{"product_id":"painless-css-bill-mei-9781999093815","title":"Painless CSS: Build Beautiful, Intuitive Websites","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Writing CSS sucks!\"-you used to say, before you read this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dirty secret is that under the hood, CSS is a straightforward, intuitive language that is a joy to work with once you are taught \u003cem\u003ethe right way\u003c\/em\u003e to master CSS and write it with confidence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoth beginners and experts alike are guaranteed to learn something new and useful in these pages\u003c\/strong\u003e-it doesn't matter if you've never coded before or are already a front-end veteran.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not your fault if you haven't yet learned the easy way to write CSS: they never told you in your university CS classes (or at your bootcamp course) how important CSS is when you started working at a real job delivering real products. 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This is because all technical subjects benefit from the principle of decomposing a topic into its constituent parts and then developing good intuitions for how these parts congeal to form a coherent whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, I've been consulting for software startups to help them ship beautiful web design. But I got tired of seeing people make the same mistakes with CSS and then giving up after all the existing free online tutorials failed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wrote this book to share with you my secrets for writing maintainable, easy-to-understand CSS that is a joy to work with-\u003cstrong\u003esecrets that my clients normally pay hundreds of dollars an hour for\u003c\/strong\u003e! But I am tired of broken, ulcer-inducing code popping up everywhere and am sharing these secrets with you because I want CSS to finally shed its undeserved reputation and rise from the ashes as the beautiful programming language that it is. \u003cem\u003ePainless CSS\u003c\/em\u003e is the well-explained, no-nonsense resource that you've been waiting for that will help you see this too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearn more at www.painlesscss.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Mei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 199909381X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999093815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Mei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.55d","brand":"Bill Mei","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446048338175,"sku":"9781999093815","price":49.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ceb3bd83-201e-49dc-8fc3-fb2866897f73.jpg?v=1777222280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/painless-css-bill-mei-9781999093815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}