Free Hand-Picked Resources for Designers and Developers – December edition

In this round up of free resources from december, you’ll find nice flat device mockups, unique UI screen compositions, color tools and inspiration, vector kits, professional printing templates, online communities, stunning icon collections, a curated list of CSS frameworks, a useful animation engine, cool fonts, and web templates in PSD format. All of it is… Continue reading Free Hand-Picked Resources for Designers and Developers – December edition

Front-end Tools: Some of My Favorite Finds of 2015

We’re just about at the end of 2015 and I’m sure you’d all agree it’s been another year jam-packed with new tools for web design and development. While doing my newsletter I’ve come across lots of interesting things, so I thought it would be cool to summarize some of my favorite finds in a year-end… Continue reading Front-end Tools: Some of My Favorite Finds of 2015

10 Time Saving Google Chrome Extensions for Designers

When you’re a designer you have hundreds of challenges every day. You need to check for the inspiration, find the fastest way how to find freebies or paid resources. Don’t forget that if you’re freelancer you need to deal with the customers, if you don’t have one, you need to find them. All these things… Continue reading 10 Time Saving Google Chrome Extensions for Designers

A Beginners Guide to Titan Framework: Adding an Enable Type Option

Providing end users with the option to enable or disable certain features of a premium plugin or a theme is pretty common. Titan Framework has recently pushed a new option to its core which does exactly that. Let’s see how you can add an enable/disable toggle button inside an admin panel, a metabox or a… Continue reading A Beginners Guide to Titan Framework: Adding an Enable Type Option

Kendo UI and AngularJS from Scratch

In this course, you will learn how to create software using Kendo UI with AngularJS rather than with jQuery. Course info Level: Beginner Duration 1h 16m Released 13 Oct 2014   Download Resources Download VIdeos https://youtu.be/7ipKo-EweNY https://youtu.be/kbGK-UkRhr4 https://youtu.be/0mvPJQLHmL8 https://youtu.be/x59-fOoaCqQ https://youtu.be/Aavm_OGB_Zs

A Simple Responsive JavaScript Image Gallery

I’ve covered basic image galleries with CSS and PHP in previous articles, making it time to do the same thing with JavaScript. Image Options As with the other image gallery examples, we need a two versions of each image: a thumbnail image and a full-size image. In this case, you have two options for the… Continue reading A Simple Responsive JavaScript Image Gallery

Weekly Inspiration for Designers (week 53)

This week inspiration for designers is brought to you exclusively by idevie.com. Enjoy! Design Breakfast Star Wars Filled Icons Weather Icons Presentation SNAKEBITE |: Mondo Onboarding Squish The Force Awakens! Makers Are Different Day 006 — Product Cards Mobile Payment System Project Star Wars Holiday Special Poster BB-8 Powder | Multiplayer + Jumps Calc iPhone… Continue reading Weekly Inspiration for Designers (week 53)

Websites With Good Color Contrast

Color is the main tool you have in order to attract your audience’s attention towards that exact thing you want them to know. Using colors, you can inspire specific feelings and motivate specific actions. Long story short-the entire usability of your web design relies on color. Color can support or modify the message you’re trying… Continue reading Websites With Good Color Contrast

Free UI Elements For Web and Mobile Design

Mobile applications date back to the beginning of the 21st century. They comprised a handful of simplistically-built software oriented towards fancy calculators, catchy ring tone generators, theme customization tools and other entertainment programs, the majority of which explored the world of gaming.   What Pushes App UI Templates On Top Of The Design Wave?   The… Continue reading Free UI Elements For Web and Mobile Design

Design Trends that Will Shape the Web in 2016

Web development is a rapidly evolving industry. Every once in a while, a new trend comes by and introduces changes that everyone needs to adopt in order to remain competitive. These trends encompass the use of certain development products, SEO strategies, and of course, web design trends. Nearing the end of 2015, we have seen… Continue reading Design Trends that Will Shape the Web in 2016

2015’s Collection of The Most Fabulous Free Holiday Designs

This week we’ve prepared a special set of festive freebies inspired by the joyful spirit of the winter holidays. Presenting you some of the best New Year and Xmas designs, this collection of free graphic elements and templates will help you gather inspiration and prepare your designs for the upcoming holidays. 2016 New Year’s Flyer… Continue reading 2015’s Collection of The Most Fabulous Free Holiday Designs

