How Can I Get Started with Web Design?

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Here are some resources to help you get started,

To learn web design, the most basic you need would be HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery and Photoshop/Illustrator (optional). The resources below will help you learn everything except Photoshop and/or Illustrator.

Codecademy – Provides some of the best courses to get started with web design for complete beginners: Learn

  • W3schools – W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
  • Freecodecamp – Learn to code and help nonprofits
  • TheOdinProject – Learn Web Development for Free

Further learning tips:

  • Don’t just learn and forget. Do while you learn. Have side projects, look at your favorite websites and try to replicate their design.
  • Practice practice and practice some more, that is the only way to get better at it, can’t stress this enough.
  • Don’t stop after HTML/CSS/JS, learn frameworks, there are many. Start with Bootstrap – Bootstrap · The world’s most popular mobile-first and responsive front-end framework.