10 Code Generation Tools for Web Devs

Front-end tools for creating modern and trendy designs easily

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Front end development is one of the hottest jobs in the tech industry right now. The emphasis is on great design and smooth user experience has never been greater and this shift in focus on designs for even the smallest projects has made the job more important and tougher at the same time.

Achieving complex designs and intuitive user interfaces that can catch anyone’s attention on the first visit is not an easy task. So, here’s a list of dev tools to help you generate code snippets for the most useful design and trends within no time.

1. Blobmaker

Blobmaker is a free code generation design tool that lets you quickly create random, unique and organic-looking SVG shapes. Blobmaker makes it easy to create unique blob shapes based on random data. It allows you to play around with the complexity (number of points) and contrast (difference between points) to create different types of SVG shapes. You can also generate random blobs with the click of a button. The best part you can download the blob or copy the SVG code for use in your project.

2.CSS Generator

CSSGenerator is a simple but very handy tool to get CSS code snippets for your needs quickly. It provides an interactive UI where you can adjust the look and feel of the property you are using, as the tool visualizes every property instantly. It has all the customizations that the property allows by default. You can simply copy-paste the code to create the desired effect. It also takes care of browser compatibility by adding specific properties like WebKit or Mozkit.

Generating snippet for CSS border property.

3. Fancy Border Radius

Border radius is simple and handy css property that you can write up pretty quickly. But have you ever wanted to achieve a very specifi size and shape for border radius and spent too much time playing around with the values to get the exact desired value. This tool lets you play around with the shape and size of border radius at 8 different points and copy the values for further use.

4. Glassmorphism

Glassmorphism is a new design trend with properties like a frosted-glass effect using a background blur, vivid colors to highlight the blurred transparency, etc.

Example for glassmorphism

While it may look like a lot of work. This tool lets you create this effect very easily and copy the CSS for your personal use. You can change backgrounds, adjust blur, border, opacity, saturation, etc to suit your design style and get the code instantly.

5. CSS Button

There is nothing new here, but that doesn’t mean it’s less useful. CSSbuttons is a tool where you can get CSS styles for 100s of distinctive UI elements like buttons, checkboxes, cards, and toggle switches. You can watch a live demo of these buttons on the site, simply select the style you like from their list and copy the code for your use.

6. Animista

Animista is one of the best websites for generating and customizing code for endless CSS animations with various effects. You can choose from their collection of various use cases, like entrances, exits, texts, etc, and customize them with numerous effects. If you explore this tool you’ll be surprised by the range of options it offers and ease of use.

7. Getwaves

If you need a wave effect for your background or illustrations, getwaves is the place to go. You can create all different kinds of waves, change their waveform, color, orientation, transparency, and even intervals to get the desired form. Once it’s ready you can download the SVG or copy the SVG code.

8. Box Shadow

If you’ve ever wondered how to achieve awesome multi-layered shadow effects for any shapes you have on your website but find it difficult to code, this tool can help you do just that.

Set your preferences for properties like the layer of shadows, alpha, blur, spread, etc, and it instantly generates the CSS code for the shadow effect which you can copy-paste for any shape you have.

Generating css box shadow

9. Neumorphism

Skeuomorphism is the design concept of making items in UI resemble their real-world counterparts. One of the best examples out there is Apple’s editor tools in iOS 13. Notice how the items in the toolbar have a nice 3D effect and look realistic compared to the old design.

Neumorphism is a new approach that takes this UI trend a notch up. The name is basically a combination of “new” and “skeuomorphism.” On neumorphism.io you can create this effect very easily and adjust the look and feel of the design with properties like blur, shape, intensity, and even lighting angle.

Neumorphism code generator

10. Grabient

Who doesn’t like it when there’s a cool gradient in their design! Well, maybe not everyone, but whether you’re a fan of gradients or not, customizing your gradient to achieve the exact match from the design takes trial and error when writing CSS.

Grabient does this for you. Simply select your colors, adjust your angles, and you’re good to go with the code for the desired gradient.

Gradient code generator

I hope you find these useful during your development process. If you are using any other useful tools for front-end code generation please leave them in the responses.