Online Tools and Resources
Exploration is the best way to learn new interesting concepts, especially in the sector of Information Technology (IT). The resources outlined below, consists of tools which can help you as you dive in various area of IT.
Getting Started
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Learning outside the classroom setting, is always encouraged at Asia Pacific itnernatiol Univerity. Through self-learning, students can explore various information, and also come up with interesting question which can be answered in the classroom.
Web Developement
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Web development focuses on the creations and maintencae of website/web applications. The tools below will help you improve your skills as well as save your time.
Learning Resources
- W3schools : is a site for web developers, covering all the aspects of web development: CSS, html, java, python, PHP and many more.
- TutorialsPoint : Biggest Online Tutorials Library conferring different sectors of information technology.
- Freecodecamp : helps people learn to code for free, through thousands of videos, articles, and interactive coding lesson.
- Frontendmentor : allows users, especially those interested in frontend development; to gain real experience of building websites and providing code reviews.
CCS Frameworks and Libraries
- TailwindCSS : offers predesigned widgets to build a site from scratch with fast UI development.
- Bootstrap : comes with a set of pre-styled responsive, mobile-first components that possess a definite UI kit.
- Bulma: provides ready to use frontend componetsn that be combined to build responsive web interface.
JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries
- React.js : library for building user interfaces based on UI components
- Next.js : framework based on the React used for createing static pages as well as web applications.
- React Native : framework, designed for building apps on multiple platforms like iOS, Android, and also web applications, utilizing the very same code base.
Design Resources
Faq
What font should i use, what color should i use, where can i find illustrations? These are questions most students alwasy ask, and to answer them the following resources can be used.
Colors and gradient
- colorhunt.co : offers a curated collection of color schemes for any purpose
- coolors.co : Generate infinite color palettes for your designs and share, export or save it in your profile.
- happyhues.co : Color palette inspiration site that acts as a real world example as to how the colors could be used in your design projects.
- mycolor.space : generates color pallets as well as gradient.
- htmlcolorcodes.com : includes an in-depth colour picker with plenty of explanations of colour rules
Illustrations
- undraw : Open-source illustrations for any idea you can imagine and create.
- drawkit : Hand-drawn vector illustration and icon resources, perfect for your next project.
- freellustrations : Collection of high-resolution vector or illustrations background images for modern websites and landing pages.
Stock Images
Fonts
- Google fonts : Free fonts which can be donwloaded or important straight into your project
Portfolio Inspiration
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A collection of portfolio/personal websites created by students from the Faculty of Information Technology
Portfolios & personal websites
- avanier.studio by Josh
- khazifire.com by Dan M. Kazimoto
- nonwiz.me by Chanbroset Prach
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