Jake Rocheleau

Jake is a writer and designer with over 10 years experience working on the web. He writes about user experience design and cool resources for designers

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Build Dev Projects Faster with This Free Boilerplate Gallery

You have access to hundreds of free code libraries at your fingertips. There’s no need to build projects from scratch when you can lean on the open-…

Free ES5/ES6 JavaScript File Upload Plugin – Uppy

One of the trickiest form inputs to design is the file upload. It has a default HTML style, but it’s not the prettiest thing in the world. Uppy take…

Generate Documentation with Markdown Files Using Docsify

If you’re creating a free plugin, framework, or open-source script you’ll need documentation. It’s crucial to document your work, both for your …

Search Every Code API in One Place with DevDocs

The free DevDocs site offers a single dashboard for developers to scour through any language they choose. From the basics of HTML5 and CSS3 to complex…

View and Edit Sketch Files on Windows with Lunacy

Windows users rejoice! Here's a cool app to view and edit sketch free, and it's free.

Clean Messy HTML Codes with HTML Washer

If you’re editing someone else’s web page or want to copy a code of a layout it can be tough wading through the formatting. You’ll have to clean…

Create Minimalist Datetime Input Select with Flatpickr

One of the trickiest fields to create is the date/time select. Developers often resort to simple select menus for the month/day/year or rely on variou…

Build Responsive Sortable Grid Layouts With This Script

Custom grids are some of the toughest features to create from scratch. You can find plenty of masonry grid plugins but they each have their own limita…

Building Responsive Email Newsletter

Designing and coding a newsletter is time-consuming. You can find plenty of design tips but coding your newsletter into a template is the toughest par…

Build Cool CSS Animations Easily with Animista

There are tons of CSS animation web apps online. But, very few compare to the level of detail and ease of use you get with Animista. This free web app…

Automate Your PHP Coding with PHPbot

Anything that can save time on a dev project is worth trying. Developers know this better than anyone, which is why IDE plugins and complex regex snip…

Create Minimalist Responsive Layouts With Mini.css

A frontend framework should be lightweight and easy to use. Bootstrap is the most popular, although it’s also one of the heaviest. And, in a world w…