The last printing of this book is one of the few staples that remain always out and on my desk. I will be buying the new version. Congratulations on its publication!
Congrats on the publication Ben, I read the first version back in 2013 while I was still in college as well as Sass and Compass for designers. I can gladly say that I'm a frontend developer today because of how exciting the content of those 2 books were for me as well as your approach to frontend development. I definately recommend anyone keen on learning more about crafting responsive we applications to pick this book up.
This book got my attention while searching for HTML and CSS books in Amazon, and even though I understand this is a book not recommended to beginners, I love colored books, and so I will give it a try later on when I start with the front end part, so far I am learning the backend in C# from the Mark J Price books. I also have some courses in form of video-documentation that will help with the essentials of programming, anyways, I would like to ask you if this book may help developing creative shells for ads in HTML5? A responsive banner is a must to have in these days, and since I work with publishers and developers, I already have some knowledge in creatives development, but not made entirely with code, so any advice would be appreciated
If you read the book, you should be able to apply Responsive design to anything, whether that it’s a site, app or in your case banner. I’ve done Responsive banners myself with an embedded and used the techniques from the book
@@benfrainuk Thanks for replying! I ordered it earlier today, although I will read it probably when I have a stronger foundations in the front-end. Looking forward to learn more about programming!
I have the 3rd edition (enjoyed the read and learned a lot btw. Thank you), I noticed it was published in 2020. Looking to get an updated version for reference, and noticed this 4th edition was released in 2022. Being 2024 now, are you planning on releasing a 5th edition anytime soon? Weighing my options. Thanks!
Hi Jeff, thanks. The 4th definitely has a decent amount of new stuff, check out rwd.education for what’s new. In terms of 5th edition, it will likely happen but as I’ve not even started it yet, it would be at least a year away. 👍
Since your last keyboard video, I tested Keyboardio 100 and advantage 2. For the moment the best keyboard for me is the advantage. Really interested in your review of the dactyl
Glad to see you back Ben, will definitely be picking this up when I can because although I'm not a web dev, this is definitely interesting to me and would be good to know. Also is that a Dactyl I see on your desk? Looks very nice, would be interested in a video on it :)
Oh, the dactyl. Yes, video defo on the way. Been using/building them on and off for over 6 months so I have plenty to say 😃 Oh, and thanks on the book. Let me know how you find it if you do pick it up 👍
Just finished the book today and must say it is very, very good! It has everything covered you could wish for. Thanks for this Ben! My idea is to start copying existing websites and than use this book as a reference. What do you think about the strategy of copying existing sites to learn development?
Hi Leon, that’s great. Glad it’s proven useful. 👍 I think ultimately, anything that gets you actually writing the code is a good idea. Theory is useful but you absolutely need to be building things so your idea is a good one. Pick a site you love and try and recreate it from scratch. That way, if you get stuck, you can crack open dev tools and have a look how they did it. There is a discord server for readers of the book too so you can always query anything further in there. Good luck 👍
Do you think this is a good pickup for an absolute beginner? I was thinking about following tutorials while reading to follow some tutorials while reading The Pragmatic Programmer (to get into the psyche/for inspiration), then picking up a book like this one, after I'm a bit more familiar with the language itself. FYI I've never written any code before.
Another thing, Ben: I'm a big fan of ECSS. Why do you think it hasn't gained the traction it should have and legitimately deserves? I really don't get it. It's the best "least compromise" approach to creating CSS for large codebases (IMO, but I'm pretty sure I'm objective in saying this).
Hi, thanks for that. Really appreciate it. Obviously I feel the same 🤣. Honestly not sure why it hasn’t got more traction, we still use it daily (I work at bet365) and it’s been bullet proof. I’ve pretty much given up talking about it as no-one seems interested. But every few months a see a new opinion piece about how to scale CSS and just shake my head. It’s a solved problem for me but ECSS never gets mentioned when I see people talking/writing about approaches/methodologies 🤷♂️
@@benfrainuk That reassures me in that I thought I was missing something, but saddens me because ECSS is the best of all methodologies, and I've looked at all of them. Well, thank you for creating it, it's made my life supremely easier, -and I'm sure hundreds or thousands of devs silently concur 😊
More info at rwd.education and there is a free chapter download too. If you like the free chapter, you will likely enjoy the book. Also go read some of the reviews on Amazon 👍
I wish every author did this, thank you! Love the preview of the printed book too
The last printing of this book is one of the few staples that remain always out and on my desk. I will be buying the new version. Congratulations on its publication!
Wow. That’s lovely to know 👍 whereabouts in the world are you?
@@benfrainuk Israel
@@KosherCoder amazing! Hello from 🇬🇧 👋
Congrats on the publication Ben, I read the first version back in 2013 while I was still in college as well as Sass and Compass for designers.
I can gladly say that I'm a frontend developer today because of how exciting the content of those 2 books were for me as well as your approach to frontend development.
I definately recommend anyone keen on learning more about crafting responsive we applications to pick this book up.
