How would you study independently from CSS: The Definitive Guide?

I'm readying Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide by Eric A. Meyer. Although extremely informative, there are no end-of-the-chapter exercises. If you've read this book (and only if you've read this book), how did you use it as an independent learner?

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  1. you can create html and css using any editor you like. just put together some samples to test out using any browser. You can always refer back to the book when you need something.
  2. I haven't read it, but I'm quite fluent in CSS. My favourite site for keeping my CSS skills at the peak is A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com/) where you can find a lot of good examples of problems and how to solve them. Apart from this, just try try try. A good exercise is to take a frames- and tablebased site and convert it into pure CSS. If you want even more inspiration, go to the css Zen Garden (http://www.csszengarden.com/) and look at some of those awesome designs.
  3. The first CSS book I ever purchased was the very same one by Eric Meyer. I think it's great that you started with that one since your understanding of CSS has to be founded upon more than just hacks or workarounds or even frameworks. But since it also has to be based on knowng what the best possible solution is for a given problem -- I'd recommend the books below.
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