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Graphic/Web Design. 20 Websites That Made Me A Better Web Developer. As a web developer, if you’re to be successful, you have to have a constant yearning for learning new things. In an industry that evolves rapidly, you’ve got to keep up or you risk being obsolete and outdated. Keeping up with trends, weeding out the fads, and adopting new techniques to your web-building arsenal is an essential part of being a web developer. I spend (literally) most of the day in front of the computer and even in my spare time, I choose to read, learn, and keep up with web technology news. This leads to a massive collection of bookmarked links, but through the years, there are only a handful of websites that I frequent. I’d like to share 20 websites that have broadened my knowledge, expanded my skill set, and improved the quality and efficiency of my web development projects. Most of these (hopefully) you’ve already encountered, but if you come out with just one or two links you’ve never heard of or you end up bookmarking a link or two, I would’ve accomplished my goal.

Web Design Library. Web Design Fan Blog. 10 web development concepts designers should know. Design Instruct: For Designers and Digital Artists. .net: Web dev & design tutorials. Webdesigntuts+ Web design from scratch. NetTuts+ A Student's Guide to Web Design. Webmonkey: The Web Developer's Resource. Web Design.

Large collection of tutorials. Cats who Code. So, you’ve spent some time building your e-commerce brand. You’re making a handful of sales each month, but it’s not taking off the way you hoped it would. You do a little digging into your analytics and you learn people who spend 20 minutes on your site almost always buy something.

But those who check out just one or two pages, well, they don’t stick around long enough to spend any money. What gives? Being faster and more efficient is the goal of all web designers and developers. Saving time while still maintaining a high standard of work means more spare time for your family or other projects, as well as happy clients. According to Statista, the global mobile payment revenue is expected to reach over 1 trillion US dollars in 2019. In the world of today, having a website is a must. Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment that executes JavaScript code server-side. WordPress is an excellent choice of platform for those wanting to start a new blog.

Method of Action: design for programmers.