Resources
Learning
Online Courses
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
freeCodeCamp
Offering some amazing tracks, freeCodeCamp is one of the top resources for learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript online. Plus...it's free! Can't really argue with that.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers some amazing introductory courses to HTML, CSS and JavaScript. There is a good mixture of video lessons and coding challenges to keep you interested.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Codecademy
Codecademy offers a number of free lessons for a variety of languages. To get the full courses, you typically need to sign up to the pro membership. But you can get a lot of learning done for free.
Free - $19.99/mo- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Udacity
Udacity offers an incredible array of free individual courses. They also offer paid nanodegree programmes if you're looking for something with more structure.
Free- CSS
Wes Bos: CSS Grid
CSS Grid will change how you create website layouts. Learn how for free from Wes Bos in this brilliant CSS Grid course.
Free- JS
Wes Bos: JavaScript 30
Wes Bos offers another amazing (and free) course to help you develop your JavaScript skills.
Free- CSS
Wes Bos: Flexbox
Flexbox makes CSS just work, which is no easy feat. Get a perfect introduction to it here.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
CS50
A brilliant resource for anyone who wants to learn some Computer Science. David J. Malan does an amazing job delivering the course in an engaging way.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Egghead
Egghead offers a lot of free community resource courses for you to learn from. They also have some great paid courses that will help boost your knowledge.
Free - $40/mo- GENERAL
Upcase by thoughtbot
thoughtbot have very kindly open sourced Upcase, their online learning platform. It's full of extremely useful "trails" to help you upskill with topics like Mastering Git and Design for Developers.
Free
Interactive Tutorials
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
General Assembly Dash
Dash is an amazing, free resource offered by General Assembly with engaging challenges that get harder as you progress.
Free- CSS
Flexbox Froggy
Once you've learned Flexbox, you can test your CSS skills with this fun, interactive Flexbox tutorial/challenge.
Free- CSS
Flexbox Defense
Another great interactive Flexbox challenge is Flexbox Defense. Once you've completed this and Flexbox Froggy you'll be a Flexbox ninja!
Free- CSS
Grid Garden
Test your CSS Grid chops with this interactive tutorial/challenge. It gets pretty tricky towards the end!
Free- CSS
Flexbox Zombies
A really fun way to learn Flexbox. Make your way through a zombie-infested world with nothing more than a crossbow and your trusty Flexbox skills.
Free- GENERAL
GitHub Learning Lab
Struggling to get your head around using Git and GitHub? This series of practical projects will help you learn all the ins and outs of the platform.
Free
Problem Solving
- JS
Codewars
Build your understanding of JavaScript through logic-based challenges. Codewars is a great place to improve your problem-solving skills.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
30 Seconds of Interviews
30 Seconds of Interviews is a great place to come if you want to test yourself with dev-related questions. Perfect for some last minute interview prep!
Free- GENERAL
RegexOne
It is always useful to keep your regular expression game sharp. You never know when you might need it! RegexOne is a great practice ground for boosting your skills.
Free- GENERAL
Regex Crossword
A fun spin practicing regex. Build your skills by playing Regex Crossword.
Free- JS
Exercism
If you learn better by problem-solving, Exercism is an incredible resource. Out of the front-end languages, you can only do challenges for JavaScript, but the track will help you become a JS master!
Free
Reading
- HTML
- CSS
Shay Howe: Learn HTML & CSS
Shay Howe has put together a seriously impressive guide to HTML & CSS. I would consider it required reading for anybody learning front-end web development.
Free- CSS
BEM
Without a defined structure, CSS can get pretty messy pretty quickly. BEM principles are only one possible solution, but I've found it to be the sanest approach to structuring CSS.
Free- JS
You don't know JS
Take a deep dive into JavaScript with this free series, which was originally funded on Kickstarter.
Free- JS
Eloquent JavaScript
Eloquent JavaScript be should high up on any beginner JavaScript developer's reading list. It is a great introduction to the language and touches on some more advanced features of the language.
Free- JS
JavaScript Design Patterns
This book is an amazing resource for learning the varying ways problems can be solved with design patterns and reusable solutions. Perfect for any new JavaScript developer wanting to boost their skills.
Free- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Code Analogies
If you're someone who learns coding principles best through analogies then this is the site for you. You'll find tons of programming concepts broken down using everyday examples.
Free- GENERAL
Try Git
A series of valuable resources to help you get up-to-speed with version control and Git.
