The Programmer's Catalyst: Top 4 Sites Every Coders Must Know To Make Epic and Outstanding Designs, Effortlessly

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Do you know that a constant flow of visual inspiration can enhance a developer to broaden his/her skill set?

Having a basic knowledge of design can help coders become less reliable when it comes to making crucial decisions in a project.

If you have a designer that designs for you, it's cool but if you don't have the luxury of having a designer especially when working as a freelancer - you have to create everything personally...

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I mean, you have to come up with ideas and designs materials on your own and this is making you worried.

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Well, worry no more, there are so many design concepts online that can enhance your creativity whilst drawing inspiration from them.

You are not to copy them..

... Instead, check out the layout, how the logo looks, the background, what colour was used, and create yours. Simple, right?

There are a ton of great resources to help you come up with creative and unique ideas for your projects...

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They are

Siteinspire.com

You can search this for inspiration based on your need...

-Go to Subjects, there you will see various subjects like... Beauty and skin care, crafts, etc.

-Click on the subject you want, it will show you a lot of images, click on the one that suits your taste...

It will take you to the actual website of the design you clicked on

  • Scroll around it to see what the website is all about.

Note: You can go back to pick another website, check the features and see how you can incorporate it into yours.

Inspiration.com

You can search by clicking on

-The categories

  • pick the subject you want, you will see a place to check out how the website will look on a laptop, mobile, or tablet.

    Play around it and see what can be useful for your code.

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Awwwards.com

This one is based on nominees and winners of Web design content.

-Click on the nominee but, if you can't find what you are looking for...

-Click on categories, select the subject...

If it's fashion, business, etc, click on it and this will take you to the actual designs.

Templatemonster.com

This is a website to buy templates which means you can also sell your templates here.

But, you can check it out to get inspiration by...

  • Clicking on the live demo

  • Scroll around it and see what can be useful to you!

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In checking the template, you need to ask some questions in line with your need, like...

What do the buttons do?

What color will the button turn to when clicked?

Does it shrinks or grows when you hover over it?

What background element is there?

How much space is in it?

How do want yours to be? Etc.

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Note : You don't need to get inspiration from these sites you can get them on your own and by yourself by paying attention to details and visualizing what you want to achieve.

Whatever method you make use of, I hope you can come up with great and unique designs for your websites.

You can also check out youtu.be/QzWz2aUbMWE for visual demonstration.

To your success in design...