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Some links I find useful
And maybe you will too

Design

  • Foundry →

    A collection of type foundries

  • Website Awards →

    Well designed websites.

  • Behance →

    Online portfolios.

  • NotCot →

    Design inspiration.

  • It’s Nice That →

    Image inspiration.

  • I Love Typography →

    A typography blog.

  • WhatFont →

    The easiest way to inspect web fonts.

  • Google Web Fonts →

    Free web fonts.

  • Font Squirrel →

    Handpicked free fonts.

  • Adobe color wheel →

    A colour scheme creator tool.

  • Site Inspire →

    A collection of well designed websites for inspiration.

  • Pinterest →

    A social networking visual library.

Technical

  • Front-End Developer Handbook 2018 →

    This is a guide that anyone could use to learn about the practice of front-end development.

  • Scalable CSS →

    A great article that will make you rethink how you write CSS for scalability.

  • CSS Stats →

    View stats of your CSS to see where you could improve and minimise duplication.

  • Stat Counter →

    Informative stats about user browser/device usage.

  • Mix Panel – browser trends →

    Some really useful stats about browser and device usage.

  • Stack Share →

    Find out the tech stacks for loads of well know sites/apps.

  • CSS Zen Garden →

    A demonstration of what can be accomplished through CSS-based design.

  • Gradient animator →

    A generator for a CSS3 keyframe gradient animation.

  • Beautiful progress bars →

    Beautiful and responsive progress bars with animated SVG paths.

  • GhostLab2 →

    Synchronised responsive testing on all devices. Although not free, but a one off cost of around £35.

  • Fontello →

    Create your own font with a load of icons on Fontello, as well as uploading your own SVG to add to the font.

  • Browserhacks →

    An extensive list of browser specific CSS and JavaScript hacks from all over the internet.

  • Map box →

    Pick from a dozen beautifully designed maps and add it to your application. Although it's not free.

  • A Javascript explanation →

    The Javascript Guide to Objects, Functions, Scope, Prototypes and Closures.

  • CSS3 animation cheat sheet →

    A stylesheet of preset CSS3 animations, ready to use with classes.

  • Code Academy JavaScript Glossary →

    Programming reference for JavaScript.

  • Dev setup guide →

    Beginners guide to setting up Ruby, Node, GIT and Github on a mac

  • Can I use? →

    Check browser support for CSS and JS features.

  • D3.js →

    A powerful JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data

  • Code Pen →

    CodePen is a playground for the front end side of the web. It's all about inspiration, education, and sharing.

  • Custom Google Maps →

    Customise a Google Map with all the places you love and a description about each.

  • ThemeShaper →

    Wordpress ThemeShaper template tutorial.

  • Fake Images Please? →

    Instead of wasting your time making dummy images for your site, you can use this little tool that generates images with an URL.

  • CSS Tricks →

    Excellent CSS tutorials by Chris Coyier.

  • Smashing Magazine →

    Online web development magazine.

  • A list Apart →

    Great articles for people who make websites.

Nice sites

  • Red Clay Hot Sauce →

    Vibrant website that makes me want to buy the hot sauce.

  • Leta Sobierajski →

    Really bright, playful, quirky portfolio site.

  • Lynn and tonic →

    Portfolio site that changes CSS at different screen widths.

  • Elsa Muse →

    Playful, bright, creative fashion designer portfolio site.

  • La Bodega Negra →

    A long reel of camera film creates the whole site - works well.

  • Aurelien Juner →

    Really simple, classic look and feel.

  • Matt →

    Simple portfolio site all in drop downs and randomly changing headings.

  • Christopher Paul Sharpe →

    A photography portfolio site which has a minimal 90's old computer vibe which works really well with the type of photography.

  • Void TV →

    This video competition uses just one main colour and animated gifs which work so well.

  • Eagle Clean →

    A very average website for a cleaning company but I love the background video of someone cleaning the screen!

  • Aquatilis Expedition →

    Beautifully website about the ocean with original animation effects and really nice UI elements.

  • Jessica Hische →

    Jessica Hische is usually doing interesting things on her website.

Cool stuffs

  • Sketch and Semplice →

    A guide on how to use Sketch (Web design tool) and Semplice (WordPress theme) to create a custom designed portfolio without needing to code.

  • Affinity Photo →

    With the Adobe suite getting more expensive, it can be useful to have an alternative to Photoshop which has a one of fee of under £50. I haven't tried this one but I hear good things.

  • Last Pass →

    Stores all your passwords in one vault, and once you are logged into LastPass, it logs you into your other sites.

  • Bitly →

    Shorten URLs.

  • Let me Google that for you →

    When people ask stupid questions that they could have Googled themselves.

  • Printliminator →

    A bookmarklet with some simple tools you can use to makes websites print better.