Resources for Web Design and Development

Drafted to work on a Web project for your organization? Read or at least scan the following seven resources to get a jumpstart on the things you'll need to know to work effectively with your Web designer/developer.

• WebMonkey information architecture tutorial
• SearchEngineWatch.com: an authority on search engine technology and positioning
• Web Style Guide
• The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability by Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen
• Writing for the Web by Jakob Nielsen
• Goto, Kelly and Emily Cotler. Web Redesign: Workflow that Works. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2001.
• The client survey from Web Redesign: Workflow that Works is useful for starting any redesign project.

More excellent Web design resources

• Goto, Kelly and Emily Cotler. Web Redesign: Workflow that Works. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2001.
• Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2000.
• Nielsen, Jakob, and Marie Tahir. Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2002.
• Rosenfeld, Louis, and Peter Morville. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 1998.
• Sano, Darrell. Designing Large-Scale Web Sites: A Visual Design Methodology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
• Tollett, John, Robin Williams, David Rohr. Web Design Workshop. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 2002.

Graphic design basics

• White, Alexander W. The Elements of Graphic Design. New York: Allworth Press, 2002.
• Williams, Robin. The Non-Designer's Design Book. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 1994.
• Williams, Robin. The Non-Designer's Type Book. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 1998.
• Williams, Robin, and John Tollett. Robin Williams Design Workshop. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 2001.

Project management resources

• Connell, Steve. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules. Redmond: Microsoft Press, 1996.
• Goto, Kelly and Emily Cotler. Web Redesign: Workflow that Works. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2001.

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