Essential websites for Web Designers and Web Developers
Web design continues to evolve and new trends, technologies as well as web development frames emerge every day. Every web designer or developer aiming to stay up to date with the latest design trends need to be aware of the top skills demanded by clients and recruiters so it helps to follow popular sites relating to web design and web development.
To help you we’ve put together 14 sites covering a diverse range of topics to ensure that you are top of your game and up to date with the latest news, tips and trends in the world of web development.
Reddit is a well-established website for social news congregations and an open discussion platform that offers a wide range of sub-reddits on web design and development.
Flipboard is another leading website generating news and presenting its content in a format of a magazine. You can create and follow magazines on various topics including web design, web development, SEO, marketing, etc. Additionally, Flipboard allows you to connect your social media channels and get the news feed delivered to you in a personalised magazine.
Google News is an easy-to-use platform that automatically personalises your news feed based on your interests. If you are on the move most of the time you can find the Google News app for your mobile device. On the platform you can also follow multiple topics related to the industry including Web Design and Web development and stay up-to-date with the latest trends and innovations.
Medium is an online platform used by many top niche influencers and professionals within the web development and design industry. On this platform you can simply follow people, trendy publications or tags like Web Design, Front End Development, Web Development, and get the most popular stories from these topics delivered to your news feed.
Sidebar.io is developed and is currently ran by distinguished designer and developer Sacha Greif and features great links about UI design, typography, CSS, user research and other aspects of design.
DailyDevBytes generates news from a wide range of sources including subreddits on web design and development, Hacker News, and excellent blogs in the industry niche. Additionally, it features a humoristic section dedicated to coding jokes and offers a handy display of annual, monthly, and weekly progress for the current day.
Product Hunt is an excellent place to find new, interesting products and innovative start-ups which could help you streamline your design skills and development process. If you are interested you can follow popular topics like Tech, Developer Tools, Productivity, etc.
Front-End Front is a platform congregating news and articles about front-end topics. Similar to Reddit, here you can also submit, vote, follow and comment on different stories.
HeyDesigner is a great place for designers and front-end developers to collect and share news stories. Apart from their official website, you can get their popular news stories delivered to your Twitter stream if you follow @HeyDesigner .
Designer News is another great community driven website for Designers and Tech enthusiasts. It provides a great range of news stories related to the industry as well as a weekly podcast. Moreover, they provide a dedicated section featuring new jobs for developers and designers.
Web Designer News collects curated stories from designers and developers. You can publish news stories on the site as well as vote and comment on other stories. The website also offers a newsletter subscription in case you prefer to get the top stories delivered straight to your inbox.
The Next Web (TNW) covers a huge amount of news publications related to internet technology, innovation, busines and culture. Within this wide range of topics they have a dedicated section for Design and Development News only.
Hacker News is a very popular social news platform featuring stories relevant to tech business and start-ups. It is run by Y Combinator which also provides funding for new innovative start-ups. While most of the stories on the platform are not always relevant to designers and developers, they are generally conveying the latest trends in the internet and tech industry.
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