Alex Libby 
Mastering PostCSS for Web Design [EPUB ebook] 

Explore the power of Post CSS to write highly performing, modular, and modern CSS code for your web pages

• Incorporate cutting-edge styles in your web pages with Post CSS


• Simplify the process of writing CSS to a great extent using Post CSS shortcuts, fallbacks, and pack plugins


• This in-depth, step-by-step guide will help you master Post CSS, to create amazing and responsive web designs

This book is ideal for web developers and designers who are comfortable with HTML5 and CSS and now want to master Post CSS for web design. Web designers who have been using SASS or Less and now want to adopt Post CSS would also find this book useful.

• Add mixin and variable support to Post CSS along with conditional support


• Explore the different ways of nesting code such as BEM and standard nesting within Post CSS


• Optimize media queries built with Post CSS to get the best performance


• Add dynamic styling elements such as images, fonts, grids, and SVG and retina support using existing preprocessors as well as Post CSS


• Get familiar with using plugins, and extend Post CSS with the API


• Build a fully working custom preprocessor and test it on different sites such as Word Press


• Write a custom syntax in Post CSS while still using pre-built syntaxes such as Less, SASS, or Stylus


• Provide support for future CSS such as CSS4 using current CSS3 classes

Post CSS is a tool that has quickly emerged as the future of existing preprocessors such as SASS and Less, mainly because of its power, speed, and ease of use. This comprehensive guide offers in-depth guidance on incorporating cutting-edge styles into your web page and at the same time maintaining the performance and maintainability of your code.

The book will show how you can take advantage of Post CSS to simplify the entire process of stylesheet authoring. It covers various techniques to add dynamic and modern styling features to your web pages. As the book progresses, you will learn how to make CSS code more maintainable by taking advantage of the modular architecture of Post CSS. By the end of this book, you would have mastered the art of adding modern CSS effects to web pages by authoring high performing, maintainable stylesheets.

This comprehensive book provides in-depth guidance on how to build a Post CSS powered responsive site from scratch. Following a step-by-step approach, you will learn how to add modern styles to web pages. It also contains several tips and best practices on how you can optimize your sites by writing high performing code in Post CSS.