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