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.
Intro to Web Hosting
Intro to CMS via WordPress
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
The Box Model
Web Design Terminology: A Primer
What Project Should I Choose?
Git-based Workflows using Github
Quality Assurance Checklist
Iterative Design
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
Intro to SASS via PrePros
Intro to Front-end Build Tools
Design Systems
How to Begin Planning
Typography for the Web
Web Layout Techniques & Strategies
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
The Web Design and Development Process
Inspiration
Intro to Node.js and npm
Intro to Frontend Web Development
Intro to Design Patterns
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Project Brief
Create a Course Web Site
Draft a Conceptual Plan
Set Summer Goals
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Design Your Resume
Markup Text with HTML
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Typography Specimen Tests
Positioning and Layout Tests
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
Usability.gov
Nielsen Norman Group
StatCounter Global Stats
Interaction Design Foundation
U.S. Web Design Standards
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed
The Design of Everyday Things
Graphic Design: A Concise History
The Elements of Typographic Style
Designing with Web Standards
Animation at Work
HTML & CSS
Butterick’s Practical Typography
Swiss Graphic Design
Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Javascript & JQuery
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)
I Love Typography
Typography for the Web
Typography Specimen Tests
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Swiss Graphic Design
Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
Art of the Menu
The Elements of Typographic Style
Typewolf
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
Typography Specimen Tests
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
The Web Design and Development Process
Create a Course Web Site
Javascript & JQuery
Smashing Magazine Email Newsletter
Intro to Web Hosting
Quality Assurance Checklist
The Box Model
CSS Podcast
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
ScrollOut
Designing with Web Standards
Figma
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Positioning and Layout Tests
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Github
HTML & CSS
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
Smashing Magazine Podcast
Shop Talk
Sass
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Smashing Magazine
Netlify