Everything about Web design
Creation and maintenance of websites
Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design ; authoring, including standardised code and proprietary software; user experience design ; and search engine optimization. Often, many individuals will work in teams covering different aspects of the design process, although some designers will cover them all. The term "web design" is normally used to describe the design process relating to the front-end design of a website including writing markup. Web design partially overlaps web engineering in the broader scope of web development. Web designers are expected to have an awareness of usability and be up to date with web accessibility guidelines. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Web designA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: SEO vs. UX in Web DesignInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Internet for DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Web Survey Design and AdministrationCited 434 times
- Go sideways: Web standardsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Front-end web developmentA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The trade of a web designer; the creation of web pages, especially in terms of layout and presentation rather than functionality.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Web Survey Design and Administration
Improving Web site design
Web-based Collaborative Conceptual Design
Responsive Web Design: A New Type of Design for Web-based Instructional Content
Web Survey Design
Design of Web Questionnaires
Conflicting Viewpoints on Web Design
Responsive Web Design
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The Internet for DummiesJohn R. Levine, Carol Baroudi · 1993
WordPress For DummiesLisa Sabin-Wilson · 2007
Blogging for dummiesSusannah Gardner, Shane Birley · 2008
CSSEric A. Meyer · 2001
Creating Web pages for dummiesBud E. Smith, Arthur Bebak · 1996
Beginning JavaScriptPaul Wilton · 2000
Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For DummiesBruce Clay · 2009
Programming the World Wide WebRobert W. Sebesta · 2001
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