Ask HN: Free or cheap UI design course?

Very good course (teaches UX from fundamentals): https://www.udemy.com/course/ultimate-guide-to-ux/

Currently it costs $75, but Udemy often has coupons/promotions for up to 95% off (I registered for $15). This course is normally $5000+. It is very thorough and well-explained. Like 20+ hours of video lectures, slides and full transcripts. Also the instructor is very responsive and active in the course's private FB group.

This course is shorter and more focused on web UI (vs more general UX): https://keynotopia.com/ux/

You can probably find resources for free, but then you might end up paying with your time. If you're really strapped for cash, I suggest borrowing books from the library: free and probably better than a lot of the low-cost/free resources online.

Don Norman's is one of the most respected UI/UX researchers. His book is used to teach UI at universities: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expand...

Don Norman also contributed to Apple's HIG, which is actually a very good free online resource: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...

There might also be some good open courseware like this: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

This comes after taking the learnui.design (UI and UX course), the course is well worth it (provided you put in the effort in lessons and submit for review). However, if you want to start, I highly suggest going through each and every article, on learnui.design/blog and his youtube channel where he redesigns. Quality stuff.

Check out hackdesign. It is really good, but its not guided and with quizzes. But the content is really good!

https://hackdesign.org/ https://hackdesign.org/lessons

I have this bookmarked, don't remember where I saw it. There's a list of books at the end: https://www.visualmess.com/

There's a free UI interfaces book this week: https://weeklydeals.dev/