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Web Design

You will find articles, tutorials, and resources covering all areas of web design. Topics include CSS, HTML, Javascript & jQuery, responsive techniques, mobile-first resources, UI templates, HTML templates, web frameworks, and so much more.

2016 Predictions For Open Source eCommerce Platforms

2016 Predictions For Open Source eCommerce Platforms

People love to shop online – evident by the 110,000+ ecommerce websites generating revenue of meaningful scale. Although most customers prefer in-store shopping, statistics show that the percentage of people…

Guide to Building Quality Digital Products for the Web

Guide to Building Quality Digital Products for the Web

There are many premium shops and marketplaces to be found all around the Internet. Usually, these are popular vendors who sell various types of digital products – e-books, website templates,…

Is Web Design a Dying Trade or Can it Still be a Viable Career Option?

Is Web Design a Dying Trade or Can it Still be a Viable Career Option?

Yes, web design is dying. It died a few years ago, it is dying now, and it will die again in the future. What does this mean? To put it…

20 Examples of Fullscreen Responsive Menus for Inspiration

20 Examples of Fullscreen Responsive Menus for Inspiration

We’ve covered responsive navigation a number of times over the last couple of years, from off-canvas reveals and nested accordions, to the simpler <select> drop-down menu system. There really are…

A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

The long history of Flash has proven to be an interesting journey. Mostly all Internet users are familiar with the Flash Player plugin which, along with Adobe Reader, is constantly…

Free Sublime Text Shortcut Cheatsheet Desktop Wallpaper

Free Sublime Text Shortcut Cheatsheet Desktop Wallpaper

This cheatsheet desktop wallpaper is a must-have for anyone using Sublime Text. Download it today and take your productivity to the next level!

Why We Chose HTML5 over Native Apps

Why We Chose HTML5 over Native Apps

My company recently had a tough decision to make. It was a decision that many developers are facing these days. Our sports news application LockerPulse hadn’t been updated since 2010…

Popular Tools for Cross Platform Mobile Development

Popular Tools for Cross Platform Mobile Development

It used to be time-consuming to port apps between iOS and Android devices due to differences in the development environments, Xcode and Eclipse, and the programming languages, Objective-C and Java….

30 Creative HTML5 Sites for Web Design Inspiration

30 Creative HTML5 Sites for Web Design Inspiration

HTML5 introduced some amazing features and technologies that have helped us create fast, interactive, and stunningly beautiful websites like never before. Its advanced multimedia has enabled us to build creative…

30 Beautiful & Inspirational Examples of Icon Design

30 Beautiful & Inspirational Examples of Icon Design

Stemming back into the days of Windows 2000/XP we have seen icons become more prevalent in our digital nature. Not only have we seen an explosion in software but also…

Getting Started with Inline SVG

Getting Started with Inline SVG

SVG stands for “scalable vector graphics”, and the name itself is very suggestive. SVG gives us the power to scale a graphic from 100% to 1000% without losing any quality…

The Best Programming Text Editors for Windows, Mac and Linux

The Best Programming Text Editors for Windows, Mac and Linux

Seasoned programmers often eschew an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) in favor of a lightweight, barebones text editor. The reasons are obvious enough: text editors place little strain on system resources,…

10 Great Books About Web Design That Are Worth Reading

10 Great Books About Web Design That Are Worth Reading

Ever wish you knew more about certain aspects of web design? As professionals in an ever-changing industry, I believe it’s essential that to stay afloat of the evolving landscape in…

25 Adobe Fireworks Templates & Tools

25 Adobe Fireworks Templates & Tools

Adobe Fireworks’ features and work-flow undeniably make it the industry pioneer and leader for web graphic prototyping and rapid web site building. Even though, with each new version, Adobe have…

Learning From Hackathons and How Not to Fail at One

Learning From Hackathons and How Not to Fail at One

Collaboration and education are two key words intrinsically associated with hackathons (the third being ‘free pizza’!). Hackathons promise a chance to meet other coders or designers, network with influencers and…

Six Common Web Programming Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Six Common Web Programming Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

The ubiquity of technology in our daily lives has made programming an indispensable DIY skill for the digital age. The ‘learn to code‘ movement, kick-started by the easy availability of…

15 Free Adobe Fireworks Extensions & Commands for Web Designers

15 Free Adobe Fireworks Extensions & Commands for Web Designers

Despite last weeks sad announcement that Adobe would no longer be developing it, Fireworks will remain a firm favorite amongst web designers for many, many years to come. I am…

20 Websites with Original, Non-Standard Geometry

20 Websites with Original, Non-Standard Geometry