12 Blogs To Help Designers Learn Web Development
It is rare to find a talented web designer that is just as proficient at web development. Obviously, one can be successful at specializing in design only, but a web designer can only benefit from having a better understanding of what is going on behind the scenes. If you want to take steps in learning some code, here are twelve great blogs that can get you on your way.
Viget – Extend
Extend is the web development blog of Viget’s blog family.
NetTuts
NutTuts, part of the popular “Tuts” family of blogs by Envato, is a great place to find easy to follow tutorials on HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMS’s, PHP and Ruby on Rails.
456 Berea St
456 Berea St is written by Roger Johansson, a Swedish web professional. The content is mainly made up of articles on web standards, accessibility, or usability.
Woork
Antonio Lupetti is the web developer behind Woork. The blog contains posts about web applications, programming, and resources for web designers. It is also full of tutorials on topics such as PHP, Coldfusion, MySQL, JavaScript, Ajax, and CSS.
Vitamin
Vitamin is a multi-author blog with tons of useful articles. It won the SXSW Award for Best Educational Resource in 2007.
Snook.ca
Jonathan Snook has been writing articles on Snook.ca since 2001. The blog focuses on web development, design and freelance.
Signal vs. Noise
Signal vs. Noise is a blog by 37Signals, the people behind Ruby On Rails and numerous successful Web Apps. Although you won’t find many tutorials on the site, it does provide great insight into the thought process of web development.
Ajaxian
With Ajax being a technology that is so closely connected to the UI and front end design of a web site, it is something that designers want to know how to do. Ajaxian is a great blog to read to stay on top of all things Ajax.
StyleGrind
StyleGrind is written by Peter Dorsi and is full of great tips and tutorials on jQuery, Ajax, CSS, and more.
Boxes And Arrows
Boxes and Arrows is full of informative articles on interaction design, information architecture, and the business side of things.
CSS Globe
CSS Globe is a community driven blog on web standards.
Six Revisions
As I mentioned in 12 Blogs That Can Expand Your Web Design Repertoire, Six Revisions is the perfect blend of Web Design and Web Development content. So I didn’t have a choice to include it here as well.
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Dec 23, 2008
web design is a difficult process for some people so thanks for posting some outlets to learn from.
Dec 24, 2008
Thanks. Woork is one of my favorites.
Dec 24, 2008
For someone wanting to learn more about programming like myself, this is great.
Dec 25, 2008
An awesome list, thanks. You may also want to introduce your readers to the web builder zone. css.dzone.com
Dec 26, 2008
Good information. Thanks for the help!
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Dec 26, 2008
The last post on Style Grind has been made on May 23, 2008 ….
Dec 27, 2008
What a great post. It’s good to know that I have been following some of the best sites on the web to help me develop my skills.
Dec 29, 2008
Good resources for web designer in different aspects.
Jan 1, 2009
Thanks for the mention!
Jan 4, 2009
gr8 list and gr8 site too.
Jan 13, 2009
These sites are great! I’m one of those designers who started off with no clue about designing for the web, and learning how has been a long process. I’m always glad to find new resources like these.
Jan 19, 2009
Well lists thanks.
Feb 3, 2009
This is a really nice list of sites!
Thanks
Feb 26, 2009
Cool list of sites. For more info on web design check http://www.esenso.net
Mar 3, 2009
Wow!.. Nice information to all designers to learn about development. This is very helpful to me. Thanks for this post.
Mar 7, 2009
Great list! thanks!
Regards,
Mark
Webdesign
May 5, 2009
An excellent post. Thanks for sharing.
May 15, 2009
Excellent article – I really appreciate your knowledge about web development, I have bookmarked it for later viewing and forwarded it on. Thanks
Jun 18, 2009
This is exactly what I needed!
Jul 14, 2009
Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!
Jan 8, 2010
I appreciate your Web Informative blog. I think its helpful for a new generation.
Thanks.
Mar 1, 2010
Thanks for sharing such a great article. Very informative for the beginners who intersted in development. Keep writing on such subjects.
Mar 1, 2010
Great post.I found it very useful and i never noticed these site before.
Apr 24, 2010
Hat’s off. Well done, as we know that “hard work always pays off”, after a long struggle with sincere effort it’s done.
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