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24 alternatives to UX Design: The Definitive Beginner's Guide

90 pages of field advice, featuring 15 UX experts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. UX Design: The Definitive Beginner's Guide launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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UX Design Trends 2016▲115
A 164-page free guide
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
2
UXD Book▲69
A career guide for UX Designers
2016 · its alternatives →
3
100+ UX/UI Design Tools Guide▲77
The UX Design Process From A to Z
2022 · olhabahaieva.kit.com · its alternatives →
4
The Guide to Agile UX Design Sprints▲112
A step-by-step playbook for product teams
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Evidence-Based UX Design Guide▲70
A free guide to 28 methods of evidence for good UX.
2016 · mattish.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote a book about UI [pdf]▲411
A collection of 100 UI/UX tips that I have collected since 2021
2021 · fifty.user-interface.io · its alternatives →
7
UX Design Process Best Practices▲76
Documentation to move design forward
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
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Beginner's Guide to UI/UX Design▲167
Free curated learning path to UI/UX Design 🥳
2020 · invise.app · its alternatives →
9
The Guide to UX Leadership▲113
Best practices for leading impactful UX teams
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
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Learn How to Break into your First UX Design Job▲83
This free 16-page guide will launch your UX career.
2016 · springboard.com · its alternatives →
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101 UX Principles▲154
Become a better digital product designer
2019 · uxbook.io · its alternatives →
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UX Research Field Guide▲190
Your map to the world of UX research 🌏🕵️‍♀️
2019 · userinterviews.com · its alternatives →
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The Project Guide to Enterprise Product Design▲93
Free e-book. UX best practices from real projects.
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
14
300+ list of UX books▲13
Just a giant list of UX book recommendations
2017 · its alternatives →
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The UX Library▲8
A growing collection of books for UX designers
2017 · uxcellence.com · its alternatives →
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The New Design Fundamentals▲74
Free ebook about the best practices in UX design
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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The Field Guide to UX Strategy▲94
Actionable UX strategy guide from Robert Hoekman Jr.
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
18
100 UI/UX Tips▲458
A collection of tips to make your interface better
2021 · vpon.me · its alternatives →
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Data-Driven UX Design: Metrics▲65
A beginner's hands-on guide to working with analytics for s…
2015 · mattish.com · its alternatives →
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User Experience Research Kit▲162
Everything (50+ items) you need to know to do UX Research
2022 · toptal.com · its alternatives →
21
UX Database▲375
The biggest free curated product design resources & tools
2020 · uxdatabase.io · its alternatives →
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The UX Library▲10
The Most Recommended Books in the Industry
2016 · uxtools.co · its alternatives →
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Learning Web Design▲69
A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, & Graphics
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A beginner’s guide to finding user needs▲182
https://urbook.fordes.de/ …a free/libré book about UX research with qualitative methods on motivations, activities written for UX researchers, UX designers and product managers. I have been writing on this book since about 2010 and did a large rewrite during the first half of 2022. (I initally planned this with a bigger tech publisher). This is the link to the full book for online reading: https://jdittrich.github.io/userNeedResearchBook/ (it’s one long page, so it might take a bit to load)
2022 · its alternatives →

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