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In the first part of the checklist, we looked at creating high quality websites from a client perspective and the tools that helps us do that. In this part we look at the (free) tools that will help us build…

I’m always excited about the possibilities of a new design. At the very beginning, I never really know where it will end up, and I love that feeling. The whole process of choosing colors and creating a color palette for…

Typography is elegant when it is attractive and communicates the designer’s ideas. When chosen wisely and used carefully, it can be very effective in supporting the overall design. Designers are always exploring different techniques with type: some use images or…

Now that the ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate is available for download, how do you learn how to start using it to build applications? Here’s a guide to resources for learning about ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 1. Stephen Walter on ASP.NET…

A few years ago I had the opportunity to sit down with a designer possessed of a rare talent. We were both part of the same team and he was creating some UI elements that I was to wire up.…

We love useful stuff. For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative CSS tools and related resources. We have been contacting developers, encouraging them to improve their tools and release their handy little apps to the public. Last…

As the most standards-compliant Web browser, Opera is dedicated to promoting Web standards across the globe. Web standards make the Web available to anyone, on any device, anywhere in the world. Opera has created the Web Standards Curriculum (WSC) in…

I thought I would share this list of reference cards / cheat sheets that I have compiled over the last year or so. If I am missing any good ones, please post them in the comments. Alvin Ashcraft’s Morning Dew…

The style of a website is defined by the CSS. CSS describes text fonts, if images must have borders or shadows, etc. Simply changing the CSS styles, you can change the appearance of your website completely, without changing the contents…

Smashing Magazine – Fonts

Regular Expressions (RegEx) give me a headache most of the time. That’s where cheat sheets like these com in handy: via:Scott Klarr – Regular Expressions cheat sheets http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/regular-expressions-cheat-sheet/http://regexlib.com/CheatSheet.aspxhttp://www.funduc.com/regexp.htmhttp://krijnhoetmer.nl/stuff/regex/cheat-sheet/http://opencompany.org/download/regex-cheatsheet.pdf

Design patternsIn software engineering, a design pattern is a general repeatable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. A design pattern isn’t a finished design that can be transformed directly into code. It is a description or template…