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A comment on Ask HN: Recommend some good books for a dev with no design background?.

Re:Ask HN: Recommend some good books for a dev with no desig... by devmonk on Friday October 01, 2010 @05:11PM (#1748758)
The trick is that books are outdated as soon as they are written. There are a number of great books on design, but you can learn just as much if not more by just searching around.

Assuming you mean site design (learn the golden ratio, learn CSS, get good with photoshop) vs. code design (GoF Design Patterns, etc.), smashing mag is pretty good place to start.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend some good books for a dev with no desig... by elbrodeur on Friday October 01, 2010 @05:29PM (#1748845)
The principles of great design are pretty timeless and are rooted in psychology, how our brain works and history.

You're right that you can learn a lot by intuition, but it's more likely that you're learning what you prefer, not what good design principles are.

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