Guide to Web Design
Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; interface design; authoring, including standardized code and proprietary software; user experience design; and search engine optimization. Computers and applications available in the Spark! Digital Media Lab can be used to build the skills you need to get started in the Web design field.
In the Lab
We have high powered PC and Mac desktop computers that are outfitted with a suite of industry-standard software, wherever you are in your web design journey.
The lab is outfitted with 4 Mac and 4 PC desktops. Most software is available on all desktops.
At the Library
Browse these call numbers: 006.7, 658.872
Keywords for catalog searches: Web Design, Web Coding, Web Development, HTML, CSS
Online Resources We Recommend
- EdX Courses in Web Design
- Don’t Fear the Internet
- Plural Sight Code School
- Learn Layout
- Dash
- Codeacademy
- Blogs & online communities to follow: sitepoint, Web Designer Depot, CSS Tricks, Web Design Ledger, speckyboy
Free with your Library card
The Burbank Public Library offers SkillShare, with thousands of classes on topics such as freelancing, entrepreneurship, graphic design, productivity, marketing, and more, free to our card holders!
Come in for a Spark! Media Lab Orientation
Find more about our open hours, services and programs by browsing our website or calling the Central Library: 818-238-5580.
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.