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Specificity, Selectors, and the Cascade: Applying CSS3 to Documents – #bookreview

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Selectors, Specificity, and the Cascade: Applying CSS3 to Documents Eric A. Meyer (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) If you know some basic CSS but wonder how the “cascade” part of Cascading Style Sheets works, here is a useful guide. Actually, this is a 73-page, two-chapter excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of Eric A. Meyer’s CSS: … Continue reading Specificity, Selectors, and the Cascade: Applying CSS3 to Documents – #bookreview

Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought – #programming #bookreview

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Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought Drew Neil (Pragmatic Bookshelf, paperback) Vim is a popular, free text editor used by programmers, web developers, and others. If you are a reasonably good touch typist and know just two commands, i and :w, you can create simple code files and text files in a … Continue reading Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought – #programming #bookreview

New Programmer’s Survival Manual – #programming #bookreview

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New Programmer’s Survival Manual: Navigate Your Workplace, Cube Farm, or Startup By Josh Carter (Pragmatic Bookshelf, paperback, list price $29.00) “It’s day one on the job. You have programming chops, you’ve landed the job, you’re sitting at your workstation…now what?” In the New Programmer’s Survival Manual, veteran coder Josh Carter lays out the possibilities in … Continue reading New Programmer’s Survival Manual – #programming #bookreview