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