Whether you want to improve your existing skills or learn new ones, we've provided plenty of web design and development resources in the past year.
Here we recap the best posts that fell into this creative category. These include a wealth of tutorials, resources, galleries, interviews and more.
Have a read below for a look back at Mashable's Dev and Design resources from 2010, and be sure to keep coming back next year for more.
Mobile Development Resources
Whatever mobile platform(s) you favor, we've got you covered.
8 Tools For Easily Creating a Mobile Version of Your Website
HOW TO: Start Developing for iOS, Android or Windows Phone 7
HOW TO: Make Your Mobile Websites Act More Like Native Apps
HOW TO: Develop iPhone Apps With Staying Power
HOW TO: Optimize Your Mobile Site Across Multiple Platforms
5 Things to Consider When Designing Your Mobile App
Icon Resources
From minimal to festive, here's a roundup of great icon galleries.
10 Free and Fun Twitter Bird Icons for your Website
Top 10 Beautiful Minimalist Icon Sets
10 Beautiful Free Hand-Drawn Icon Sets
20 Free Social Media Icon Sets For a More Shareable Website
10 Free Holiday Icon Sets to Give Your Site a Wintery Makeover [GALLERY]
Resources for Web Developers
PHP tips? Check. Apps for developers? Check. Online resources? Check.
5 Free Android Apps for Web Developers
10 Free Services to Monitor Your Site’s Uptime
5 Fantastic iPhone Apps for Web Developers
11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers
11 Delicious TextMate Themes for Designers and Developers
4 Key Web Developer Community Resources
A Beginner’s Guide to Integrated Development Environments
5 Cross-Platform Mobile Development Tools You Should Try
7 Awesome CSS3 Techniques You Can Start Using Right Now
HOW TO: Implement Google Font API on Your Website
5 Tips for Developing a Global-Friendly Website
10 Popular Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers
8 Experts Break Down the Pros and Cons of Coding With PHP
10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters
10 Intermediate and Advanced Tips from PHP Masters
10 Tools for Distributed Developer Teams
7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers
Apple-Related Resources
The iPad made an impact on dev and design this year. Here's why.
How the iPad Is Influencing Web Apps
6 New Mac Apps for Designers and Developers
10 Beautiful and Usable iPhone and iPad Interfaces
How the iPad Is Transforming Web Design
Photoshop Resources
Photoshop is one of the primary tools in the digital designer's belt. We got you up and running with the imaging software in 2010.
8 Photoshop Tutorials for Retouching Your Profile Pic
9 Free Resources for Learning Photoshop
12 Beginner Tutorials for Getting Started With Photoshop
10 Fantastic Photoshop Tutorials on YouTube
12 Beginner Tutorials for Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator
Career Resources
Whatever career path you're following in the online dev and design world, these articles can help.
5 Tips for Aspiring Web App Developers
HOW TO: Be a Hybrid Designer/Developer
6 Job Search Tips for Aspiring Programmers
HOW TO: Score a Web Design Job
15+ Great Ways to Find Web Design and Development Work
5 Fantastic Free Tools to Showcase Your Portfolio
Web Design
We've offered a wealth of design-related resources this year -- dive in!
5 Simple Social Design Tips From the Masters
10 Essential Free E-Books for Web Designers
10 Tools for Getting Web Design Feedback
5 Quick Tips to Solicit Useful Design Feedback
Top 10 Resources for Design Inspiration
17 Fresh Web Tools for Working with Colors
5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011
Top 5 Web Font Design Trends to Follow
10 Free Web UI Kits and Resources for Designers
8 of the Best Chrome Extensions for Web Designers
4 Game-Changing Trends in Web App Design
11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused
10 Free Wireframing Tools for Designers
40+ Web Design and Development Resources for Beginners
Interviews
From iconic designers to icon designers, we've talked to some rather interesting folk during the past 12 months.
Susan Kare: Interview With an Iconic Designer [GALLERY]
Twitter’s Creative Director Talks Design, UX and Inspiration
4 Winning Web Design Tips From Ryan Carson of Carsonified
The Origin of Twitter’s “Fail Whale”
CSS Inventor Talks About the Web’s Visual Future [VIDEO]
Essential Web Design Advice From a Wireframing Master [INTERVIEW]
The 10 Founding Fathers of the Web
Fun Resources
It's not all work, work, work as we add a little fun with these light-hearted articles.
7 Captivating Works of Crowdsourced Art
Top 10 Accessories for Typography Nuts [PICS]
10 Captivating Time-Lapse Design Videos
6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Animations
35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages
HTML5 Resources
HTML5 was big news this year; here are four resources to get you caught up.
Top 5 Developer Questions About HTML5 Answered
5 Tools For Integrating HTML5 Video in Your Website
HOW TO: Export Your Illustrator Images to HTML5 Canvas
HOW TO: Get Started with HTML5 Boilerplate
Resources for Bloggers
WordPress, Tumblr and Blogger users will all find something to like in this list.
HOW TO: Make Your WordPress Blog More Like Tumblr
10 Fresh Blogger Templates for Any Application [PICS]
5 Hot Design Trends for Aspiring Bloggers
8 of the Best Premium WordPress Themes
10 Beautiful and Free WordPress 3.0-Ready Themes
Top 10 Ways to Tweak Your WordPress Theme
HOW TO: Add Facebook “Like” Buttons to Your WordPress Blog
10 Beautiful Free Blogger Templates
HOW TO: Secure Your WordPress Blog
7 Superb Social Plugins for WordPress
14 Fantastic Free WordPress Themes
HOW TO: Build a More Beautiful Blog
Social Resources
Finally, here's a social take on the dev and design world.
75+ Social Media Resources for Artists and Designers
9 Essential Social News and Bookmarking Sites for Designers
5 Better Ways to Read “Hacker News”
15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on Twitter
7 Hackathons Around the World and on the Web