20 Must-Read Blogs for Freelance Developers
Posted July 2, 2009 in Programming, Tools/Resources 30 Comments »
With all of the other must-read lists here on freelance folder, I don’t think it would be fair to leave out the amazing developers who are regular readers. This post contains 20 must-read blogs for freelance developers, from php to jquery, ruby on rails, css and general web development.
With all of the regular articles and tutorials being posted on these blogs, it’s easy for a beginner developer (or even a designer who’s dabbling with the idea of becoming a developer) to learn a ton of useful information. I personally subscribe to all of these sites and have learned more in the past few months that I think I ever have in my life. They’re definitely worth the RSS subscriptions — trust me, you won’t regret it.
CSS Development Blogs
Below are some great blogs specifically written for those of us who are looking for css tutorials and resources.
CSS Tricks
CSS Vault
CSS Basics
Soh Tanaka
Ruby on Rails Blogs
Below are some great blogs specifically written for those of us who are looking for ruby on rails tutorials and resources.
The Rail World
Nuby on Rails
Ruby on Rails Security Project
Viget Extend
Ruby Inside
Rails Forum (too great a forum to not be on the list)
jQuery Development Blogs
Below are some great blogs specifically written for those of us who are looking for jQuery tutorials and resources.
Learning jQuery
James Padolsey
Woork
PHP Development Blogs
Below are some great blogs specifically written for those of us who are looking for php tutorials and resources.
Killer PHP
Chris Shiflett
David Walsh
Web Development Blogs
Below are some great blogs written for those of us who are looking for web tutorials and resources.
Net Tuts
Paper Mashup
Stout Labs
A List Apart
If you have any freelance development blogs you write for or any that you’re subscribed to that you think should be added to this list, feel free to leave a comment and let us know. I’m always on the lookout for a new place to learn from!
About the author: Mike Smith is a blog designer at Blog Theme Machine and an aspiring full-time blogger. You can read more of his articles on the Guerrilla Freelancing. Subscribe to his feed to keep up to date with new articles.
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30 Comments
Nick Yeoman
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pmBlah, I hate articles which just posts links, can’t you just share your delicious feeds?
Or maybe at least review the site and let us know why they are “must read”. That would save me time and make your article a relevant resource, not a burden to read.
What do you expect us to do go to each link then find out they really are not relevant for what we do?
Jason
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:29 pmI’m a little too busy doing jobs and getting customers to read 20 blogs, thanks.
Melody
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:34 pm@nickyeoman – I agree that it’s awesome to read why certain resources are thought valuable, in addition to just providing links. And there are lots of text-driven posts in this blog with that kind of narrative. On the other hand, there’s a completely different alternative: readers (particularly newbies) having to start from scratch and research potentially useful resources “from the ground up.” For my money, a list like this beats stabbing in the dark, many, many days!
@freelancefolder Thanks for the list – I see more than one unfamiliar site, which I look forward to checking out.
Brian Cray
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pmI also write about being a web developer and developing web-based products at http://briancray.com
Tim
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 pmThanks this looks like a great list. I already read a few on here, but it’s always good to expand that. Thank goodness for Google Reader!
Mahallo Media
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:12 pmThanks for the collection, its helpful.
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Nikhil
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 amGreat list…….
Henry
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 amGreat list you have there. Thanks for this post!
Daniel
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 amWow, I’m honored to be included with some of these other folk… thanks, Mike! (Btw, the next version of my site will be launching very soon – and I plan on posting more frequently once that’s done.)
Phil McClure
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:52 amHey! Many Thanks for posting my blog, theRailWorld. All the other blogs look great as well.
Sam Dunn
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 pmI am going to enthusiastically agree with your inclusion of A List Apart. They are an excellent blog if you’re into the whole reading thing.
One of my favorite pieces by them -
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writingcontentthatworksforaliving
Anthony Main
July 4th, 2009 at 4:02 amWell I guess thats a nice selection of blogs, if you are a php or ruby developer, wheres the links for .net coders!?
Im a freelance .net web developer and you seem to have completely overlooked us. MS software is now practically free, especially to freelancers with the BizSpark program, why are we still considered inferior!?
Belajar bisnis internet
July 8th, 2009 at 12:50 amit’s great resources and link, i will check one by one, thanks for the list. Keep blogging.
Joe
July 12th, 2009 at 1:32 amGreat list and different than the normal top blogs!
Freelance Developer
July 15th, 2009 at 9:04 amThank you for posting nice resource link for freelancer it’s very useful for freelance who actually learn in new technologies.
Mohamed Ben Dhaou
August 12th, 2009 at 9:51 amCool list, i like the CSS list though.
Karl Bowers
August 28th, 2009 at 10:35 amThis is a great list of resources.
I put quite a few of them into my RSS Feed.
Many thanks for this :-)
Julian
December 1st, 2009 at 10:55 pmGreat list. The Ruby on Rails links really helped, particularly Rails Forum. I’ve been looking for a great rails hang out to post my questions (and helped someone out hopefully)
Timir
December 8th, 2009 at 1:30 amHey , really nice collection of blogs. I just came across the one blog which is related to programming and i am impressed after seen the posts. I would like to share it with you its http://www.programmingfacts.com/ . Really nice blog at starting point about programming.
Rakshit
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:53 pmThanks for mentions timir.
Claudio
March 1st, 2010 at 9:26 amGreat list, i hope to find time to read every blog, particulary the Ruby on Rails blogs.
I suggest to give a chance to mine (and of my friend) blog, about Ruby on Rails, .NET and more in general about web development:
http://blog.devinterface.com
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