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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.

50 Inspirational Examples of Bright Colors in Web Design

50 Inspirational Examples of Bright Colors in Web Design

The web design examples below not only show no fear of using bright and powerful colors, but they are also all beautifully designed. They demonstrate that color, within the skilled…

Do Yourself and Everyone Else a Favor: Make Code Maintainable

Do Yourself and Everyone Else a Favor: Make Code Maintainable

Front end development is hard. You have to make something look great and also actually work well. Standards are constantly updated, browsers adopt those updates at different rates, and there…

Working with Property Lists in Xcode 4.2

Working with Property Lists in Xcode 4.2

Property lists are designed specifically for Objective-C apps to store and retain data. These are straight XML files formatted for easy access to bundles and application resources. There isn’t anything…

20 Creative Personal Blog Web Designs for Inspiration

20 Creative Personal Blog Web Designs for Inspiration

As clearly and concisely defined by Wikipedia, a blog is ‘a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries (“posts”)…’. But when you do read back…

Remarkable for Inspiration Examples of Steampunk in Web Design

Remarkable for Inspiration Examples of Steampunk in Web Design

Even if you are not familiar with the term steampunk, you have doubtless been introduced to this design phenomenon through popular culture. Steampunk refers to a whimsical style that is…

20 Amazing Implementations of HTML5 Canvas

20 Amazing Implementations of HTML5 Canvas

In this article, we explore some of the most awe-inspiring implementations of HTML5’s canvas element. From all of the new HTML5 tags, canvas is likely to be the most powerful….

Responsive Design is Still the Future of Web Design

Responsive Design is Still the Future of Web Design

Responsive web design has been an emergent practice for web designers since Ethan Marcotte’s 2011 book introducing the concept in detail. But two and a half years later, adoption of…

30 Examples of Beautifully Oversized Website Layouts for Inspiration

30 Examples of Beautifully Oversized Website Layouts for Inspiration

When sitting down to plan a website you will likely consider a number of factors. These revolve around your general target audience and what they might be looking for. As…

40 Fantastic Examples of Using Circles in Web Design

40 Fantastic Examples of Using Circles in Web Design

Maybe you wouldn’t call the current popularity of using circles in web design a ‘trend.’ But it has become very, very popular. This popularity is partly indebted to the popularity…

The Do’s and Don’ts of Building HTML5 Hybrid Apps

The Do’s and Don’ts of Building HTML5 Hybrid Apps

In the beginning there was native code and it was good. Then PhoneGap, Appcelerator, Trigger.io, AppGyver and others emerged, ushering in the “native or hybrid” debate. If you aren’t familiar…

Optimizing Typography in Responsive Web Design

Optimizing Typography in Responsive Web Design

Each time a discussion pops up about responsive design, the common terminology and concepts that get the maximum attention include grids and images, and obviously the settings like fluid or…

A Look Back at the Popular Web Design Trends from 2013

A Look Back at the Popular Web Design Trends from 2013