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#1 2006-06-14 04:26:45
- net-carver
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Web-dev tools.
Thought I’d open a thread where we can post our opinions about useful free web-dev tools/services that can be used to help you develop and maintain a TxP site.
The first ones that need to be covered are the standard validation tools…
But there are a lot of other, fantastic tools out there. Here are four to start the ball rolling…
- Xenu’s Link Sleuth <br/>Automatically scan site(s) for broken links. Useful before going live, and for regular checkups thereafter.
- Colour Blindness Simulator <br/>Will simulate how your site looks to people with different types of colour vision. Can be really useful to see if your beautifully styled links still work (of if they disappear!) for a non-negligable portion of the population.
- Notepad++ <br/>This is, IMO, the best editor I have used for coding or page editing on a PC—so far!
- The Uniform Server <br/>A very light-weight WAMP package that lets me run TxP right on my desktop. I prefer this one over XAMPP for Windows, it’s easier to install but lacks a mail server.
Please tell us about some of your favourite tools/services, making sure you include a short description of each tool and links to the appropriate homepages so we can all check them out.
Over to you!
Last edited by net-carver (2006-06-14 12:13:10)
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Here are some validation tools which are not as popular but very cool nevertheless
and the browser css cheetsheet
Oh I left out: colorblender !
Last edited by colak (2006-06-14 09:55:58)
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- FireBug: JavaScript debugger, DOM inspector, power tool
- Web Developer Extension: How could one live without it?
- PSPad: The usual text editor with syntax highlighting, project handling (no text editor djihad, please).
- CSSVista: View Gecko and Internet Exploder renderings side by side.
- wellstyled Color Scheme Generator 2: Color schemes for the design-wise challenged.
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- Firefox: Ready to experience the Firefox difference?
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#5 2006-06-14 06:08:56
- alexandra
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Re: Web-dev tools.
[Great thread net-carver! thanks]
- Color Contrast Check
- HTMLPad (all-in-one HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XHTML editor)
- CSSVIsta (see wet´s post #3)
- FileZilla (FTPing)
- screen calipers (shareware, measuring on screen)
Last edited by alexandra (2006-06-14 16:35:44)
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- HTML Tidy extension for Firefox (to check code validation, but beware, always trying to get the green OK icon can become an obsesion)
- Web Developer Extension (see wet´s post #3)
- WinMerge: Visual text file comparison and merging (Open Source software)
as alex said, great thread net-carver.
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#7 2006-06-14 06:34:15
- net-carver
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Re: Web-dev tools.
Everyone, thanks for the feedback so far. Will take some time to crawl through the list and see what gems you are pointing me to!
Here are some more for you.
Firefox extensions…
- URL Params <br/>Very useful for testing/debugging and examining html forms in particular.
- Pearl Crescent Page Saver <br>Great for in-browser screenshots.
Podcasts…
- Boagworld <br/>For web-devs/designers/admins—the topics covered are spot on. Very useful.
- Security Now! <br/>Technical at times but worth it. Explains things in easy to understand terms and has lots of useful info for web related security.
Others…
- Password Safe <br/>I just have too many passwords now to remember. This tool allows me to have as many high quality passwords as I need and manage them centrally with a master pass-phrase. Very, very useful for private data.
Please keep them coming!
Last edited by net-carver (2006-06-14 17:26:02)
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Need to throw in a second mention for Firebug this thing has single handedly changed how I debug Javascript and CSS.
- Colorzilla
- KDiff3 like winmerge but supports three way merges and is cross platform.
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The most firefox extensions i am using while developing are already mentioned above.
Some other you migth find usefull:
- View Source Chart This one shows the formarted source after it has been rendered with Javascript!
- Aardvark Hover over a page and see its elements outlined with id, classes and tagname. Very usefull.
- MeasureIt Nomen est omen
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Wow you guys got a lot.
Here are a few I use often most of these are for back end editing.
WinSCP the closest you can get to “mounting” your server on a windows box without buying webdrive or SftpDrive
Pixie The best color pallett maker you can get for free without buying Colorschemer Studio
PSPad In some ways better than notepad++
CSDiff CSDiff is a great asset to anyone in need of analyzing changes which have been made between two revisions of the same file or folder.
MySQLfront MySQL-Front is a graphical front for the MySQL database. Because it is a “real” application, it can offer a more refined user-interface than is possible with systems built on PHP and HTML. Response is immediate, there is no delay of reloading HTML-pages.
MODIv2 The Mouseover DOM Inspector, or MODI for short, is a favelet (also known as a bookmarklet) that allows you to view and manipulate the DOM of a web page simply by mousing around the document.
If I think of others I’ll re-post.
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- XnView took over the role that ACDSee held for many years. It’s a superb image viewer, cataloger and manipulator/converter.
Nice thread, awesome tools we have nowadays.
Last edited by hcgtv (2006-06-15 01:29:28)
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