Free- JS
33 Concepts Every JavaScript Developer Should Know
This goes in the reading section, but there are also plenty of videos linked in this resource. If you're a JavaScript developer (current or aspiring) this GitHub repo is a goldmine of information.
Free- GENERAL
web.dev
web.dev is a site created by Google to help developers learn how to create high quality websites. On top of being a learning resource it also provides site auditing and reporting tools.
Free
Videos
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Awesome Talks
An awesome curated list of awesome talks! There's something for all developers on this site.
Free- CSS
Layout Land
A great YouTube channel with extremely helpful videos on CSS by Jen Simmons. The videos are mostly based around CSS Grid, but do cover other CSS topics.
Free- JS
- GENERAL
Level Up Tutorials
Scott Tolinski does an incredible job with Level Up Tutorials. The videos are of the highest quality and the content is always up-to-date. Over a quarter of a million subscribers can't be wrong!
Free
Blogs & Communities
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Dev.to
Dev.to is a vibrant community of developers writing articles and helping each other out. The codebase itself is open source, so anyone in the community can get involved and contribute.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
CSS Tricks
CSS Tricks focuses mostly on...you guessed it: CSS. However, many articles go beyond CSS and it is a truly incredible resource.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow is the mecca for coding Q&A. It is the world's largest developer community and is an amazing resource for any developer.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
freeCodeCamp Medium
freeCodeCamp isn't just a great online course, it also has a great publication to follow on Medium. Topics are for developers of all levels and all stacks.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
CodeNewbie
An amazingly supportive community of programmers at all levels. If you're experienced, dive in and help the newbies. If you're a newbie join up, start asking questions and someone will help you out.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Codrops
Codrops is a brilliant resource for any front-end developer. It offers plenty of demos and tutorials that push the boundaries of what's possible on the front-end.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
SitePoint
SitePoint offers some great articles for improving your web development knowledge. The topics are often really varied and can go into good depth, so definitely worth a follow.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
FEDs on Slack
The FEDs on Slack community is a great community of front-end developers. Most members are more experienced, but that does not mean juniors are not welcome. It's a great place to chat all things front-end!
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine pumps out great articles on a wide range of web development subjects. Common topics include accessibility, design and new CSS features.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
DevChat Slack
A strong community of developers helping each other out, sharing resources and chatting about code.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Hacker Noon
Another excellent publication to follow on Medium, offering more general tech-related articles, not just coding.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Frontend Developers Slack
The Frontend Developers Slack community is another large Slack community. It has channels dedicated to topics such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Vue and Accessibility. A perfect place for all FEDs to hang out!
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Scotch
A brilliant resource for quality articles and also some great tutorials on very specific subjects that are mostly available for free!
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Reddit
Reddit has some great channels (called subreddits) for developers to hang out. To get you started, I'd recommend /r/frontend and /r/webdev. There are always good discussions happening!
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Spectrum
Spectrum is a community platform that has some great forums for developers. Frontend Cafe is a great place to start, but there are plenty more forums to get involved in.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
The Changelog
The Changelog is an amazing resource for news and podcasts for developers. They also have a Slack community that you can get involved in.
Free
Podcasts
- JS
JavaScript Jabber
Devchat.tv offers some great podcasts, my favourite of which is JavaScript Jabber. If you're serious about JavaScript, this is a great way to stay up-to-date with the hot topics.
Free- GENERAL
Indie Hackers
The Indie Hackers podcast doesn't actually talk about the specifics of coding. But, it is an amazing resource for anyone looking to build their own digital products. The community in the forum is also very supportive.
Free- JS
- GENERAL
Syntax
The Syntax podcast is hosted by Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski. Wes and Scott are very knowledgeable and so it's great to hear them chat about all kinds of interesting dev topics.
Free- JS
The React Podcast
If you're using React, I would highly recommend The React Podcast. It's a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest news in the React ecosystem.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Shop Talk
Shop Talk is a great podcast hosted by Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier. They always have great guests and interesting conversations.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
freeCodeCamp Podcast
The freeCodeCamp podcast is a great way to learn on the go. Podcast episodes are a mix of interviews and specific topics. They always provide great opportunities for learning!
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
CodeNewbie Podcast
The CodeNewbie podcast is a great resource to hear stories from other developers. Each episode takes an interview format where you hear about someone's coding journey.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Front End Happy Hour
A great (alcoholic) twist on the usual podcast format. Developers get together to chat about specific front-end topics over a drink...or two.
