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