The Principles of Beautiful Web Design

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• ewoodh2o · Jul 10, 2010 · Recommends

  I found the SitePoint book "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design" (http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Beautiful-Web-Design/dp/097...) to be very informative as well. It's a great introduction to a lot of different aspects of design that programmers generally don't think…

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• hbien · Dec 22, 2011 · Recommends

  For website design, I'd recommend two books: Mark Boulton's "Designing for the Web" and Jason Beaird's "Principles of Beautiful Web Design". It really comes down to practice. You could try imitating the websites you like (implement but not release). It's good practice and will actively show you what tiny details go into each website such…

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• anirbas · May 30, 2008 · Recommends

  These are really good points. If you want to go beyond this, I'd suggest looking at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Beautiful-Web-Design/dp/097...">The Principles of Beautiful Web Design</a>, which is a good primer for web design principles. It's one of the few web design books aimed at people who find coding easy but design a mystery.

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• anirbas · Jun 25, 2008 · Recommends

  You might find this recent thread useful: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=204130 I recommended the book 'The Principles of Beautiful Web Design' there, and reiterate that.

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• sambashi · Feb 5, 2010 · Recommends

  I highly recommend the book "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design" from Sitepoint. Get the basics right first.

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