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24 alternatives to Front-End Web Development

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Front-End Web Development launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Starting + Sustaining▲92
A guide to plan, launch and run a web app
2015 · its alternatives →
2
How To Present Web Design & Get Better Client Feedback▲63
A practical guide for web designers & web devs
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Getting Real▲234
The smarter way to build web apps. A free book by 37signals.
2015 · basecamp.com · its alternatives →
4
Designing Web Usability▲56
The practice of simplicity
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Front End Happy Hour – The State of Web Development▲60
Thoughts on front end tools
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
6
Content Strategy for the Web▲57
Better content means better business
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited▲80
A common sense approach to web usability
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Just Enough▲62
A minimalist approach to starting an online business
2015 · vincentimbat.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
9
Start Small, Stay Small▲66
A developer's guide to launching a startup
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Hello Web Design▲234
A book for programmers who want to learn design
2018 · hellowebbooks.com · its alternatives →
11
The Pragmatic Programmer▲87
Solid advice and awesome analogies
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Community Building on the Web▲86
Secret strategies for successful online communities
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
AniJS▲87
UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English
2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →
14
The Complete Front-end Handbook▲63
A broad outline of the practice of front-end engineering
2015 · its alternatives →
15
HTML5 For Web Designers 2nd Edition▲67
Harness the power of the evolving HTML5 Spec
2016 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →
16
Systemic Web Design▲63
Free ebook for writing manageable and scalable CSS
2016 · its alternatives →
17
Node: Up and Running▲72
Ebook for building scalable apps with Node
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
18
How I Learned to Code▲65
Lessons From Teaching Myself Web Development
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Frontends▲93
A community for front-end developers
2014 · its alternatives →
20
Adaptive Web Design, Second Edition▲79
Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement
2016 · adaptivewebdesign.info · its alternatives →
21
An e-book about integrating front end libraries▲38
From the creator of Bootsnipp.com, Laravel-tricks, MyMapList.com and more websites. Are you good at building all things back end but […]
2014 · maxoffsky.com · its alternatives →
22
Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success▲56
A classic book for web analytics geeks
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
CODY▲136
Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets
2014 · codyhouse.co · its alternatives →
24
Designing the Invisible▲69
Create great web experiences
2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

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