Hey Fortune, that’s lovely to hear. Thanks for taking the time. And all the best in your career 👍
I ordered on Amazon. Delivery was super fast. I got the book and I love the content 😄
Woohoo! Great 👍
This book got my attention while searching for HTML and CSS books in Amazon, and even though I understand this is a book not recommended to beginners, I love colored books, and so I will give it a try later on when I start with the front end part, so far I am learning the backend in C# from the Mark J Price books. I also have some courses in form of video-documentation that will help with the essentials of programming, anyways, I would like to ask you if this book may help developing creative shells for ads in HTML5? A responsive banner is a must to have in these days, and since I work with publishers and developers, I already have some knowledge in creatives development, but not made entirely with code, so any advice would be appreciated
If you read the book, you should be able to apply Responsive design to anything, whether that it’s a site, app or in your case banner. I’ve done Responsive banners myself with an embedded and used the techniques from the book
@@benfrainuk Thanks for replying! I ordered it earlier today, although I will read it probably when I have a stronger foundations in the front-end. Looking forward to learn more about programming!
@@ernest1428 excellent 👍
Nice!
I have the 3rd edition (enjoyed the read and learned a lot btw. Thank you), I noticed it was published in 2020. Looking to get an updated version for reference, and noticed this 4th edition was released in 2022. Being 2024 now, are you planning on releasing a 5th edition anytime soon? Weighing my options. Thanks!
Hi Jeff, thanks. The 4th definitely has a decent amount of new stuff, check out rwd.education for what’s new. In terms of 5th edition, it will likely happen but as I’ve not even started it yet, it would be at least a year away. 👍
@@benfrainuk okay, great! Thanks for the quick response.
Since your last keyboard video, I tested Keyboardio 100 and advantage 2. For the moment the best keyboard for me is the advantage. Really interested in your review of the dactyl
I’m defo going to try an advantage360 too 👍
Glad to see you back Ben, will definitely be picking this up when I can because although I'm not a web dev, this is definitely interesting to me and would be good to know.
Also is that a Dactyl I see on your desk? Looks very nice, would be interested in a video on it :)
Oh, the dactyl. Yes, video defo on the way. Been using/building them on and off for over 6 months so I have plenty to say 😃
Oh, and thanks on the book. Let me know how you find it if you do pick it up 👍
Just finished the book today and must say it is very, very good! It has everything covered you could wish for. Thanks for this Ben! My idea is to start copying existing websites and than use this book as a reference. What do you think about the strategy of copying existing sites to learn development?
Hi Leon, that’s great. Glad it’s proven useful. 👍 I think ultimately, anything that gets you actually writing the code is a good idea. Theory is useful but you absolutely need to be building things so your idea is a good one. Pick a site you love and try and recreate it from scratch. That way, if you get stuck, you can crack open dev tools and have a look how they did it. There is a discord server for readers of the book too so you can always query anything further in there. Good luck 👍
Here’s the discord link discord.gg/U6msxBp2
@@benfrainuk Thanks Ben! Very useful! I'll be recommending yr book to friends and family!
@@fassie79 appreciate that 🙏
Do you think this is a good pickup for an absolute beginner? I was thinking about following tutorials while reading to follow some tutorials while reading The Pragmatic Programmer (to get into the psyche/for inspiration), then picking up a book like this one, after I'm a bit more familiar with the language itself. FYI I've never written any code before.
Hi Tranq, probably not. But if you go to rwd.education you can download a free chapter and see how you find it. 👍
Another thing, Ben: I'm a big fan of ECSS. Why do you think it hasn't gained the traction it should have and legitimately deserves? I really don't get it. It's the best "least compromise" approach to creating CSS for large codebases (IMO, but I'm pretty sure I'm objective in saying this).
Hi, thanks for that. Really appreciate it. Obviously I feel the same 🤣. Honestly not sure why it hasn’t got more traction, we still use it daily (I work at bet365) and it’s been bullet proof. I’ve pretty much given up talking about it as no-one seems interested. But every few months a see a new opinion piece about how to scale CSS and just shake my head. It’s a solved problem for me but ECSS never gets mentioned when I see people talking/writing about approaches/methodologies 🤷♂️
@@benfrainuk That reassures me in that I thought I was missing something, but saddens me because ECSS is the best of all methodologies, and I've looked at all of them. Well, thank you for creating it, it's made my life supremely easier, -and I'm sure hundreds or thousands of devs silently concur 😊
i just order you book off amazon, i am new to html and css will this help me improve, i been doing html and css for 17 days now
The book is not aimed at absolute beginners. It should help but if you are an absolute beginner, it may be a little too advanced.
I bought it today via Amazon/Kindle
Fantastic! Hope you find it useful 👍👍
How can I know is this book worth of reading and practicing ?
More info at rwd.education and there is a free chapter download too. If you like the free chapter, you will likely enjoy the book. Also go read some of the reviews on Amazon 👍
Ordered.
Woohoo! Thanks 🙏