What do people think of Hello Web Books?
I've been a huge fan of Tracy's work on other guides so have been waiting for this to come out for some time. Tracy shows an unusual level of learner empathy in this and the rest of her "Hello" guides. Easy to understand and with enough of value for tech veterans, this is my new go-to resource to share with aspiring and new web designers.
I feel like this book can help "programmer designed" websites leap forward with the same rapidity that bootstrap did, another giant leap forward. Except now, instead of everything being immediately recognizable as a stock bootstrap site like so many 5 years ago, everyone can have the tools and skills to immediately make their sites look good AND unique. Cannot recommend highly enough.
Another fantastic self published book by Tracy Osborn. If you are interested I would highly recommend checking out her other books on coding on her website.
I do QA work for corporate systems in many sectors. I think many of the people who design systems that I test and use should read this book. There are so many poorly designed systems from a user perspective.
I needed to see the screenshots to solidify and learn based on examples and Tracy didn't let me down. She shares a lot of insight into design which my developer brain never quite understood before. Now I feel like I know the basics and I know what's wrong with my old designs vs. just not liking them. I highly recommend this book.
This books is a blast, full of practical advice how to make things look good, while not trying to make it you career. Actionable from the first pages. If you are a developer and want your project not looking like it been designed by a dev, but this book.
I bought the ebook version via Kickstarter. I was extremely satisfied with the book, and fascinated to learn more about Tracy's perspective on design. An excellent read.
