Resources

RESOURCES FOR BUILDING BEAUTIFUL
WEBSITES WITH HTML5, CSS3 AND JAVASCRIPT

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Visual Studio Code

Go beyond syntax highlighting and autocomplete with IntelliSense

Atom

A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

Sublime Text

A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose

Brackets

A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.

Codepen

Social development environment for front-end designers and developers.

Emmet Cheat Sheet

Emmet — the essential toolkit for web-developers.

HTML5 RESOURCES

HTML5 Reference by MDN

This page lists all the HTML elements, which are created using tags.

HTML Entity Reference by CSS-Tricks

Super useful reference, gives you HTML entitiy name, numeric code, hex code and ISO code.

HTML reference

Learn by example: htmlreference.io is a free guide to HTML

HTML Cheat Sheet

A very handy printable HTML5 cheat sheet that can save you a ton of time.

CSS RESOURCES

CSS3 Reference by MDN

As with HTML5, you don't need to know every CSS3 property. Use this reference instead.

CSS3 Reference by Codrops

An extensive CSS reference with all the important properties.

CSS Tricks

The Current State of Styling Scrollbars

Can I Use?

Up-to-date browser support tables for front-end technologies on desktop and mobile browsers.

30 CSS Selectors by Tutplus

30 most important CSS selectors from Tutplus all the time.

Animate.css

Just-add-water CSS animations. A simple CSS library that lates you add animations with ease.

Responsive Grid System

It's a quick, easy & flexible way to create a responsive web site. It's not framework!

Clippy

A small tool to help you using the new and powerful clip-path property.

Cubic-bezier function generator

A tool for visually generating timing animation functions to use in CSS transitions and animations.

CSS easing functions

An amazing collection of easing functions bo be used in CSS transitions and animations.

CSS for People Who Hate CSS New

Guide on how to write better, cleaner and more reusable CSS code.

JAVASCRIPT RESOURCES

HTML5 JavaScript Reference by MDN

The entire language is described here in detail. This is pretty advanced stuff.

JavaScript Operator Precedence Table

Very handy cheatsheet to determine which JavaScript operators are evaluated first.

JavaScript Event Reference

Handy reference list of all DOM events with explanations, nicely categorized.

DOM Manipulation Reference

Get keyboard codes, unicodes and keycodes. Vital reference for keypress event handling.

JavaScript KeyCodes Reference

Get keyboard codes, unicodes and keycodes. Vital reference for keypress event handling.

Principles of Writing Good JavaScript

Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic JavaScript.

JavaScript Design Patterns

For more advanced developers: learn all common JavaScript design patterns. Perfect reference.

ES6 Browser Compatibility Table

Check out all the new ES2015/ES6 features supported by the most popular browsers.

Babel is a JavaScript compiler New

Use next generation JavaScript, today.

FONTS AND TYPOGRAPHY TOOLS

Google Fonts

The #1 resource for free and easy-to-use webfonts. Has a huge library of fonts.

Fontsquirrel

100% free fonts for commercial use. Another well-known huge font library.

MyFonts

World's largest library of premium fonts, if you need more than free fonts for your next project.

A Pocket Guide to Typography

A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose

Calligraphr

Transform your handwriting or calligraphy into a font!

TypeTester

Web application for testing and comparing more than 2200 typefaces.

GREAT COLORS AND TOOLS

Flat UI Colors

A good starting point for choosing a flat design color for your next project..

Material Palette

Another great set of colors, inspired in material design. Generate and download your palette.

Colorhunt Palettes

Don't know what colors to use for your website? Colorhunt helps you with beautiful color palettes.

UI Gradients

Collection of beautiful color gradients for you to choose from and export to your project.

LOL Colors Palettes

Curated color palettes inspiration. Another source for great color palettes.

Paletton

A very popular tool which allows you to create color combinations that play well together.

Coolors.co

The super fast color schemes generator!

IMAGES AND VIDEOS

Unsplash

The #1 resource for free high-resolution photos. 10 new photos every 10 days.

The Stocks

The best royalty free stock photos from multiple resources, all in one place.

ISO Republic

Free and premium stock photos for your website. Easily searchable by topic.

Pixaby

Over 620,000 free stock photos, vectors and art illustrations you can use anywhere.

Subtle Patterns

High quality resource of tilable textured patterns, completely free to use.

iStock Premium

Millions of royalty-free images, illustrations, videos, and music clips at ridiculously great prices.

