Web Development Tools I can’t do without

Found in Channel : Code Lab, Random Talks, Web Development — Damilare @ 9:46 am

There are five web development tools I live by everyday and night. They are Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, ColorZilla, PHP Designer and Adobe Fireworks. Good news is they are all free except the last two (there are open source alternatives).

Firebug

I’d say firebug is the most exciting of them all, making JavaScript debugging a lot easier. Firebug is a Mozilla Addon that explains the CSS, XHTML and JavaScript components on a web page.

Firebug is developed by Joe Hewitt of facebook. Read more on firebug on getfirebug.com

Web Developer Toolbar

Web Developer toolbar is a useful toolbar developed by Chris Pederick. WDT adds a menu to the firefox browser that gives you access to various tools like page Ruler to measure any dimension on your page, image information, edit any website’s XHTML and preview changes instantly, view style information and edit CSS files, and much more.

See more information on Web Development Toolbar on Chrispederick.com

ColorZilla

If you have always wanted to nip color codes out of any point in your web browser, ColorZilla is your tool. Like WDT and Firebug, ColorZilla is also a firefox extension. Its basically used for picking colors, saving them for reuse in your graphical program or HTML editor, or share your color palette.

PHP Designer

PHP Designer, developed by Micheal Pham, the founder of MPSoftware is a lightweight PHP IDE for rapid development. PHP Designer has got two editions, phpDesigner 2008 for enterprise use and phpDesigner 2007 for personal use.

Below are the features that made phpDesigner a favorite.

Syntax Highlighting

Intelligent Code Suggestion for PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript on the Fly

PHP Code Explorer

Bookmarking

PHP Code Beautifier

and more

Most importantly phpDesigner is fast, light and easy to use, I wouldn’t spend time learning how to use IDE!

Adobe Fireworks

I sue Adeboe Fireworks for designing web graphics; this is a paid tool on the expensive side. It is however easy to use, get a free trial here to start.

One Response to “Web Development Tools I can’t do without”

  1. shoping carts Says:

    I agree.

    These are the basic things that are required for web development.

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