Learn UI Design Fundamentals (Coursera)

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Learn UI Design Fundamentals (Coursera)

The ability to create stunning user interfaces is a skill any frontend developer will benefit from, whether you're in a team, a consultant, or want to build your own projects. This course will teach you the seven fundamentals that underpin any beautiful and effective user interface. Through lectures and interactive exercises, you'll discover the skills you need in order to build UIs that both look amazing and feel great to use. You will build everything in the browser using HTML and CSS, and put your new skills to the test many times throughout the course!

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Teacher Gary Simon has over 20 years of experience as a UI/UX designer and a frontend developer, so you can rest assured that you are in good hands.

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Learn UI Design Fundamentals
The ability to create stunning user interfaces is a skill any frontend developer will benefit from, whether you're in a team, a consultant, or want to build your own projects. This course will teach you the seven fundamentals that underpin any beautiful and effective user interface.

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