Being a designer is not just about making pretty things — it is also about making stuff that works. These courses and assets over at TNW Deals help you do that without breaking the bank.
94% off with the Immersive User Experience Bundle
One of the key attributes of any popular app is a compelling user experience. This bundle of seven courses teaches you how to optimize your designs for your users.
The 24 hours of tuition includes tracks on rapid prototyping, getting feedback on your designs with A/B testing, the use of frameworks, the theories behind many great interfaces, and how to write great copy. You can currently order the bundle for $39.
➤ The Immersive User Experience Bundle
92% off with the Train Simple Creative Cloud Mastery Bundle
Given that Adobe’s software is the professional standard for many forms of design, it makes sense to master it. The eight Adobe-authorized courses in this bundle are designed to make sure you know the fundamentals of Creative Cloud.
The list includes tracks on the graphics editors of Photoshop and Illustrator, the publishing environments of InDesign and Acrobat, the website builders Dreamweaver and Muse, and the animation studios of Flash and Edge Animate. You can get started now for $49.
➤ The Train Simple Creative Cloud Mastery Bundle
86% off with the Rapid Responsive Web Development Bundle
When designing for the web, it is vital to make your sites great to use on every size and type of screen. The tuition in this bundle shows you how to do that at speed.
The six courses cover the basic HTML and CSS skills needed to make a responsive website, along with frameworks such as Twitter Bootstrap and Zurb’s Foundation 5. You can also learn how to make a business site that is both beneficial to customers and good for revenue. The bundle is currently priced at $59.
➤ The Rapid Responsive Web Development Bundle
94% off the UI/UX Designer Bundle
If you want to concentrate on the science and theories behind good user experience design, this is the bundle for you. It includes five courses that look at how the top professionals make their products irresistible.
The topics include using analytics to improve your designs, effective user testing, the building of habit-forming interfaces, and the use of color, typefaces and layouts. In total, it is over 25 hours of insightful training, and you can currently get it for $34.
98% off 60 website templates and WordPress themes by Flashmint
Having the skills to build from scratch is a must, but basing your design on a high quality template can speed things up. Flashmint curates a range of stylish, responsive templates and WordPress themes, and this bundle brings together 60 of the best.
Each of the templates comes with its full HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP files, and this pack includes a nice variety of designs. Some are industry-specific, while others are blank canvases for you to play with. All the templates come with an unlimited commercial license, and you can get the bundle now for $29.99.
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