Resources for creating digital products

Overview

• YCombinator – startup library

Find a place to work or meet up

• Techhub
  Workspace, networking opportunities and events
• Google for Entrepreneurs Campus London

Web development and design theory

You may find these sites a bit advanced at first but they are useful places to look up concepts which you may discuss with a developer.

• Smashing Magazine
  Web development news and guides with a design focus. You may find their web design and development glossary useful.
• A List Apart
  Explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.

Learn to code

• CodeAcademy
  Free coding tutorials in a variety of languages.
• Begin programming: build your first mobile game
  Course by University of Reading, available via FutureLearn.
• W3schools
  Free coding tutorials in a variety of languages.
• StackOverflow
  Get help from experts to solve your specific code queries. You can also check out people’s profiles on StackOverflow to help you assess how good they might be as partners in your project.

Usability resources

• Nielsen Norman Group
  One of the top usability research and consulting organisations in the world. Regularly publishes articles about the latest research in usability.
• Webcredible
  User experience agency and training.

Security

• Naked Security
  Security news from Sophos. Includes a guide to securely storing usernames and passwords.
• W3schools – SQL injection
  Design against SQL injection; a fairly common and straightforward way for intruders to access your database.
• PCI Security Standards Council -Data Security Standards Overview
  Secure credit card data, storage, transmission, processing.
• Data Protection Act 1998

Legal issues

• Out-Law.com - Legal jurisdiction of an app or website
• Out-Law.com - Legal implications of chat and interactive facilities