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