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Nashville Web Development Resources
I'm a big fan of Smashing Magazine, a leading web development blog that I often reference for technical tips, CSS, forms, layouts, creative ideas and inspiration, and so much more. Success stories like Smashing Magazine are often imitated, and included on this list are some other web development blogs that have posts similar to Smashing Magazine.
The line between web design blogs and web development blogs is often rather blurry, so you are bound to run across a few web development posts in the web design blogs, and web design posts in the web development blogs. Obviously, not all -- perhaps none -- of these blogs have their origin in Nashville, Tennessee; but I titled this page Nashville Web Development Resources for a pretty good reason. :)
Web Development Blogs
- CSS Globe :: this newly discovered gem is proving to be a favorite already.
Excerpt: Welcome to W3Avenue – an online blog/publication that provides advice and resources for rapid web development... W3Avenue aims to become a reliable source of information for web designers & developers who seek to improve their skills & productivity on continuous basis. We hope to achieve this by: Posting regular reviews/brief introductions to useful components, tools, libraries, frameworks, software and services; Compiling lists of really useful resources related to topics of special interests for quick reference; Publishing articles of general interest, timely news updates and useful tutorials; Keeping you updated via RSS Feed, Twitter, Facebook and FriendFeed... - Smashing Magazine :: this is my favorite of all web design and web development blogs.
Excerpt: Founded in September 2006, Smashing Magazine delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers. Our aim is to inform our readers about the latest trends and techniques in Web development. We try to convince you not with the quantity but with the quality of the information we present. We hope that makes us different. Smashing Magazine is, and always has been, independent... Perhaps the most remarkable yet overlooked aspect of the design community is its friendly, enthusiastic spirit. Every day, literally thousands of talented, hard-working folks out there gain new insight from their work, come up with brilliant ideas, and then share their experience with fellow web designers... - Noupe.com
Noupe is a fine web design and web development blog which is quite varied; I particularly like the Best Of category... Excerpt: NOUPE passionately delivers stylish and dynamic news for web designers and web developers on all subjects of web design, ranging from; CSS, Ajax, Javascript, web design, graphics, typography, advertising, & much more. Our goal is to help you communicate effectively on the web with an engaging website or functional interface... - Technology Bites
Excerpt: Here you will find posts about technology, software, web apps, WordPress, and productivity tools... Technology Bites was mentioned in reputable sites like Forbes, Lifehacker, Smashing Magazine, and others... - Smashing Apps
Excerpt: We are the fastest growing community, and loyalty of our readership is extremely amazing. At SmashingApps, we have large and diversified visitor base from 208 countries. They are web designers, web developers, internet marketers, bloggers, IT entrepreneurs, etc... Every day, we really grow more and get noticed by more new web designers, web developers, internet marketers, bloggers, IT entrepreneurs, etc. who may be interested in your web services/products to try... SmashingApps is a heaven on internet and growing hot spot of open-source, free, and useful online web resources for web designers, web developers, and apart from them, newbies can also get help to find a better web design or web development resource... - CSS Globe
Excerpt: CSS Globe is a community-driven site dedicated to web standards run by web standards designer and developer Alen Grakalic. I am a long-time web professional, living in Rijeka, Croatia. The site consists of two main sections: exclusive articles (mostly written by me) and community news sections... - CSS Reflex
Excerpt: CSS Reflex is the fastest growing new design blog maintained by Naeem Noor. Topics focus on web design, CSS, tutorials, resources, inspiration, WordPress, Blogger, and Blogger templates... - 2experts Design
Excerpt: 2experts Design is a creative and graphic web design resources blog that aims to provide readers to wide variety of resources such as graphic design, logo design, web design, advertising, branding, typography, other graphic and web designer portfolio, blogging in general, resourceful material, useful tips, tutorials, photography, colour, marketing, and much more. The blog is updated several times each week with new, original content with the hopes that aspiring web design professionals... - NetTuts+
Excerpt: NetTuts+ is a site aimed at web developers and designers offering tutorials and articles on technologies, skills and techniques to improve how you design and build websites. We cover HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMSs, PHP, and Ruby on Rails... - Six Revisions
Excerpt: Six Revisions is a website that publishes practical and useful articles for web designers and web developers. We seek to present exceptional, noteworthy tips, tutorials, and resources that the modern web professional will appreciate... Six Revisions was launched in February 2008 by professional web developer/web designer Jacob Gube (who now functions as the Chief Editor of the site). Articles are written by talented web professionals from around the globe, and a high emphasis on quality, comprehensiveness, and usefulness goes into each of the articles published... - tripwire magazine
Excerpt: Web professionals are required to master quite a few technologies and skills in order to create the modern web applications clients ask for today. Being at the forefront in the web field can be very hard, and is an ongoing acheivement. tripwire magazine is a weblog that provides useful information, tools, tips, and tutorials for both web designers and web developers to make their life easier. Subjects covered are ranging from Fonts, Photoshop, CSS, jQuery, web design, graphics, typography, advertising, SEO, and much more as long as we beleive it’s useful for our readers. You will find everything from detailed tutorials on how to create web designs from scratch, to large collections of web tools that will speed up your work and inspire you to approach challenged in new ways... - Michael Leigeber