Free- JS
JS Party
JS Party is a great podcast to listen to for all things JavaScript. The podcast always tackles interesting topics and provides plenty of opportunities for learning.
Free- GENERAL
The Changelog Podcast
The Changelog podcast always has amazing interviews with developers, leaders, and innovators within software development.
Free
Workflow
Development Tools
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Visual Studio Code
VS Code is the text editor I use on a day-to-day basis. It offers a great development environment, which you can extend and customize as much as you like.
Free- GENERAL
Atom
Atom is another great open source text editor, built by the developers behind Github. It has a great ecosystem of packages to build out your development environment.
Free- GENERAL
Git
Git is a version control system that is essential to a lot of developers' workflows. It allows you to create snapshots of your code as your project grows, among many other things.
Free- GENERAL
GitHub
GitHub is a development platform to help individuals and teams manage their projects. It has an especially large open source community.
Free- GENERAL
GitLab
GitLab is another great development platform to help manage your projects. It has a lot of lot of feature including task trackers, built-in Continuous Delivery, plus a lot more.
Free- HTML
Emmet
Supercharge your HTML writing workflow with Emmet. It allows you to use CSS-like abbreviations, which you can then expand out to create your HTML markup.
Free- CSS
Sass
Sass is a CSS preprocessor that will supercharge your styling. It adds powerful features to help speed up your development workflow and make your code easier to maintain.
Free- CSS
Stylus
Stylus is a CSS preprocessor that aims to clean up the CSS syntax. If you're not a fan of all the curly braces and semi-colons in CSS, then you might want to check it out.
Free
Frameworks & Libraries
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most well-known front-end component library. It's a very well-written tool, perfect for rapid prototyping or web development.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Foundation
Foundation is another well-written front-end framework. It's very simple to use and you can build complex interfaces in no time at all.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Materialize
If you like Google's Material Design, then you'll love Materialize. It's a great library for quick development using Material Design principles.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
Bulma
Bulma is a nice CSS framework based on Flexbox. It makes building mobile-first, responsive layouts is a breeze.
Free- JS
jQuery
With the massive adoption of JS frameworks, the need for jQuery in new projects is dwindling. But, for new front-end developers and for building smaller sites, it is still very much worthwhile to learn.
Free- JS
React
React is a JavaScript library from Facebook. It re-defined how front-end developers build the interactive user interfaces. Now a very mature library, it has a strong ecosystem of developers and packages.
Free- JS
React Native
React Native allows developers to build out native mobile apps in JavaScript. You can then build native iOS and Android using simple command-line prompts. It is a very powerful tool, especially for small teams building out their first apps.
Free- JS
Vue.js
Vue.js is a very popular JavaScript framework. It offers a beautiful syntax and is a pleasure to work with. It has a strong ecosystem around it and so is a great choice on the front-end.
Free- CSS
Animate.css
If you want to add some quick and easy animations to your site, then Animate.css is the perfect library.
Free- JS
Parsley
Parsley allows you to add extremely simple client-side validations to your forms that are easily customizable.
Free
Resources
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
HTML Cheat Sheet
Although called HTML Cheat Sheet, this site is also a great resource for CSS and JavaScript. Perfect for when you're getting started as a front-end developer.
Free- CSS
Emmet Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet will be a valuable resource in your early days of using Emmet.
Free- CSS
Codrops CSS Reference
A great reference for CSS from Codrops. Be sure to have a look if you need a hand.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
MDN
MDN is an incredible resource from Mozilla for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and beyond. Useful for beginners and seniors alike. You'll often find yourself coming back throughout your development journey.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- GENERAL
Accessibility Matters
Your site needs to be usable by everyone. Accessibility Matters is a great resource, offering HTML patterns to help teach you the ins and outs of accessible markup.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
- GENERAL
Can I Use
Can I Use will tell you what the browser support is like for the latest and greatest advances in front-end technologies.
Free- CSS
Airbnb CSS Styleguide
For a little insight into how a large company, such as Airbnb, structures their CSS, have a read through their CSS styleguide. It will give you plenty of tips and tricks.
Free- JS
Airbnb JavaScript Styleguide
Like the CSS style guide, Airbnb's JavaScript style guide is very insightful. They also include their style guide for React inside it.
Free- JS
Superhero.js
Some resource-ception here with Superhero.js. The site has an amazing collection of articles, videos and presentations on all things JavaScript. Definitely worth checking out!
