Web Design Resources
While I have a ton of web design related bookmarks saved on public bookmarking services, they aren’t terribly well organized, at least not for public consumption or a “How to get started with web design” primer. This is a more carefully curated guide that I hope will be helpful to some of my friends.
- HTML Dog – This is where I learned basic HTML and CSS. It’s a little dated now, but what it covers is tried and true and still a good foundation. Slightly bizarre and mildly amusing too.
- Sitepoint Reference – Once you’re done with HTML Dog, this is a more comprehensive reference that’s kept updated. If I can’t remember something in CSS this is the first place I look.
- W3C – The standards body behind HTML, CSS, and so on. Pretty dry, but sometimes you want to read the actual HTML or other standard. They also support the famous Markup Validator, which you should use liberally.
- A List Apart – “For people who make websites.” Biweekly articles on web design practice and theory. Started by…
- Jeffery Zeldman – He wrote the book on Designing with Web Standards, which paved the way for what are now, well… standard practices in web design. I’ve never actually read his book, but it’s probably worth a read…. He’s a very good writer too.
