Free Books and some courses about Web Design

R ecently, a contact at Linkedin asked me about free ebooks on the Web Design topic. I made for him a list and I am sharing here the list with you. I researched for free books only.

Download 50+ Free Books To Master HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap And WordPress http://justlearnwp.com/free-web-design-books-pdf-download/

12 Free UX & UI Books That Worth Your Reading for 2018
https://hackernoon.com/12-free-ux-ui-books-that-worth-your-reading-for-2018-d04896e8cc0
Please, pay attention to The UX Book and Don’t Make Me Think are not free.

50 Free eBooks for Web Designers & Developers
https://speckyboy.com/free-web-design-ebooks/

Free UX Ebooks: Thoughtful content on mobile & web prototyping, wireframing, mockups, usability testing, project management, design process & more.
https://www.uxpin.com/studio/ebooks/

A book series on JavaScript. @YDKJS on twitter.
https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

Free eBook – A Guide to HTML5 and CSS3
https://html5hive.org/free-ebook-a-guide-to-html5-and-css3/

Free eBook – The Complete Beginner’s Guide to React
https://html5hive.org/free-ebook-the-complete-beginners-guide-to-react/

Free eBook – Learn and Master Node.js
https://html5hive.org/free-ebook-learn-and-master-node-js/

Free Ebook – C# Programming for Human Beings
https://html5hive.org/free-ebook-c-sharp-programming-for-human-beings/

Front-End Developer Handbook 2018. Written by Cody Lindley https://frontendmasters.com/books/front-end-handbook/2018/

Top Free eBooks for Web Designers & Web Developers by Bradley Nice
https://medium.com/web-development-zone/top-free-ebooks-for-web-designers-web-developers-f8c6a70465ad

 Courses:

Become a HTML and CSS Developer – Build a Responsive Website https://academy.zenva.com/product/learn-to-code-in-html-and-css/

Intro to HTML5 Game Development
https://academy.zenva.com/product/intro-to-html5-game-development/

Unity Game Development – Create a Basketball Game
https://academy.zenva.com/product/unity-game-development-create-a-basketball-game/

Updated May/5/2018:

Scrimba
Scrimba is a new way of teaching and learning how to code. We call it interactive code screencasts. Here’s why it's a great way of learning.
https://scrimba.com/

Learn to code HTML by Shay Howe
https://learn.shayhowe.com/

Updated May/26/2018

Getting Started With CSS Layout by Rachel Andrew at Smashing Magazine (Article)
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/guide-css-layout/

A Complete Guide to Grid by Chris House at CSSTricks (Article)
https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

Updated May/29/2018

7 tools to create a site that works for everyone
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/7-tools-to-create-a-site-that-works-for-everyone

Updated July/01/2018

Internet is hard
Learn html and css for free: Flexbox, Responsive Design, Responsive Images, Semantic HTML, Web Typography, etc.
Maintained by Oliver James @internetinghard

https://internetingishard.com/

Updated July/3/2018

The Vue Handbook
by Favio Copes

https://vuehandbook.com/

9 Places to Learn How to Code in 15 Minutes or Less a Day by @larrykim at @thestartup_

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-13eda868daeb

Updated July/17/2018

CodeTime.io was created by university instructors and app developers Trevor Greenleaf and Peter Medina to provide free lessons on web development for their respective students and anybody else who wants to learn code. CodeTime.io features video series on topics ranging from introductory HTML to leveraging the power of APIs to create interactive websites.

https://codetime.io/

Want to learn TypeScript? A free 22-part course.

https://scrimba.com/g/gintrototypescript

Updated July/19/2018

DevTube - The best developer videos in one place

https://dev.tube/

Updated July/21/2018

Eloquent JavaScript 3rd edition

This is a book about JavaScript, programming, and the wonders of the digital.
http://eloquentjavascript.net/

Updated August 6th, 2018

UX Design: How to get started
https://uxmisfit.com/2018/07/30/ux-design-how-to-get-started/

Update August 24th, 2018

Dash is a fun and free online course that teaches you the basics of web development through projects you can do in your browser.

https://dash.generalassemb.ly/

Free Downloadable Templates, Worksheets, Guides and Other Design Resources - @thefuturishere

https://www.thefutur.com/resources/

Update August 31th, 2018

Hand-picked HTML and CSS code examples, tutorials and articles
And books!

https://freefrontend.com/free-web-books/

Update September, 5th/ 2018

Select Star SQL(interactive book) :
Learn SQL for free by Zi Chong Kao

https://selectstarsql.com/

Update September 9th/2018

Meaningful Motion UI 
A free user interface animation course to grow your design skills, improve your product, and increase the bottom line by @zavzen at @learninvision  

 https://www.meaningfulmotionui.com/course

Update September 11th/ 2018

How to Become UX Designer — Step by Step Guide  
by Przemysław Baraniak, UX/UI Designer

https://blog.prototypr.io/how-to-become-ux-designer-step-by-step-guide-5a49e9e17318

Update October 8th/2018

300 Free Online Programming Courses You Can Start Today
https://hackernoon.com/300-free-online-programming-courses-you-can-start-today-4cd05bfb4c93

Update October 18th/2018

Learn Vue.js, the hottest new JavaScript framework
https://www.learnvuejs.com 

Update October 25th/2018

Dave Martin @itsdavemartin Free JavaScript for Designers Course
https://jsfordesigners.davemart.in/

Update November 20th, 2018

Degreeless . design - This is (almost) everything I learned in design school in one website by @Treggify
https://www.degreeless.design/

Update November 22th, 2018

Tools for Makers: a hand curated directory of tools for makers to work on their dream projects (#free and paid)  by @5harath
https://toolsformakers.com/

Update November 23th, 2018
Learn JavaScript by Daniel Deverell 
https://gomakethings.com/resources/

Update November 28th, 2018
Learn #React for #free at @scrimba_com
https://scrimba.com/g/glearnreact

 Update December, 15th, 2018
YouTube videos about coding:
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/want-amazing-free-coding-tutorials-subscribe-to-these-youtube-channels-b91f154db543

Update 29/01/2019

Learn Web Development in 2019
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/learn-web-development-in-2019-aecb6dfb3e51

The easiest way to learn & practice modern JavaScript fundamentals
https://learnjavascript.online/

Update March 19, 2019

Progressive Web Apps Training by @ChromiumDev
https://developers.google.com/web/ilt/pwa/

Update February 28, 2020

Website Design Quotation Templates and Tips to Set Your Fee
https://muffingroup.com/blog/website-design-quotation-templates/

Interactive CSS Tutorials / A Visual Guide by @js_tut
http://www.csstutorial.org/

Updated August 24, 2020

Gymnasium offers free online courses on web development, design, user experience, and content creation.

https://thegymnasium.com/

Also, check my article:

https://blog.pablolarah.cl/2012/09/quick-tip-learn-javascript-html5-and.html

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