Free- HTML
- CSS
Accessible Form Controls
Custom styled form controls usually come at the expense of accessibility. This resource will make sure you never create a form with poor accessibility again.
Free- JS
Website Setup JS Cheat Sheet
A great, in-depth JavaScript cheat sheet that is a one-stop-shop reference guide for the language.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- JS
SVG Compendium
The definitive resource for all things SVG. Be sure to bookmark this article and come back to it whenever you need.
Free- CSS
Grid Cheat Sheet
This CSS Grid cheat sheet will prove a valuable resource in the early days of building Grid layouts.
Free- HTML
- CSS
- GENERAL
The Accessibility Project
The Accessibility Project is a community-driven effort to make web accessibility easier. It offers how-tos and tips to help you build more accessible sites.
Free- CSS
ITCSS
Inverted Triangle CSS (ITCSS) is a great method for architecting your CSS code. If you're building medium to large projects, you might find it useful.
Free
Typography
- CSS
Google Fonts
Hands down the best resource for free web fonts. It offers a huge font library for you to choose from.
Free- CSS
Font Squirrel
Font Squirrel is another brilliant resource for free web fonts. The site also offers other tools, such as a font generator.
Free- CSS
Wordmark.it
Not sure what font to use for your next project? Type in a word or phrase on Wordmark.it and scroll through a huge library of fonts to compare.
Free
Colors
- CSS
Coolors
Struggling for inspiration when creating a color palette? No worries, Coolors offers a helping hand with their auto-generator.
Free- CSS
ColorSpace Palette
ColorSpace offers a great way of creating beautiful palettes based around a single color. Add your primary color and ColorSpace will generate some palettes to compliment it.
Free- CSS
ColorSpace Gradient
Another great tool from ColorSpace, but this time to help create CSS gradients.
Free- CSS
CSS Gradient
Another brilliant gradient generator for you to play around with. CSS Gradient is also an excellent resource if you want to learn more about the different types of gradient available to you.
Free- CSS
Sip
If you own a Mac and you're in need of a colour picker, don't look any further than Sip. It's not free, but it's worth the money as it is an very useful tool for any front-end developer.
$9.99- CSS
Colormind
Colormind is an amazing resource for generating color palettes. You can even feed it a picture and it will create a color palette from that.
Free- CSS
ColorBox
ColorBox is an amazing tool, open sourced by Lyft, that helps create accessible color systems. The GUI allows you to tweak your requirements as much as you like. It's a seriously powerful tool!
Free
Media
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Unsplash
My go-to site if I need to find images. Unsplash has an unbelievable gallery of royalty-free, high-resolution images for you to use.
Free- GENERAL
Pixabay
Pixabay is another amazing resource for royalty-free images, videos, illustrations and vector graphics.
Free- GENERAL
Pexels Videos
If it's royalty-free videos you're after, then Pexels Videos is an amazing resource with a huge library.
Free- GENERAL
Coverr
7 new high-quality, beautiful videos every Monday. Amazing library of videos to choose from.
Free- GENERAL
SVGOMG
SVGOMG is the missing GUI for SVGO. If you have SVGs on your site and you need to optimize them, then this is the tool for you.
Free
Graphics
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Font Awesome
A very popular font icon library with vector icons and social logos. Plenty for you to choose from.
Free- GENERAL
IcoMoon
IcoMoon offers both free and premium font icon sets. The site also allows for icon uploads so that you can mix your own icons in with IcoMoon's to create your own custom set.
Free - $19/mo- GENERAL
Devicon
If you need coding-related vector icons then Devicon has you covered. It offers a large number of programming languages, design and development tool icons.
Free- GENERAL
Material Icons
If you're building a site using Material Design then Material Icons is a great font icon library for you.
Free- GENERAL
Ionicons
Ionicons is an amazing and 100% free font icon library with some beautiful icons.
Free- GENERAL
Vivid.js
A beautiful and customizable library of SVG icons. Pick your colors and away you go.
Free- GENERAL
Hero Patterns
A great collection of repeatable SVG background patterns for you to use on your web projects.
Free- GENERAL
Roundicons
Roundicons offers both paid and free icon packs. Their free icon packs have a wide range of styles and look great.
Free- GENERAL
unDraw
unDraw is an incredible collection of beautiful illustrations. All illustrations are available under the MIT License, so you're free to use them any way you like.
Free
Inspiration
- HTML
- CSS
- JS
CodePen
Codepen is a brilliant place to experiment with front-end code. It also has a great library of 'Pens' to look at and gain inspiration from. You can do a ton of stuff for free but can switch to premium for more features.
