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Web Design for Web Developers: Build Beautiful Websites! (Udemy.com)

Learn web design in 1 hour with 25+ simple-to-use rules and guidelines — tons of amazing web design resources included!

4.5
45,706 reviews

Created by: Jonas Schmedtmann

Last updated November 2024

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Based on the ratings of 45,706 students and a sample of their written reviews, the syllabus, the course as of November 2024. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a free, short course that walks through 25 or so rules for making a website look designed rather than assembled. The syllabus shows 19 lectures across 4 sections, and the core guidelines section runs about 45 minutes, so the "learn web design in 1 hour" pitch is honest, though Udemy lists 2.5 hours of content in total. It covers typography, color, images and icons, whitespace, visual hierarchy, and eight tips for getting visitors to act. There is no coding. It's aimed at developers who can build a page but can't say why it looks off, and it also works for beginners.

Reviewers like how direct it is. Jonas Schmedtmann explains each rule with a real site as the example, and students say the explanations are clear; a couple also single out the resource list and tools. The 5-star share is high, with around 25,000 five-star ratings out of 45,700 reviews. The complaints are consistent and fair. Three-star reviewers call it shallow or say there was nothing new for them, and one calls it too old, even though Udemy lists a November 2024 update. One student also had trouble finding the promised e-book.

It's free, so the value question is easy. Treat it as a primer to finish in an evening, not a design education. Next to the long full-stack bootcamps it sits beside in our web development list, it fills a gap they mostly skip: why a page looks good. The instructor's own description notes the same material is inside his HTML and CSS course, so if you own that, there is nothing extra here. For everyone else, the syllabus and the reviews suggest it's an hour well spent, with no projects and no certificate.

Best forDevelopers or beginners who can build a page but can't say why it looks amateurish next to a professional one.
Skip it ifYou already know the basics of typography, color and whitespace, or you want hands-on projects and code.

Pros

  • Free, and the core 25 guidelines fit in about 45 minutes of video
  • Rules are concrete and reusable: text, color, whitespace, hierarchy, conversion tips
  • Includes a free resource e-book plus pointers to free fonts, icons and image sites
  • Clear, well-produced explanations; 4.5 rating from over 45,000 reviews

Cons

  • Shallow by design; 3-star reviewers say there was nothing new for anyone already familiar with the basics
  • Published in 2015, and one 3-star reviewer calls it too old despite the November 2024 update
  • No coding, no projects, no certificate, and the e-book is hard to locate
Short but really good explanations + lots of useful information sources and tools. Thanks a lot!
Ivaylo Todorov Hristov, a student

Genuinely all levels: no code and no prerequisites, though anyone with design experience will find little that is new.

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What you will learn

  • The 25+ guidelines of amazing web design: simple rules and guidelines that go straight to the point
  • Immediate FREE access to the course e-book "Best Resources for Web Design and Development with HTML5 & CSS3"
  • How to make text look professionally designed
  • How to correctly use the power of colors
  • How to get and use amazing images, fonts and icons to make your website shine — all for FREE.
  • How to create a layout using whitespace and visual hierarchy
  • How to keep yourself inspired to learn more and more about web design
  • How to make your websites convert better using 8 simple-to-use techniques

Course content

4 sections · 19 lectures · 2.6 hours of video 2 quizzes, 7 articles

  1. 1Course Introduction 1 free preview3 lectures · 3 min
  2. 2The 25+ Guidelines Of Amazing Web Design 1 free preview11 lectures · 2 quizzes · 45 min
  3. 3Course Summary3 lectures · 3 min
  4. 4Conclusion2 lectures · 4 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Complete beginners who want to build stunning websites that no one can take their eyes off
  • Back-end developers who want to learn how to make their websites more beautiful
  • UX designers looking to improve the visual aspect of their projects

What you need before you start

  • You don't need any experience at all
  • A computer with internet connection

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

IMPORTANT NOTE: The material of this course is also covered in my other course about web design and development with HTML5 & CSS3. Scroll to the bottom of this page to check out that course, too! If you're already taking my other course, you already have all it takes to start designing beautiful websites today!

"Best web design course on Udemy: If you're interested in web design, but want more than just a "how to use WordPress" course, I highly recommend this one." — Florian Giusti

"Very helpful to us left-brained people: I am familiar with HTML, CSS, JQuery, and Twitter Bootstrap, but I needed instruction in web design. This course gave me practical, impactful techniques for making websites more beautiful and engaging." — Susan Darlene Cain

"The most educational instructor ever!: Everything is good about this course, you learn a lot, the instructor are excellent and the production is flawless. Love this course, simple as that!" — Lovisa

Did you know that beautiful websites convert better than ones that don't stand out at all? This means more sales, more signups, and ultimately more money for you. Do you want to learn how to do exactly that?


