7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without
Jul
29
2008
This article was originally published on July 29, 2008. At the time we added a few sites to the list that were geared more toward web design than web development and it was quickly pointed out to us in the comments. So we’ve replaced all but two of the recommendations…
Are you a website developer? Or maybe striving to be? Then have we got a nice assemblage of invaluable sites for you to check out. These seven are the ones we believe that you need to be aware of to help keep you in the developer’s proverbial loop. So once more, we ask that you give a gander to the list below…you don’t have to…it’s not like a requirement. You could stumble if you want to, but you might miss something spectacular. Oh, yeah, there’s some razzle, little dash of dazzle. Just saying. Could be worth a few minutes…
A List Apart
A Band Apart, powerhouse innovative production company with a massive following. A List Apart, powerhouse innovative web developers blog with a massive following. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. I don’t really think one inspired the other, but it could be the case. Not that A List Apart needs any other reason to be the revered site it is, have you checked it out? It’s only the “The Blog” for web developers discussing content, code, culture, design and more. Seriously it is an amazingly useful site for those in the biz.
Webmonkey
Webmonkey has a great blog as well as tutorials, cheat sheets, color charts, code snippets and more.
Devlisting
Devlisting includes a comprehensive listing of resource links for web developers. You can pin those you like to create your own personal resource list.
Marcofolio
Marcofolio is a great blog offering a variety of tutorials for different techniques and web effects. Offers demos and source code and a large backlog of articles.
CSS Tricks
CSS Tricks is my #1 go to spot for anything CSS related. In depth tutorials, screencasts, forums and an extremely comprehensive and user created snippets library.
Sitepoint
Sitepoint hosts tons of resources for developers including a blog, forums, books, and a marketplace for freelancers.
Web Developer’s Handbook
If you think this is a good list, then we are grateful, and humbly direct you now to the behemoth that this list wishes it could be. But what would be the point of that. I mean, it already exists. It’s here. In fact, many of the websites on this list can also be found at the Web Developer’s Handbook. A huge directory of almost every website a web developer would ever need for any purpose or predicament. Seriously, dude, it’s HUGE! Web Developer’s Handbook. Tell your friends.
A Final Word
We appreciate you stopping by and checking out the post. For more from the Arbenting team, make sure you Subscribe for free to the blog.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Some of them are really necessary.
July 29th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
2 and 7 is new to me. I am religiously following other websites.
Veeras last blog post..Improving the home page with JQuery effects
July 30th, 2008 at 2:15 am
@Veera – Blog.SpoonGraphics is one of our favorite blogs, it has consistently quality content.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:07 am
Great List.
Cheers
Ashs last blog post..DataContext class in depth : LINQ
July 30th, 2008 at 4:21 am
W3Schools is a dubious member of the otherwise well-crafted assembly of websites. W3Schools is NOT run by or supported by the W3C. It contains syntax errors in its examples, invalid code examples and some generally bad advice (regarding, amongst others, Flash and XHTML usage). I’d think twice before adding it to a list like this.
July 30th, 2008 at 5:32 am
It is funny, I found this site through DesignBump.com. I thought that was a must stop for developers and designers but alas it twas not on the list. Don’t worry though, I up voted you anyway.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Great list of daily visitors and thanks so much for including Design Float!
Andrews last blog post..41 Lightbox Scripts Compared
July 30th, 2008 at 7:44 am
W3 schools… we could have done without that. They’re notorious for tutorials with improper markup, new users read it and think it’s golden, and it spreads like a virus.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Great collection. Thanks for sharing them.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Some of these I have bookmarked, the others I have been to numerous times. Top quality sites, even for a amateur designer like moi. There are a few more design sites of that caliber that I would include but still, these guys are top leaders in their field. Thanks!
July 30th, 2008 at 10:43 am
uh whatever. lame. anyway, there is a difference between web developers and web designers so this is pretty useless to half or half
July 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
this list is garbage.
one website: Google
good for both web designers and developers (which you have confused here) and bored employees
July 30th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Tough to understand why some of these sites would be relevant for a website *developer* — not all website developers are designers.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Apologizes to those who were disappointed that design sites were included. I do both design and development so it all kind of bleeds together for me. We’ll do our best to keep them separate in the future.
@Madison – You are completely right, design bump should be on the list and I’m kicking myself for leaving it off now. I’ll make sure to add a link to the article.
@zombieloffe & bobachu – I wasn’t aware that w3 schools taught invalid markup, I knew that I had come across a few things on the site that were outdated but I figured they were few and far between. I’ll make a note in the original article noting this.
I’m happy everyone else enjoyed the list. Thanks to everyone for the feedback, we’re pretty new to the whole blogging thing so we’re learning as we go along.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Many thanks for the inclusion, it’s really humbling to hear your kind comments!
The Web Developers Handbook is one site I hadn’t seen before but will be bookmarked for future reference!
Chris Spooners last blog post..58 Wonderfully Cute Illustrated Monster Characters
July 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Nice list! Wonder if you have ever stopped by the Web Builder Zone, css.dzone.com, on DZone?
Schalk Neethlings last blog post..A List Apart – People Who Make Websites Survey 2008
July 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Actually there are a lot of us who do both design and development. (Please don’t dredge up the old arguments about whether this is a good thing…)
So this was a useful list to me.
Yes, w3schools has some inaccuracies, but that’s a tradeoff for its comprehensive content. Show me a site that offers that much information and is always completely up-to-date.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
you missed http://www.gotapi.com the sites you listed are more for designers, not developers. Gotapi is pretty much indispensable.
Seans last blog post..Karta Pushing the Daisy
July 30th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
@Schalk Neethling & Sean – Thank you both for the recommendations, they are both new to me.
