Summary

In this chapter, we learned about some of the new CSS3 features that can be used to make your applications pop and provide a lot of visual feedback to the user. We updated our tasklist application by adding rounded corners and shadows to the task elements, and adding images to the task tool buttons. We added a gradient to the background and a theme selector to allow the user to change the color scheme. We also added some transitions to make changes look more natural.

We covered the following concepts in this chapter.

  • How to define colors with transparencies in CSS3
  • How to give elements rounded corners
  • How to add shadows to elements and text
  • How to create linear and radial gradients
  • How to use CSS3 transitions and transforms to create visual ...

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