Tim Almond

I’ve been reading and working with Simon Collison’s Beginning CSS Web Development. It’s a book that a recommend to anyone who is interested in learning Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

I’m not a web designer, but a web developer. I don’t really have the aesthetic mind that comes up with the amazing things that designers create. But I can write the programs that take things from and to databases, and put it on a webpage. I haven’t needed to do much CSS to now, but it’s a skill that’s becoming in greater need. Even if I don’t do the CSS, I have to write the tags out. Understanding what the people I’m working with do helps me work in closer harmony with them.

Prior to reading the book, I’d done some tinkering with CSS, but felt that I was missing something, a structured understanding of the subject. Simon’s book has taken me through all that, and I feel more confident picking up a stylesheet. It covers as much as I feel I’d need to know, and as Simon is someone who is "walking the walk" with CSS, there’s a whole lot of practical hints and tips about use of fonts, colours, dealing with the audience and so forth.

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