If you wonder how you can make your next website really good-looking, then you've come to the right place!

In this course, I will show you 25+ guidelines of amazing web design in less than 1 hour. No boring theory, no unnecessary stuff. You will learn dead simple web design rules and guidelines that go straight to the point — you can use them to improve your websites today!

In this course, we will use beautiful web design examples together with my 25+ guidelines of amazing web design to learn:

• How to make text look professionally designed

• How to correctly use the power of colors

• How to get and use amazing images, fonts, and icons to make your website shine — all for FREE.

• How to create a layout using whitespace and visual hierarchy

• How to keep yourself inspired to learn more and more about web design

• How to make your websites convert better using 8 simple-to-use techniques

But there is even more: I provide you with tons of useful web design resources to get you started for your next web design project! These are real-world resources used by real professionals in the web design industry!

You can use the rules and guidelines you'll learn in this course for everything you want: design your own WordPress theme, personalize a Bootstrap website, start from scratch with HTML and CSS, or mockup a website in Figma. The 25+ guidelines of amazing web design are universal and ready-to-use for any project.

This course is perfect for experienced web developers who want to learn how to make their websites look beautiful and professionally designed.
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Instructor Details

Jonas Schmedtmann

Hi, I'm Jonas! I'm one of Udemy's Top Instructors and all my premium courses have earned the best-selling status for outstanding performance and student satisfaction.

I'm a full-stack web developer and designer with a passion for building beautiful web interfaces from scratch. I've been building websites and apps since 2010 and also have a Master's degree in Engineering.

I discovered my passion for teaching and helping others by sharing everything I knew during college. This passion led me to Udemy in 2015, where I now have the privilege of training 2,000,000+ learners in the field of web development.

What learners love the most about all my courses is the fact that I take the time to explain every single concept in a way that everyone can easily understand.

So, do you want to learn how to build awesome websites with modern HTML and CSS?

Looking for a complete JavaScript course that takes you from zero to an advanced developer?

Or maybe you want to build modern and powerful front-end applications with React?

Then don't waste your time with random tutorials or incomplete youtube videos. All my courses are easy-to-follow, all-in-one packages that will take your skills to the next level.

These courses are exactly the courses I wish I had when I was first getting into web development!

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By Rakha Athallah Adiyatma on 9/3/2026

kursus ini sangat membantu saya melalui kursus ini saya bisa tahu banyak hal tentang desain, dan cara mengimplementasikan ke dalam web , terimakasih sangat bermanfaat

By Yahya Ghazi on 8/29/2026

It was really a great course about web design guidlines and rules i really loved it and would recomend it to new web designers!

By Mudra Gupta on 8/27/2026

the resource e-book is a bit difficult to find.. there are no steps. The content is amazing, this will definitely be useful for my college. Thankyou for making it a free course

By Alison Elwen on 7/9/2026

Great introduction and overview of key elements in website design. I learned great tips and some suggestions on what to avoid and I feel encouraged to go ahead and try.

By Jess Erick Anaya on 5/12/2026

I I admit this is one of the easiest courses I've ever taken but very very informational and you start to do the great job of extending the material there you go

By La Salete Duarte on 5/11/2026

because i enjoyed learning the importance of colour choice and how i should go about using it for my website. it was very well presented and it made a lot of sense.

By Nikita Dhande on 3/4/2026

Great course overall. The content is informative and easy to understand. I would have liked more practical exercises, but the explanations were clear. Definitely helpful for anyone starting out.

By Piotr Ćwiertniewski on 2/2/2026

This is a very compact course. An absolutely basic introduction to web design. But even though I'd previously studied other courses and textbooks on the subject, paradoxically, such a compact introduction seems to make sense and is a nice summary of the subject. If you were to tackle your first design project, you'd likely get stuck at the beginning, analyzing the layout from the perspective of complex composition theory, rhythm, balance, and complex color theory. For your first project, it's probably better to leave all this aside, reach for some existing inspiration, and simply create your first project based on these simple tips from Jonas's course. It won't be perfect, but it will be adequate. Improvements and all the additional knowledge will come in subsequent iterations.

By Avel Gabito on 1/30/2026

Its, more natural, and sound interesting as well, This is my first time taking course online, and I can say that I love to learn more, Because I love design, I wish I could design my own site one day.

By Janice on 1/9/2026

yes it was a good match hoping to get something constructive from this section...to a point I can design my own website.

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  • Video Duration: icon 2.5h
  • Price: Free 11.99 Track Price
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon November 2024
  • Level: All Levels All Levels
  • Language: icon English
  • Certificate: icon No
  • Lectures:19 in 4 sections
  • Practice:2 quizzes
  • Students:832,800
  • Subtitles:21 languages

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