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11 Easy UI Design Tips for Web Devs

Danny Adams on February 16, 2021

Whilst learning web development, most of us don’t have much design experience or access to a UI designer. So here are 11 easy to apply UI design fu...
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Nick Radford

Figma is effectively free for personal use, see their pricing table here: figma.com/pricing/

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Samuele Zanca

But you have a limit to projects...

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Mladen Mihajlović

I'm not really a designer but I think points 9 and 10 are pretty subjective. Using borders and underlining links will probably depend on your style/design a lot and should not be generalised (I mean just look up and you'll see even dev.to underlines links) - but one rule I think is good is that links should stick out - plus you can't forget accessibility and the fact that not everybody sees just colors like everyone else.

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Danny Adams

Yeah it's subjective but personally I don't think it's necessary most of the time to underline nav-bar links as it's clear they are links and it looks a little cleaner. And with borders I think a lot of beginners overuse them and make them too thick and bold. That being said, I agree with you that it is all subjective and dependent on design!

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SabrinaStolz

Agree
There are many good-looking websites that have these things
Maybe in most cases, it's not that attractive but still, it's possible to come up with a decent realization

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MiAn • Edited

Palatino is a good all-puporse serif font that can be used in a lot of places, but I balance it out with a non-serif font like Avenir when I want to make the SPARING! contrasting item.

I agree with rounding button corners. I hate what Apple suggest with the newer iOS default buttons. DO think of colourblind people, and where a thin border helps.

And yes, left aligned please!! There's an unwritten rule that both edges should be fully justified, but only as a rule of thumb by the uneducated who know nothing else than to follow each others rules slavishly. Its been proven by Letraset in the 70's that "ragged right" is far easier to read. ( Yes I'm a graphic artist )

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Aspiiire

Thank you so much really important article, I personally use XD and I absolutely love how XD make things easy how you pointed out with drag and drop

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Danny Adams

XD is fantastic for playing around with designs, makes life easier. Glad you enjoyed it!

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Aspiiire

Absolutely when I have tried it for the first time a was amazed, and it's super easy to learn! 😀

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Jose E Saura

Figma is totally free for personal use. The best tool 🙌🏻

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Danny Adams

My bad, thought it was paid! Figma and Adobe XD are both great choices :)

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Phong Duong

Thank you for sharing

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RamaDevsign

There is an awesome design software (that is currently free) called Lunacy. You could check it out. Legend has it that you can open .sketch files inside of windows

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Danny Adams

Thanks Virej, glad you enjoyed it!

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MPelyhes

Thanks for the article! I will certainly be referring back to your tips in the future.

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Danny Adams

Awesome to hear, thanks!

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Danny Adams

Thanks Harsh, I will check out those fonts!

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Sumit Pandey

great

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Danny Adams

Thanks 🙏

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ljc-dev

A lot of great tips buddy! Thx for sharing 🙏.

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Danny Adams

Thanks mate, glad you found it useful!!

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Danny Adams

Thanks Saxers!

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Maureen Chebet

Am just getting started in web design. Thank you for this

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Danny Adams

Happy to help!

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MirAli Mobasheri

Helpful tips. Thanks!

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Danny Adams

Glad you found them helpful!

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Shariful Pradhan Hridoy • Edited

Lots of things I have learned in this post. Thank you so much.

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Danny Adams

Happy to help!

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Kinanee Samson

Son really cool tips, thanks

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Danny Adams

Nice one, thanks buddy!