What’s new for designers, February 2016
In this month’s edition of what’s new for designers and developers, we’ve included frameworks, code resources, UX and UI design tools, JavaScript resources, design and dev tools, apps, stock photo sources, and much more. And as always, we’ve also included some awesome new free fonts!
Almost everything on the list this month is free, with a few high-value paid apps and tools also included. They’re sure to be useful to designers and developers, from beginners to experts.
If we’ve missed something that you think should have been on the list, let us know in the comments. And if you know of a new app or resource that should be featured next month, tweet it to [@cameron_chapman](http://twitter.com/cameron_chapman) to be considered!
mjml
mjml is a framework for easily creating responsive emails. It’s component-based, and even works with Outlook.
Book of Ideas
Book of Ideas is an outpouring of knowledge that creative director and designer Radim Malinic has discovered throughout years of working in the creative industries.
Pagevamp
Pagevamp lets you turn your Facebook page into a website. Keep your website up to date just by updating your FB!
Codepad
Codepad is a place for developers for save and share their code snippets. Tap into the community of developers to save time on your projects.
PowerPack
PowerPack is an autoreply toolkit for Twitter. Use the easy dashboard to create auto-triggered responses to anyone who tweets you.
Plain
Plain is an app prototype for one-touch email processing. It focuses on removing features to make email more efficient.
Drift Daily
Drift Daily notifies you when VIPs sign up for your product. You get an email with names, faces, and context every day so you can make better connections.
Heisenberg Ipsum
Heisenberg Ipsum lets you create dummy text inspired by Breaking Bad dialogue. Select the language and number of paragraphs, words, or characters to get started.
UX Assist
UX Assist lets you create products with predefined workflows, or create your own by adding and rearranging activities.
UiDSGN
UiDSGN is a showcase of freebies and inspiration for UI designers. It includes fonts, mockups, UI kits, icons, and more.
Git:Logs Resource Guides
These Git:Logs Resource Guides will tell you everything you need to know about things like frontend development, backend programming, dev ops, design, gaming, and more.
GrapesJS
GrapesJS is a free and open source web template editor that lets you build templates without coding.
Foodshot
Looking for great stock photos of food? Foodshot is a collection of handpicked food photos from around the web, with new ones added every day.
Bulma
Bulma is a modern CSS framework based on Flexbox. It uses a simple grid system, a flexible navbar, and versatile media objects, among other features.
Feature.js
Feature.js is a feature detection library written in plain JavaScript. It’s fast, simple, and lightweight.
Creo
Creo is a modern Mac tool that combines design and development. It lets you build powerful native apps easily.
Mediatoolkit
Mediatoolkit makes it easy to get notifications every time your brand is mentioned online.
Milligram
Milligram is a minimalist CSS framework. It includes typography, buttons, forms, grids, and more.
Finda.photo
Finda.photo lets you easily search through thousands of free (CC0 licensed) stock photos from around the web. You can even browse by color or collection.
WordPress Desktop
WordPress Desktop is finally here! Update and manage your WordPress sites from a single desktop app.
What the Flexbox?!
What the Flexbox?! is a free video course that includes 20 videos and exercises. The first 13 lessons are aimed at the fundamentals, while the last 7 focus on building practical projects.
AnnoPad
AnnoPad is a Chrome extension that acts as a URL-specific notepad/bookmark hybrid.
Land.ly
Land.ly lets you unify your mobile app links from the various app stores into one single landing page.
IMBA
IMBA is a new web programming language that lets you create complex apps with ease. It compiles to highly and readable JavaScript.
Startup Buffer
Startup Buffer helps promote startups. Just submit your startup, get discovered with their growth hacking techniques, and watch your startup grow.
Leviathan.ai
Leviathan.ai delivers the five most important pieces of AI news to your inbox every week.
We Evolve Us
We Evolve Us is a free platform that helps you organize your team, plan your projects, and build your community.
Takeoff
Takeoff is a landing page template for your mobile apps with a simple and intuitive layout. It guides your visitors through your app’s features.
Typost
Typost is a gesture controlled text editor and typographic design tool for mobile devices. It lets you design, animate, post, and share dynamic web pages via mobile.
Phap
Phap makes it easy to create native iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps with PHP.
Templay
Templay is a template manager plugin for Photoshop. You can create your own template library without messing with files, so you can get started on new projects quicker than ever.
Craft
Craft, from InVision, is a UI design plugin suite for Sketch and Photoshop powered by real data.
Formsubmit
Formsubmit is an easy to use backend for adding forms to your static site. It works in 3 easy steps, just point your form to their server URL, confirm your email address, and you’re ready to go.
Rolade Typeface
Rolade Typeface is an all-caps, condensed display font that’s great for logos, signs, titles, and labels.
Futures
Futures is a simple, free typeface that combines rounded corners with sharp angles.
Hampura
Hampura is an Asian-style typeface, inspired by traditional wood carvings.
Kiwi
Kiwi is a free brush display font that includes uppercase, lowercase, and number characters.
Elianto
Elianto is a free display font with geometric qualities.
September
September is a free display typeface based in old school knuckle tattoos.
Amrak
Amrak is a slab serif display typeface that’s free for personal use.
Kust
Kust is a free brush font that includes 80 characters, each with its own unique, distorted look.
Peach Tea
Peach Tea is a chunky, unique brush font.
Selima
Selima is a free brush script that’s free for personal and commercial use.
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