This book is primarily intended for web designers and mobile application developers who are interested in using the latest visual design tools for web pages, characterized by rich functionality and improved performance. The new edition of the CSS Reference contains detailed descriptions of all the new tools added in the latest version of the specification. The authors of the book will share the secrets of setting up interaction with users, quickly completing documents, and preventing possible problems. You'll learn how to bring your own web applications to life by providing them with a thoughtful and attractive user interface that uses transitions, animations, borders, background images and other styling features. The main topics of the book: - selectors, precedence and cascading style rules; - values, units of measurement, fonts and text formatting;—margins, indents, borders and outer contours;—colors, backgrounds and gradients;—alignment and positioning of elements;—flexible layout;—grid layout;—two- and three-dimensional transformations, transitions and animation ;— filters, blending modes, cropping and masking elements;— media queries.