Learning
Design & UX
Interface design, accessibility and research, for people who build things.
Where to start
Most developers do not need to learn design so much as the handful of rules that stop work looking untrained — spacing, type scale and contrast. Practical Typography covers a surprising amount of that in an afternoon. Accessibility is not a nicety; WCAG is a legal requirement in a growing number of places.
Principles4
- Laws of UXStart hereFree
The named heuristics — Fitts, Hick, Jakob — each on one page with an example. A shared vocabulary for design arguments.
- Nielsen Norman Group ArticlesCoreFree
Decades of usability research, published free. The evidence behind most received wisdom in UX.
- Practical TypographyStart hereFree
Read "Typography in ten minutes". It will improve every document you produce for the rest of your life.
- Material Design 3CoreFree
A complete design system with the reasoning published alongside it. Worth reading even if you never use Material.
Accessibility3
The standard itself, plus the plain-language quick reference. Increasingly a legal requirement, not advice.
- A11y Project ChecklistStart hereFree
WCAG turned into things you can actually check. The practical entry point.
- Inclusive ComponentsCoreFree
How to build a tab set, a modal or a menu that actually works with a screen reader. Component by component.
Tools and training3
- Figma LearnStart hereFree
Official tutorials for the tool most product teams now use by default.
- Google UX Design CertificateStart herePaid
A structured career-change programme. Thorough, well regarded, and a genuine time commitment. Linked at Coursera because grow.google sends non-US visitors to a country page instead.
- Type ScaleStart hereFree
Pick a modular type scale and see it applied. Fixes the most common reason a page looks amateur.
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