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CSS Optimization Basics

Jens Oliver Meiert

CSS Optimization Basics is an introduction to quality CSS by former Google tech lead and O’Reilly author Jens Oliver Meiert. The book discusses the mindsets needed for writing effective style sheets, covers optimization for operation and production, and lists resources that aid and inform the well-rounded web developer’s work with CSS.

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Are you unsure about your style sheets’ quality, or whether you’ve maxed out your options? CSS Optimization Basics covers the necessary mindsets, discusses the main optimization methods, and presents useful resources to write higher-quality CSS.

→ This is the book if you care about the craft of writing CSS, and enjoy optimizing style sheets.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

  1. Why Optimization Is Important
  2. What’s Not Covered by Optimization

Development Mindsets

  1. Do One Thing Really, Really Well
  2. Know Your Needs
  3. Stay in the Present
  4. Keep It Simple
  5. Automate

Operational Optimization

  1. Understandability
  2. Performance
  3. Quality
  4. Maintainability

Production Optimization

  1. Performance
  2. Output Control

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  1. Tools
  2. Websites
  3. Books

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  1. On Web Development II (2025)
  2. Upgrade Your HTML (2019–2024)
  3. Rote Learning HTML & CSS (2024)
  4. The Web Development Glossary 3K (2023)
  5. The Little Book of Little Books (2021)

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