Learn UI/UX designing

 UI/UX course:   User Interface and User Experience design are the building blocks for developing an easy-to-use and accessible product in online and app development.

UX(User Experience): 

User experience design, UX design, is a discipline that combines the art and science of interaction design, usability, and user-centred design to enhance the quality of user satisfaction with a website, product, or service. Simply, it is the totality of a person’s experience with a designed product or service.

UI (User Interface):

User interface design is a discipline of human-computer interaction focusing on designing interactive devices and systems for users. User interface designers are responsible for making things like web pages, mobile apps, computer screens, and software programs easy to use.

Free resources [UX] 

1. Ux (beginner)- https://www.udemy.com/course/introtoux/  

2. Ux (intermediate)-

https://www.udemy.com/course/certificate-in-ux/

3. Ux (strategy fundamentals) https://www.udemy.com/course/user-experience-ux-strategy-fundamentals/

4.https://careerfoundry.com/en/short-courses/become-a-ux-designer/

5.https://uxdesign.cc/ultimate-start-guide-for-beginner-ux-ui-designer-b848be089589

 6.https://www.springboard.com/resources/learning-paths/user-experience-design/

7.https://www.figma.com/resource-library/design-basics/

8.https://careerfoundry.com/en/short-courses/become-a-ui-designer/

9.https://youtu.be/4e1QUxQHEXw?si=YKyNFmxM-UCVroHf

10.https://www.udemy.com/course/fundamentals-of-user-interface-design/

11.https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLttcEXjN1UcHu4tCUSNhhuQ4riGARGeap&si=HRoq5Ng2pupdmB7A

12.https://youtu.be/c9Wg6Cb_YlU?si=Cf670As8h4gM4HBX

13. https://learnux.io/

14.https://www.codecademy.com/learn/intro-to-ui-ux

15.https://www.mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/ui-ux 

Here's a step by step guide by a designer with 12+ years of experience

          

I’ve been designing for 12 years — here’s what I wished someone had told me about learning UX design when I was first starting out. I strongly believe that you don’t need an expensive course or a degree for this.

Here’s a no-BS guide with 8 tactical steps to become a UX designer:

1. Learn technique by copying

- Download Figma

- Screenshot your favorite web/mobile app

- Recreate 1–2 screens in Figma

- Use Figma’s help center & Discord if stuck

- Design 50 screens this way.

In my first few years as a designer, I ended up doing 75 projects. You'll stumble but will build stronger technical abilities than most university grads.

2. Mock projects

- Generate a prompt at sharpen.design

- Give yourself 3-7 days to attempt it

- Google each stage of the design process; spend 1 day applying each stage (eg: research, ideation, prototyping, etc)

- Document everything & present in a Notion doc

- Get critiqued on it at the end of the week (see Step 3 below)

- Complete 10 mock projects

This is an upgrade from the first step, you will now start applying the technical skills you formed above.

3. Weekly design critiques

- Go to ADPList website (100% free; I’m not paid to recommend it)

- Schedule calls with 'entry-level' designers (2-3 yrs of exp)

- Ask for a design critique on 1 project every week

- In the call, share your challenges

- Repeat *every* week

You can't design in a void, you need real-world feedback and this is how you get it 

4. Actively train your design eye

- Every day, pick a design category (eg: logo design)

- Browse 10–15 designs in this category (on Behance, Dribbble, 99Designs)

- Spend 1min on each piece and put it into 'good' or 'bad' design category + note why

This will help you start developing an intuition for what good & bad design means.

5. Passive design inspiration

- Increase the surface area to get design inspiration

- Replace your Chrome new tab with Panda plugin

- Sign up for curated design newsletters (eg: uxdesignweekly.com)

- Pay attention to design choices around you (eg: in a grocery store)

This will help you get design inspiration which you will in turn apply to weekly projects.

6. Watch YouTube videos (30 mins/day)

Find good design content on YouTube. Search:

- Recorded talks from old conferences (eg: youtube.com/c/WeAreDesignX)

- Mock design interviews (eg: youtube.com/watch?v=E8HJLU)

- Design vlogs or critiques

 Immerse yourself in all things design.

7. Real-world projects

Once you've done 10–20 mock projects and gotten critiques on it, it's time to apply your learnings:

- Email local NGOs to volunteer free design help (website upgrade, logo, etc)

- Check 99Designs, Upwork, etc for small projects

- Participate in hackathons

- Do this for experience & learning, not money

8. Find community online

- Join Slack communities (designerslack.community)

- Attend free design events online

- Find good designers on Twitter and ask them questions, etc

The goal is to meet like-minded people at a similar stage, and to learn + grow with others.

That’s it. If you follow this process rigorously for at least 3 months, you will sky-rocket in your ability to think, design, and iterate on your craft