I'm just a hobby designer, but I still want to share a few helpful links with you. These websites don't belong to me. I just love them and can't imagine designing layouts (for efiction, livejournal or simple websites) without them. π
http://www.css3.info (CSS3)
http://line25.com (design blog)
http://thisisdallas.github.io/Simple-Grid (simple grid)
http://www.google.com/fonts
http://subtlepatterns.com (great patterns)
http://www.colourlovers.com
http://fontawesome.io/icons
http://www.responsinator.com (to make sure your responsive layout works properly)
http://jsfiddle.net (testing ground)
http://validator.w3.org
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Awesome list.
I would add:
- http://getbootstrap.com/ for layouts and handy CSS
- http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/ more layouts, CSS and very useful iconic font
- http://lorempixel.com/ when you absolutely need an image of a certain size to test your layout/site
More links I find useful.
http://www.bestcssbuttongenerator.com (awesome button maker)
http://www.cssportal.com (css tipps)
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Let's not forget Xampp and Wamp for developing on your computer before uploading to the live, production version of your install:
https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
http://www.wampserver.com/
They're like having your own, personal webserver right on your PC that only you can access and play with.
Let me add my two cents too.
Easy to use website to see browser compatabilities: http://caniuse.com/
Pretty usefull IDE-Module http://emmet.io/