Creative Exploration
The creative media resources on this site are continually growing and expanding, just like the tools, technologies, and best practices used by industry professionals, so please feel free to mark this page as your base camp.
Web Layout Techniques & Strategies
Intro to Node.js and npm
The Box Model
Intro to Design Patterns
Iterative Design
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
Typography for the Web
Design Systems
Inspiration
How to Begin Planning
Intro to Front-end Build Tools
Git-based Workflows using Github
Web Design Terminology: A Primer
Intro to Web Hosting
Quality Assurance Checklist
Intro to Frontend Web Development
What Project Should I Choose?
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
Intro to SASS via PrePros
Intro to CMS via WordPress
The Web Design and Development Process
Draft a Conceptual Plan
Project Brief
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Create a Course Web Site
Set Summer Goals
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
Positioning and Layout Tests
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Typography Specimen Tests
Markup Text with HTML
Design Your Resume
U.S. Web Design Standards
Usability.gov
StatCounter Global Stats
Interaction Design Foundation
Nielsen Norman Group
The Elements of Typographic Style
Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed
HTML & CSS
Javascript & JQuery
Animation at Work
Swiss Graphic Design
Graphic Design: A Concise History
The Design of Everyday Things
Butterick’s Practical Typography
Designing with Web Standards
Big list of web design related people:
- Donald Norman – https://jnd.org/
- Jakob Nielson – https://www.nngroup.com/people/jakob-nielsen/
- Jeffrey Zeldman – http://www.zeldman.com/
- Jeremy Keith – https://adactio.com/
- Eric Meyer – https://meyerweb.com/
- Ethan Marcotte – https://ethanmarcotte.com/
- Chris Coyier – https://chriscoyier.net/
- Dave Rupert – https://daverupert.com/
- Jen Simmons – https://jensimmons.com/
- Rachel Andrew – https://rachelandrew.co.uk/
- Andy Clarke – https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/
- Val Head – https://valhead.com/
- Sarah Drasner – https://sarahdrasnerdesign.com/
- Brad Frost – https://bradfrost.com/
- Michael Beirut – https://www.pentagram.com/about/michael-bierut
- Jason Pamental – https://ethanmarcotte.com/
- Jason Santa Maria – https://jasonsantamaria.com/
- Zach Leatherman – https://www.zachleat.com/
- Elliot Jay Stocks – https://elliotjaystocks.com/
- Scott Jehl – https://scottjehl.com/
- Remy Sharp – https://remysharp.com/
- Richard Rutter – http://clagnut.com/
- Nicolas Gallagher – http://nicolasgallagher.com/
- Una Kravetts – https://una.im/
- Chen Hui Jing – https://chenhuijing.com/
- Chris Ferdinandi – https://gomakethings.com/, https://vanillajsguides.com/, https://vanillajsacademy.com/, https://vanillajstoolkit.com, https://vanillajspodcast.com/
List of Online Learning Sites
- Jen Simmon’s HTML Essential Training course on LinkedIn Learning (FREE)
- Wes Bos’s Courses
- JavaScript 30 (FREE)
- What the Flexbox? (FREE)
- CSS Grid (FREE)
- Ethan Marcotte’ Designing Accessible and Responsive Websites course via The Gymnasium (FREE)
- Frontend Masters Courses
List of Online Surveys (for usage stats)
- Design Tools Surveys – 2022
- State of CSS
- State of JS
- Browser Stats – GS Stat Counter
- CSS Tricks
- Can I Use
- CSS Dev Conf
- WordPress.org
- WordPress.com
- Display Posts Shortcode
- Insert Pages
- SiteOrigin Page Builder
- Responsive Screenshots
- Am I Responsive
- Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
- PSD Covers
- 12 Principles of Animation
- Fonts In Use
- Cody House
- Little Snippets
- Animated Flexbox
- Codrops
- Font Pairing Suggestions
- Daily UI Design Challenge
- Mockup Templates
- Premium Pixels
- Graphic Pear
- Adobe Color
- Site Inspire
- MarkSheet
- Jeffrey Zeldman 20 years of Web Design
- The Grid System
- Coursera
- Student Work
Videos & YouTube Channels
- Youtube Channels
- Layout Land by Jen Simmons (coded layout lessons)
- Keyframers (coded web animation)
- Chris Coyier (CSS-Tricks screencasts)
- A List Apart (conference talk videos)
- JamStack Conf (conference talk videos)
- The Futur (design lessons)
- Level Up Tutorials by Scott Telinski (Javascript lessons)
- Wes Bos (Javascript lessons)
The Elements of Typographic Style
Typography for the Web
I Love Typography
Typewolf
Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Swiss Graphic Design
Art of the Menu
Typography Specimen Tests
Create a Course Web Site
Sass
Intro to Web Hosting
The Web Design and Development Process
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
Positioning and Layout Tests
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Shop Talk
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
Typography Specimen Tests
Github
CSS Podcast
Javascript & JQuery
HTML & CSS
Smashing Magazine
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Quality Assurance Checklist
Netlify
ScrollOut
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Smashing Magazine Email Newsletter
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
The Box Model
Figma
Smashing Magazine Podcast