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Professional CSS3

By : Piotr Sikora
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Professional CSS3

By: Piotr Sikora

Overview of this book

CSS is the preferred technology to design modern web pages. Although CSS is often perceived as a simple language, applying modern styles to web pages with CSS and maintaining the code for larger websites can be quite tricky. We will take you right from understanding CSS to designing high-quality web pages in CSS3. We'll quickly take you through CSS3's features, and show you how to resolve common issues so you can build your basic framework. Finally, you will learn about code architecture and CSS methodologies used in scalable apps and you'll explore the various new features of CSS3, such as FlexBox, to help you create the most modern layout methodologies. By the end of the book, you will be a master at creating pure CSS web pages and will know sophisticated web design techniques, giving you an edge over other web designers.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Professional CSS3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 14. Final Automatization and Processes Optimization

In this last chapter, we will discuss a final automatization of repeatable processes during the creation of CSS code. There are a lot of processes that can be automatized, but awareness of whether it can be done and knowledge of the tools to be used is essential. In this chapter, we will focus on tools and how to implement automatizations in the Gulp task runner.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Images on retina and mobile devices

  • How to recognize unused CSS

  • How to minify the code

  • How to make a screenshots from the list of pages for quicker overview

  • How to use the basics of Jade templating and append its compilation into Gulp