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