@bigyaz – I’ve been using development exclusively to describe what I do because it seems all encompassing, but I’m rethinking that strategy now. I’m glad you found the list useful.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Some nice resources. But W3Schools? Lame, and in no way associated with W3C, despite what many novices seem to believe.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
love the w3schools!
dais last blog post..NASA celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 29, 2008
July 30th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
@Chris Spooner – Thanks so much for the reply, as I said above, your blog is one of my favorites. I’m excited to see you here!
July 30th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I actually knew of some of these from before (like I love typography)- great list!
July 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Great stuff. will check out web designer wall. Thanks
July 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
May try http://www.unmatchlist.com
Have compiled +2500 essential designer / builder URLs and new addictions each week.
Thanks
July 31st, 2008 at 3:03 am
Resources for web designers – http://www.webdesignresources.hit.bg/en/
July 31st, 2008 at 9:10 am
great list, thanks for sharing.
pareshs last blog post..World’s leading vehicles ‘hearts’ are manufactured in Solapur……
July 31st, 2008 at 9:25 am
You may want to take a look at: http://www.singlewrench.com – Tool for developers of large files
July 31st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
@Gunnar & Paresh – I’m happy the list was helpful to you guys!
@Mike – web designer wall is most definitely worth checking out, you won’t be disappointed!
@Pedra, paresh & Rich – Thanks so much for the recommendations, I’ve added them to the list!
July 31st, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I couldn’t have put it better myself. The Web Developer’s Handbook is a must have resource for all web developer’s. I highly suggest that people use this resource.
Thanks for the useful list.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:38 am
I use most of these sites, and could list several more. But if I had to narrow it down to one, thats missing, it would be ‘Design Meltdown’. Seriously, I can imagine life without it.
August 1st, 2008 at 4:25 am
Certainly a recommended read
August 1st, 2008 at 6:25 am
The link to the web builder zone is not functioning correctly in the reader recommendations section.
Schalk Neethlings last blog post..CakePHP 1.2 – Multiple Validation Sets
August 1st, 2008 at 7:33 am
Cool list, here are some more sites
http://www.logicweb.com (web 2.0 style host)
http://www.noupe.com/
http://news.cnet.com/webware/
August 1st, 2008 at 9:44 am
What about Sitepoint?
August 1st, 2008 at 11:10 am
You totally forgot Smashing Magazine.
smashingmagazine.com
August 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
[...] 7 Websites No Web Dev Should Be Without [...]
August 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
@ Schalk Neethling, thanks for pointing that out. It has been sorted.
@ Nicole, thanks for the recommendation, but unfortunately, we are among the NoSpec crowd here (after a bit o’ reading) and as they are affiliated with 99 Designs, we cannot give them our backing. Sorry. Though, again, thanks so much for the rec.
@ Junsu, actually, we did not forget them, it may be the case that one of us here at Arbenting have applied to be a guest blogger for Smashing Magazine, and we didn’t want to seem like we were catering or sucking up to them. They are a great resource (hence our wanting to be associated with them) but we again didn’t want to seem pandering in any way. So we totally thank you for bringing them up, so it doesn’t feel that way at all now.
@Dwayne, JoeShmoe, adelaide design, and More, thanks for the feedback!
Much love y’all
August 1st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
[...] 7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without [...]
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
[...] 7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without | Arbenting7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without | Arbenting [...]
August 8th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I’ve learnt alot from those websites since the day I landed to this internet world
Yes! Without them… I would completely lost!
Graphic Identitys last blog post..15 Photoshop Tutorials to Understand Various Lighting Techniques
August 9th, 2008 at 4:51 am
nice compilation
August 9th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
@Graphic Identity & Raul – I’m glad you enjoyed the list and got something out of it. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
September 19th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
[...] 7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without | Arbenting7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without | Arbenting [...]
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Вот поэтому и иногда не хочется идти вперёд!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
[...] seven websites every developer should know. I think every blogger should know them, [...]
November 11th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I prefer to just use a couple of sites and let digg and dzone find anything else for me. I use Yahoo Pipes also to filter out garbage or certain stories with certain keywords.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:50 am
Good job…Thanks for sharing
November 21st, 2008 at 3:06 pm
@Jive – I’ve seen a few people who say they don’t like to follow too many blogs but I’m an addict. I love getting so many different points of view.
@Rich – No problem, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Excellent post Angie! Added some new links to my favorites!
- Tony.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
@TNTStudio – Thanks Tony, I’m glad you found some new sites.
March 7th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I think http://mvcforge.com can be a part of your list, it is a Digg-like news website for Webdevelopers and Programmers.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:35 am
ALA is truly a great resource!
Scarf*oos last blog post..Readability – An Arc90 Lab Experiment
April 16th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Great resource here…I found this site through Stumble! Glad I found it…Great blog!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:27 am
W3Schools is really best one to learn internet languages.
Vinoth Kannan Ss last blog post..What is the difference between Windows Web Hosting and Linux Web Hosting
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:43 am
Социограма – новото досие на ДС 2.0
April 27th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Thank you for bringing these great resources to my attention. I’m very new at all this website stuff and am trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can. It’s really nice when someone with knowledge and experience can point you in the right direction to good information.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:21 am
I will definitely be bookmarking these thanks for the list
March 12th, 2010 at 11:52 am
great roundup. These are in fact GREAT resources for many of us.(developers, developers, developers)
.-= chicago web design´s last blog ..Phoenix House =-.
March 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
good thank you
May 5th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Just wanted to say I enjoyed the site. You have really put a lot of time into your content and it is just wonderfull!