Free - $8/mo+- GENERAL
Awwwards
Awwwards has an incredible gallery of websites to look around. The sites on here are pushing the boundaries of what's possible on the web. So it's a great place to get ideas.
Free- GENERAL
Dribbble
Dribbble is a showcase for both web and mobile designers, so it's full of amazing UIs to gawk at.
Free
Utilities
- CSS
Normalize.css
When you start a new project you'll need to account for the differing browser default styles. Normalize.css allows you to do this while keeping some base styles.
Free- CSS
Reset.css
Reset.css removes all browser default styles, allowing you to start styling from scratch.
Free- CSS
Cubic Bezier
You might want to use custom easing functions, instead of the pre-defined options. Cubic Bezier provides a simple interface to create these custom easing functions.
Free- CSS
CSS Triangle Generator
At some point you'll work with a designer who loves triangles. When that time comes, this site will be your best friend.
Free- CSS
Keyframes
If you find yourself getting stuck with animations in CSS, give this Keyframes web app a go. It offers a simple interface to help choreograph your animations.
Free- CSS
30 Seconds of CSS
A great resource of CSS snippets to help speed up development time for some common styling cases.
Free- CSS
Fancy Border Radius
Border radius isn't just for turning squares into circles. This awesome tool shows the true power of the border-radius property and the amazing organic shapes that can be created with it.
Free
Launching
Testing & Analytics
- HTML
W3C HTML Validator
It's always good to know if you have errors in your HTML. Use this official W3C tool to make sure your markup is valid.
Free- CSS
W3C HTML Validator
Be sure your CSS code contains no errors with this official W3C code validator.
Free- GENERAL
Google Analytics
Gain valuable insights into your users with Google Analytics. See where they come from, what pages they visit and if they bother to stick around. You shouldn't launch a site without it.
Free- GENERAL
BrowserStack
Although not free, BrowserStack is a valuable tool for pain-free cross-browser testing. Boot up 1200+ real mobile devices and browsers from your machine with ease.
$29/mo+
Deployment
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Namecheap
Namecheap offers domain registration, shared hosting and many other services. They're my first choice when registering a new domain. Their customer support is also amazing.
Paid- GENERAL
Heroku
Heroku makes it easy to deploy apps with very little configuration required.
Free - $7/mo+- GENERAL
Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean is another cloud computing platform. It aims to simplify the deployment and maintenance of cloud-based applications.
$5/mo+
Reporting
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Lighthouse
Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, and more.
Free- GENERAL
SEOptimer
Get detailed (and free!) insights on how your website stacks up for Search Engine Optimization.
Free- GENERAL
Front-End Checklist
Don't launch a site without running through this front-end checklist. It's a crucial resource to make sure you've checked all the necessary boxes before deployment.
Free- GENERAL
Nibbler
Receive a free report on some important areas of your site. See how your site scores for SEO, accessibility and social media.
Free- GENERAL
Google Pagespeed
Test key speed metrics for your site and receive a detailed breakdown of what needs fixing and how you can fix it.
Free- GENERAL
Google Mobile Speed Test
See how your site performs on mobile devices and how it stacks up against other sites.
Free- GENERAL
Real Favicon Generator
Generate all the favicon assets and HTML code you need to include favicons for all platforms.
Free- GENERAL
Pingdom
Receive a detailed report of your website's performance. The report includes prioritized tasks for how you can improve.
Free- HTML
- CSS
HTML & CSS Security Checklist
If you thought HTML & CSS weren't vulnerable to malicious attacks you'd be wrong! This is a very useful checklist to help you avoid potential vulnerabilities.
Free- GENERAL
Front-End Performance Checklist
Another crucial checklist to go through is your performance checklist. If your site takes ages to load you'll have a hard time getting users to stick around.
Free- GENERAL
Yellow Lab Tools
Yellow Lab Tools run an audit on your HTML, CSS and JS. It also runs performance tests to make sure you're sticking to the best practices.
Free- GENERAL
Uptime Robot
Uptime Robot is an invaluable tool for monitoring your site. Setup monitors to ping your website every 5 minutes for the free plan or every minute for the paid plan. Get sent an email straight away if your site is down when it gets pinged.
Free - $5.50/mo- GENERAL
Wave
Wave is an extremely valuable accessibility evaluation tool. Run your site through it to get a detailed report on what changes you need to make to improve how accessible it is.
Free
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