Learning CSS3 Animations and Transitions: A Hands-on Guide to Animating in CSS3 with Transforms, Transitions, Keyframes, and JavaScript

by Alexis Goldstein

For web developers building rich web and mobile applications, standards-based CSS3 offers powerful advantages over traditional Flash-based approaches - and since Apple's immensely popular iPad and iPhone don't support Flash, moving to CSS3 has become even more urgent. However, most CSS3 guides focus primarily on the basics, frustrating web developers who want to do sophisticated work. Learning CSS3 Animations and Transitions is the first book focused entirely on creating production-quality rich animations and transitions with CSS3. Leading web development trainer Alexis Goldstein covers everything web developers need to know, teaching through solid examples that help web professionals build their skills one step at a time. Readers will learn how * Create 2D transforms that serve as the foundation for CSS3 animations * Use transitions to make changes come alive * Master essential keyframing techniques * Combine transitions, transforms, and parallax scrolling in immersive web experiences * Transform in 3D, and animate 3D transforms * Creating increasingly complex and Flash-style animations * Build powerfully effective interactive infographics with CSS3 and HTML5 * And much more...

284 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2012

About the author

Alexis Goldstein is the founder and CEO of aut faciam, a technical training, consulting and software development company. She is the co-author of the book "HTML5 & CSS3 in The Real World" by Sitepoint.

Alexis is a proud member of NYC Resistor in Brooklyn, NY, where she learns, builds and teaches. She is a 2011 nextNY fellow. She is also a co-organizer and teacher for Girl Develop It, a group that conducts low-cost programming classes in a non-intimidating environment, where women can feel free to ask "dumb" questions.

Prior to founding aut faciam, Alexis spent seven years working in technology on Wall Street. She worked in both the cash equity and equity derivatives spaces. Her focus ranged from the development of client-facing, realtime cash trading systems to creating proprietary software for equity option pricing and volatility surface modeling.