Jake Rocheleau Author at 1stWebDesigner

10 Best Free Monospaced Fonts For Code Snippets

Webfonts are all the rage these days for practically every website. We often use them for page headings as well as body text. But you can also use them for…

10 Best Subreddits For UI & UX Designers

Reddit is the #1 social news community for every topic. Sports, gaming, fishing – there’s a community for everyone. Naturally this includes all kinds of design topics from web to…

12 Best A/B Case Studies On Conversion Rates In Web Design

There’s so much to learn from case studies. They can help you reach conclusions for UX ideas, optimization techniques, and even written copy. For this post I’m focusing on conversion…

15 Free Web-Based Apps & Tools For Web Developers

With the right tools you can build a website from scratch in less than a day. This requires some experience, but web development is easier to pick up than you’d…

11 Free SVG Icon Libraries and Icon Fonts

SVG is the way of the future for vector graphics. You can use them to build anything from basic shapes to more complex icons that are fully scalable – without…

10 Free Breadcrumb CSS Snippets For Web Projects

Breadcrumb trails clarify the organization of a website and give visitors a way to browse deeper into categories. They’re also great for schema data which can greatly affect your SERP…

10 CSS Gradient Libraries & Webapps for UI Designers

Free online tools are the norm for modern designers. Why reinvent the wheel if you can save time with a free resource? If you search around, you’ll find plenty of…

10 Best CSS Tools & Web-Based Apps For Developers

We’ve curated the best free CSS tools that we think every developer should not only know about, but also use in their typical dev workflow.

Our 10 Favorite Open Source Resources From 2017

So many new projects are released every year and it’s tough to keep track. This is great for developers who benefit from the open source community. But it makes searching…

Top 10 Web Design Trends From 2017

As another year comes to a close we can marvel at the massive growth in the design space. There’s no denying this year was an active one that’s seen enough…

Free CSS Grid Tools & Resources For Developers

The grid is a staple of every webpage. Whether you realize it or not, your layout runs on a grid. Most designers and developers opt towards frontend frameworks that come…

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