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