10 Useful Links for Learning CSS3

1. Get Started with CSS 3

Web Monkey has a tutorial on how to get started with CSS3. It will give you an overview of some CSS3 features that are already supported by modern browsers. This is a great article to read for those that are just beginning to explore CSS3.

2. Accessibility Features of CSS

With the rise in popularity of mobile hand held devices and non-traditional web browsers such as screen readers, the CSS Working Group puts accessibility as one of the leading issues that will be addressed in CSS3. This W3C document outlines some of the accessibility features and considerations that are inherent in current and future CSS3 specifications.

3. CSS3 . Info

CSS3 . Info is an enormously comprehensive site about all things CSS3-related. They share news, interviews, and resources from around the web regarding CSS3. CSS3 . Info also has a demo section called CSS3 Previews so that you can see CSS3 modules and features at work for browsers that support them such as Opera and WebKit-based browsers.

4. CSS Advanced Layout Module

Learn about one of the more popular modules in CSS 3 specs: the Advanced Layout Module. This resource is W3C’s working draft and will show you just how great CSS3 will be for us developers.

5. Six Questions: Eric Meyer on CSS3

Six Revisions was fortunate enough to discuss CSS3 with celebrated CSS expert, Eric Meyer. In this interview, Eric Meyer talks about what excites him the most about CSS3, the modular approach to CSS3 specs development, and JavaScript’s relationship to CSS3.

6. CSS 3 attribute selectors

An exciting improvement in CSS3 is the ability for very complex and specific DOM selection. This tutorial on Dev.Opera shows you the potentials of the new attribute selection features in CSS3.

7. W3C: Selectors

W3C’s working draft of CSS3 Selectors is an excellent introduction into the concept of Selectors in CSS3.

8. Styling Forms with Attribute Selectors

Dev.Opera showcases the benefits of attribute selectors in this “learning-by-doing” tutorial which deals with styling web forms.

9. 5 Techniques to Acquaint You With CSS 3

Practice makes perfect; this tutorial from NETTUTS shows you how to learn about CSS3 by using it. This article covers things like adding drop shadows to page elements and changing an element’s opacity.

10. Rounded Corner Boxes the CSS3 Way

24 Ways, an annual online publication that puts out articles by top web professionals, has a tutorial on rounded corner boxes written by CSS expert Andy Budd. The tutorial showcases one of CSS3’s styling improvements: rounded corners without using CSS backgrounds.

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