How to Learn Web Design?

Question

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?

valand · Accepted Answer

Try designing to communicateThis book is some sort of opening to that world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Make_Me_ThinkIf you want to jump ship later, the paradigm to design for other people will help in other disciplines e.g information architecture, API designIt might be

simonhfrost · Answer

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/

zeroc8 · Answer

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/gdesignbootcampHe 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.