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CSS for Beginners – My Recommendations

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

This photo has nothing to do with CSS

This photo has nothing to do with CSS

I’m constantly being asked a good way to start learning cascading stylesheets (CSS). I don’t know what you classify it as, it’s not a programming language per se, it doesn’t deal with logic, and it’s a somewhat pseudo form of XHTML. I don’t know the technical terms for it. But I do know that it pretty much revolutionized web design for me and saves my clients thousands upon thousands of dollars every year.

This list is probably outdated and not complete. But if you want to know how I learned CSS, here is where you can turn:

- W3Schools take the CSS Quiz and CSS tutorials!

- I used to frequent a greek restaurant in Round Rock, TX and read my favorite CSS Book, CSS Mastery, which is does more than tell you what CSS does, it explains why. Great book!

- Blogs, the best part about A List Apart is they report on the latest CSS trends and XHTML news. Obviously the more you know about markup, the most you should know about CSS.

If you see this post, feel free to respond with your own recommendations. I wouldn’t mind learning some new stuff.