Why Pre-Built Websites Are the Future of Web Design

Web designers typically take one of the following approaches: They complete the design, and turn the project over to a developer; They do everything; from conceptual design through final testing; They outsource the project to a third party; Each approach has its pros and cons, but there is a new and different approach that is… Continue reading Why Pre-Built Websites Are the Future of Web Design

Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

Businesses are more and more becoming more dependent on an online presence, so the pressure to have a successful website is very high. However, some entrepreneurs have misguided notions about how web design and development should work. This post explores some common beliefs among non-tech-savvy businesspeople about web design. It’ll address aspects like micro-managing instead… Continue reading Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

50 JavaScript Tools & Resources from 2015

The first thing you will probably notice is the considerable decrease in the number of jQuery plugins in this collection, when compared to last year. What we’re seeing instead is smaller, lighter and standalone JavaScript libraries being built without all of the jQuery bloat. There are now more targeted problem-solving solutions, rather than having to… Continue reading 50 JavaScript Tools & Resources from 2015

Hacking and Securing Web Applications

In this book, you will be learning the basic techniques about how to test and penetrate a Web Application. For the purpose of this book we will be using a vulnerable application called DVWA (Damn Vulnerable Application) on an Ubuntu operating system and try to use different methods of hacking or penetrating the system. [sociallocker]Hacking… Continue reading Hacking and Securing Web Applications

Lightweight, Unobtrusive, Style-agnostic Layers CSS

Layers CSS is Lightweight. Unobtrusive. Style-agnostic. Build your look on the web, not Twitter’s – and build it fluid. Layers CSS is a CSS framework aimed for practical use cases. It comes with a small footprint and zero bullshit. Normalizations & sensible defaults Fluid grid + progressively enhanced columns Preserves native form styles by default… Continue reading Lightweight, Unobtrusive, Style-agnostic Layers CSS

Code Clinic: PHP

Many successful programmers know more than just a computer language. They also know how to think about solving problems. They use “computational thinking”: breaking a problem down into segments that lend themselves to technical solutions. Code Clinic is a series of six courses where lynda.com authors solve the same problems using different programming languages. Here,… Continue reading Code Clinic: PHP

Animated Map Path for Interactive Storytelling

Today we’d like to share an experimental demo with you. This demo is an interactive map that will animate a map path while scrolling the page. The main idea is to connect the story being told with the path itself. The journey can also contain images that will indicate where they have been taken with… Continue reading Animated Map Path for Interactive Storytelling

User Experience Is Important For Web Designers

The first thing that grabs your attention when you open an app or a website is the way in which it is designed. User experience depends mostly on design and its contribution to the brand’s recognition. You might design a good looking website, but you should still go far beyond a simple user experience. UX… Continue reading User Experience Is Important For Web Designers

Christmas Gift – Photoshop Elements 14 For Dummies

The bestselling book on Photoshop Elements—now in a new edition Getting great photos is easier than you think—it just takes some know-how and a tool like Adobe’s Photoshop Elements. Photoshop Elements 14 For Dummies is a fun and easy-to-follow guide for photographers and photo enthusiasts who want to make their snapshots picture perfect. In no… Continue reading Christmas Gift – Photoshop Elements 14 For Dummies

50 Best Freebies of 2015

Top Freebies For Designers Download free high quality files, all are easy to use fully layered with smart objects, so you can easily customize and present your work in a very elegant way. 1. 3D Retro Text Effect PSD Format 2. Free Flat Dashboard UI Design 3. Mega Collection of Free Infographic Vector Elements 4. Realistic Free PSD iPad Mini 3… Continue reading 50 Best Freebies of 2015

Divi, the New Page Builder Plugin That Works with Any WordPress Theme

Since WordPress is the leading Content Management System out there, there is no scarcity of tools and resources that you can use to build and extend your website via WordPress. There are a million plugins and themes that let you do ever more with your website within minutes. After being released a few months ago,… Continue reading Divi, the New Page Builder Plugin That Works with Any WordPress Theme

100 Fresh Free Christmas Icons In Flat & Line Design (AI, PNG, EPS, SVG, PSD)

Today’s free resource is a set of brand new Christmas icons designed and released as a freebie by Anastasia Kolisnichenko. The package contain 100 icons and they are available In all formats that you need: Ai, PNG, EPS, SVG and PSD. Christmas tree with Christmas balls, snowflakes, snowman, fire place, cookies and candies, Christmas discount… Continue reading 100 Fresh Free Christmas Icons In Flat & Line Design (AI, PNG, EPS, SVG, PSD)