Excerpt: Michael Leigeber of Refina has been designing and coding websites for over 7 years using .NET, PHP, Java, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. He has been fortunate to work on a wide range of projects from large intranets to fortune 500 e-commerce storefronts. He is currently available on a very limited basis for interesting projects... - SitePoint
Excerpt: SitePoint is a fast-growing online media company and information provider targeting the Web professional market, specifically web developers and web designers. The company has five major revenue streams: advertising and sponsorship, content-based products both online and in retail, software, and more recently, streaming video subscriptions and classified listings... - Web Development Blog, by finalwebsites.com
Excerpt: The primary focus of this web development blog is on the PHP scripts and tutorials that I write, but I’m something of an Internet addict and an Ubuntu/Linux fan; so I do talk about a variety of technology-related news and events. I utilize a number of Google webmaster services and talk about those as well. You might also find me participating in a number of webmaster forums and related social media networks. Find links to my profiles behind the buttons in the header from this website...I am a PHP programmer and enthusiast and like to share much of the code that I’ve written on another of my websites – finalwebsites.com. There you will find free open source PHP class scripts, custom PHP functions and code snippets, bbpress plugins, Google gadgets, and much more. Join the free support forum where you can connect with other web developers and PHP programmers and learn more about the PHP scripting language...
Web Design Blogs
Excerpt: Web Designer Wall is designed and maintained by Nick La, who also runs N.Design Studio and Best Web Gallery. I’ve been designing for several years and my work has been published on numbers of magazines. I love to share ideas and design techniques. Web Designer Wall serves as my public blog where I post my design ideas, tutorials, and talk about modern web design trends... Why Web Designer Wall? As a web designer, I often have a lot of ideas that flow in my mind; usually I draw them on my sketch pad and then paste them on the web designer wall. This is how the name was created — a wall of web design ideas...
Excerpt: 2experts Design is a creative and graphic design resources blog that aims to provide readers to wide variety of resources such as graphic design, logo design, web design, advertising, branding, typography, other graphic and web designer portfolio, blogging in general, resourceful material, useful tips, tutorials, photography, colour, marketing and much more. The blog is updated several times each week with new, original content with the hopes that aspiring design professionals...
Excerpt: I like to give away only the best quality stuff to help web designers everywhere. I also like to post workflow tips to help people work faster. These are the posts where everyone can chime in until we find the best way to do a certain task. I enjoy the community of web professionals (and non-professionals) we’ve built here, and I hope you find something useful...
Excerpt: Designora is a co-writing collaborative of graphic designers, coders, professional writers, photographers, artists, and web connoisseurs. We’re here to create, develop, and present amazing concepts, designs, tools, and tutorials, and to provide overall inspiration from a usable perspective...
Excerpt: Hi there, thanks for visiting 10Steps.SG. I am Johnson Koh, from Singapore. Currently am working full-time as an Art Director in a gaming software company. I always enjoy doing and reading anything that is design-related. This blog was started in August 2008, where the purpose is to share my random experiments with Adobe Photoshop and some interesting design articles I come across daily... Writing tutorials is really new to me, but I am enjoying it so far and always trying to improve myself. Hope everyone will enjoy your stay here and get some useful tips and resources...
Excerpt: WebDesignBooth was created as a blog to discuss about resources for web developers and web designers. I Google almost every day to find useful resources for my jobs, and I would like to share these web design and web development resources with my readers. WebDesignBooth will share about web resources such as web design, web developement, JavaScript, CSS/XHTML, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), advertising, wallpapers, photoshop resources, etc. This blog is updated several times a week and brings new content that will help inspire our readers...
Excerpt: Onextrapixel is a weblog dedicated in delivering useful, comprehensive and innovative information for web designers and web developers. OXP is started by two very enthusiastic Singapore web developers and designers. OXP endeavors to present noteworthy tips, excellent tutorials, and web resources that any modern web follower will appreciate...
Excerpt: We started this website around Nov 2008 to create a common platform to share our experience in different technologies. We started with two people and soon the blog grew and a number of people contributed their expertise in different technologies. Currently you will find a number of articles on technologies such as Java, JEE, JavaScript, Web2.0, PHP, MySQL, jQuery, etc. All the articles on this website are user-generated. People can submit their articles and after proper moderation the articles are published... We believe in the sharing of knowledge and experience... we have created a knowledgebase of the experience/problems that we have faced in past to help others... Feel free to send us comments or tips about topics you want to see on this website at viralpatel.net@gmail.com...
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