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Jake Rocheleau

Jake is a writer and user experience designer on the web. He currently publishes development tutorials and articles related to startups and user interface design. Find out more on his website or you can follow his updates on Twitter @jakerocheleau

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November 19, 2013 in Learn

Solutions for Well-Designed Comments & Discussion Areas

Not every website requires a type of user discussion. Handling comments on a popular site becomes a chore when sifting through spam and cleaning up garbage. Yet it also provides a way for readers to communicate their thoughts on a…

November 12, 2013 in Learn

Beginner’s Guide to Ajax Development with PHP

The common use of Ajax in web development has created a dynamic yet fluid Internet. Designers often build mockups which incorporate Ajax-based elements such as lazy loaders, tabbed widgets, and other similar page elements. In this tutorial I want to…

October 30, 2013 in Learn

Code a Simple Github API Webapp using jQuery & Ajax

The online development tool Github has been around for a few years now. It provides online Git repository hosting for projects written in any common programming language. Over time their online API has gone through a few changes with the…

October 15, 2013 in Learn

How To Code a Sortable Table with jQuery

There is a small handful of free open source jQuery plugins to help organize special tables. More specifically these plugins offer unique & dynamic functionality such as pagination, row highlighting, and column sorting. The ability to sort your data is…

September 26, 2013 in Learn

Best Free jQuery Form Plugins to Improve User Experience

Webpage forms are quite commonplace for a number of different purposes. Some examples include user registration, e-commerce checkouts, profile settings, or even contact forms. Input fields are much easier to style with modern CSS3 techniques – but what about improving…

September 9, 2013 in Learn

Coding a Dynamic IMDb Webapp using My Movie API

The online IMDb website is a crucial resource for any type of digital video media. Online web series, TV shows, and movies are all cataloged with credits to the cast and studio help. IMDb is probably the oldest resource for…

August 27, 2013 in Learn

How To Design Usable Profile Interfaces for iOS Mobile Applications

Mobile social networking apps commonly allow for a robust user profile section. This is where users can login to update their settings, post content, or check their followers/friends list. There are often many other features included with profiles depending on…

August 20, 2013 in Learn

Open Source jQuery Plugins for Building Single-Page Website Layouts

Typically a single-page website is focused on presenting a very focused goal or objective. These layouts work best for companies, freelancers, and Internet projects which need an online haven to share information. Sliding parallax menus are also common because it…

July 19, 2013 in Learn

50 Homepage Website Layouts using Featured Details & Icon Lists

The trend of icon detail lists has be rising very quickly but silently. I have not seen many other designers writing about this topic, and my hope is to shed light onto the trend with some beautiful examples. Generally startups…

July 5, 2013 in Learn

Build a Gmail-Style Expanding CSS3 Navigation Menu

Users of GMail should be familiar with sliding effects of the inbox side navigation. In the most recent design you will find the GChat/Hangouts box along with other various email tags(inbox, trash, etc.). When you have a large number of…

June 24, 2013 in Learn

Startup Design Examples of Login Forms and Signup Pages

There are plenty of great startup websites using signup forms to capture early users. Both email newsletters and user accounts are two methods for bridging new people into your startup. A crucial aspect to a successful registration form is the…

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