The web development starter kit
June 18th, 2011 by Rein Groot
2011 is turning out to be the tipping point for accessible, adaptive, bio degradable web design and development. All best practices and theories are coming together bringing forth the best of what the web always was intended to be.
To get you started in this brave new world I decided to just quickly write down the basic readings and resources I would recommend. Enjoy!
Books
- Design Professionalism (http://tinyurl.com/yzwsbug)
- Adaptive Web Design (http://tinyurl.com/5tdufty)
- Responsive Web Design (http://tinyurl.com/3fupe7s)
- HTML5 For Web Designers (http://tinyurl.com/4nh2ejt)
- CSS3 For Web Designers (http://tinyurl.com/6ev62sl)
Resources
- FireBug Firefox plugin (http://tinyurl.com/69o8339)
- WebDev Toolbar Firefox plugin (http://tinyurl.com/5vz36r4)
- HTML5 Boilerplate (http://tinyurl.com/2udokbm)
- CanIUse.com (http://tinyurl.com/2ajfddo)
- PPK CSS compatibility table (http://tinyurl.com/dhn2mt)
Advanced resources
- Book: Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites (http://tinyurl.com/5ujvjd9)
- Book: Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja (http://tinyurl.com/myw6t8)
- Responsive Images .js (http://tinyurl.com/3hg7zhg)
- Book: Even Faster Websites (http://tinyurl.com/kssx5o)
- HTML5 boilerplate DOCS (http://tinyurl.com/6a66yrk)