Css new attributes
- Media Queries
- Modernizr and how to degrade in old browsers
- Book: Stunning CSS3: A project-based guide to the latest in CSS
- Book: Hardboiled Web Design
[1] http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/object...
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Ordering-Disorder-Principles-Design-Vo...