Random User Generator

Generate random user data, including photos. Like Lorem Ipsum, but for people.

Coverr

Best resource for beautiful and free videos for your website. 7 new videos added every monday.

Startup Stock Photos

Lots of great pictures of startup offices, people, devices and more. I love it.

PlaceIt

Instant iPhone and Macbook mockups. Just place your screenshot on a device, no Photoshop.

Canva Register

Easily create beautiful designs with drag-and-drop features and professional layouts.

Creative Market New

Ready-to-use design assets from 28,315 independent creators.

InVision New

The digital product design platform powering the world’s best user experiences.

BEST ICONS AND TOOLS

Iconfinder

2,900,000+ Freeicon icons and premium vector icons. SVG, PNG, AI, CSH and PNG format.

Font Awesome

Get vector icons and social logos on your website with Font Awesome.

Flaticon

The largest database of free icons available in PNG, SVG, EPS and PSD. It's even searchable.

The noun project

Over a million curated icons, created by a global community.

Iconmonstr

Over 3400 free and simple icons in 246 collections, all searchable.

Fontastic

Create a customized icon font from your icons. Choose from 9000 icons or import your own.

IcoMoon

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Yahoo are some of the companies that have trusted our services.!

Iconjar

A Mac app to organize, search and use icons the easy way. Works with Sketch, PS and AI.

Swift Icons Premium

Swifticons is a remarkable icon library. 2,680 premium icons, 24 categories, 6 styles.

FIND DESIGN INSPIRATION

Calltoidea

Light up your imagination with call-to-idea!.

Uplabs

Uplabs is the leading community of creatives, offering the best digital inspiration and downloads, every day.

Dribbble

The ultimate design inspiration resource, not just for web design. The show and tell for designers

FitDsgn

Flat UI Design - Beautiful Flat Design Examples & Tips on FltDsgn.

Land Book

Product landing page gallery. #1 inspiration resource when you build a landing page.

One Page Love

The ultimate showcase of delicious One Page websites.

Site Inspire

A showcase of the finest web and interactive design. Currently over 4900 websites.

Media Queries

A collection of responsively designed websites for inspiration.

POPULAR BLOGS & COMMUNITIES

Stack Overflow

The biggest programmer community. Ask and find answers to HTML, CSS and JS questions.

Smashing Magazine

A very popular web design and development blog, writing about all things coding and designing.

Web Designer Depot

The very best in web design news, views, techniques, and resources.

Codrops

Blog, writing articles and tutorials about latest web trends, techniques and new possibilities.

Front End Front

A place where front-end developers can ask questions, share links, and show their work.

Hey Designer

Curated articles for designers and front-end developers.

Designer News New

A community of people in design and tech, to discuss and share interesting things in the industry.

WIREFRAMING

Wireframe | cc

Wireframe.cc - minimal wireframing tool

Moqups New

Shape Your Ideas. Prove Your Concept.

UXPin New

Prototyping. Documentation. Design Systems.

PLANNING, TESTING, OPTIMIZATION AND DEPLOYMENT

Periodic Table of Web Design Process

Great overview of the web design process: from project brief to launching the final version.

HTML Validator by W3C

Check if your HTML markup is valid and contains no errors. Official W3C tool.

CSS Validator by W3C

Check if your CSS code is valid and contains no errors. Official W3C tool.

Optimizilla

Compress up to 20 JPEG and PNG images while keeping a good level of quality.

Real favicon Generator

Just upload an image and this tool creates favicons for your website for all platforms.

StayInTech

Usability Checklist - Catch common usability problems before user testing

Google Mobile-Friendly Test

Test if your webpage has a mobile-friendly design, according to Google's ranking factors.

Google PageSpeed Insights

Quick tool to test your webpage for performance on all devices.

Nibbler

Website testing tool for 10 key areas including accessibility, SEO, social media and technology.

Woorank

Get a review of your website to address issues and identify opportunities to get ahead of competition.

Google Analytics

Get free insights about traffic, visitors and conversions. A must for every website.

Namecheap Premium

Purchase premium and cost-effective domain names, web hosting, and much more.

Website Speed Optimization Guide

An excellent guide to optimize your webpage speed. This is something many devs overlook!

Sizzy New

A tool for developing responsive websites crazy-fast. See your page on multiple devices at once.

Troy New

Another tool for developing responsive website. Select your page and check responsive in multiple devices.