Ask HN: How to Learn Web Design?

9 points by goawayimbatin 6y ago ↗ HN

I'm pretty good with React/Angular concepts and general development but when it comes to styling my pages I totally suck. I either throw Bootstrap or something similar at it and that makes it somewhat presentable but when I try to customize my own styles I always end up with something wack.

Is there any books or any way of learning how to apply CSS right to get beautiful pages?

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valand 6y ago ↗

Try designing to communicate

This book is some sort of opening to that world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Make_Me_Think

If you want to jump ship later, the paradigm to design for other people will help in other disciplines e.g information architecture, API design

It might be

valand 6y ago ↗

Ignore the "it might be" please

rat_melter 6y ago ↗

One of the best books I've read regarding UX. Don't sleep on it.

simonhfrost 6y ago ↗

I was looking for a basic intro to design from a dev perspective (sounds similar to your use case) and found this: https://refactoringui.com/book/

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zeroc8 6y ago ↗

I have the same problem. My designs look like crap. That's why I've decided to try this one here: https://scrimba.com/course/gdesignbootcamp

He talks about design principles, like spacing,colors,etc. - I haven't gotten around to take the course yet, but I'm hoping that this finally frees me from needing a UI designer.