Instead of debating whether designers should learn code or developers should learn design, let’s set some common ground on how design for the web evolved and how we could bridge the gap between code and design.

1989: The dark ages of web design

The very beginning of web design was pretty dark, as screens were literally black and only few monochrome pixels lived therein.

Design was made by symbols and tabulation (Tab key). So let’s fast forward to the time when Graphic User Interface was the main way of surfing the web – the Wild West era of tables.