Jan 9
Tools For Web Designers
Here are a bunch of resources that I’ve found useful or my frirends use. All of them are freeware or open source or there is a free version of the application. Of course, the print books will cost you.
FireFox
- Firebug - Essential tool for CSS/JavaScript debugging.
- YSlow - Firebug add-on to help determine performance bottlenecks.
- Web Developer Toolbar - Provides tools to compliment Firebug.
- Fireftp - The best FTP client and in a browser no less!
- Dust-Me Selectors - Scans the page against your current style sheet to determine extraneous styles.
- Server Spy - See the server technology for current page.
- Colorzilla - Awesome color picker.
- HTML Validator - Validate pages and clean them with this tool.
- IE Tab - View pages in IE inside Firefox.
- Selenium IDE - Record and playback end-user testing.
- X-Ray - Bookmarklet to examine elements in DOM.
Web Worker Applications
- Box.net - Backup your files with this tremendous tool.
- Harvest - Time tracking utility.
- Jott - Record messages from your phone and add them to various applications.
- Gliffy - MS Visio replacement for diagramming.
- Yugma - Free video conferencing.
- 101 Essential Freelancing Resources - Need more than we’ve got here?
Print Books
- Designing with Web Standards - A great introduction to web standards design by Jeffrey Zeldman.
- CSS: A Definitive Guide - Eric Meyer’s magnum opus on CSS.
- Don’t Make Me Think! - The acclaimed introduction to usability.
- Codin’ For the Web - Great book to teach application development to designers.
- Web Design in a Nutshell - Invaluable desktop reference.
Online Books
- Version Control with Subversion - Introduction to the precepts of Subversion.
- Getting Real - 37 Signals famous work on design.
- O’Reilly Library - Various O’Reilly books you can read online.
- The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Tutorials
- W3Schools.com - XHTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, XML, etc.
- Good Tutorials - Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, PHP, HTML, etc.
- PHP for the Absolute Beginner
- ASP.NET 2.0 Quickstart Tutorial
- Learn CSS Positioning in 10 Easy Steps
Editors
- CSS Vista = Neat CSS editor.
- PSPad - Simple, fast editor that I used for a long time.
- Aptana - Editor built on Eclipse that, I think, is the best out there.
- Microsoft Visual Web Developer - Free MS editor to create ASP.NET applications.
- SQLYog - GUI interface to MySQL.
- SQL Server Management Studio Express - The free edition of the GUI to SQL Server.
Templates
- Open Source Web Design
- Themebot - Themes for Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, and phpBB among others.
- Open Web Design
- The Open Design Community
- The CSS Tinderbox - CSS layouts.
- Little Boxes - CSS layouts.
Project Management/Version Control
- Assembla - Free TRAC/Subversion workspaces.
- TRAC - Slim, extensible SDLC tool.
- Subversion - The great open source source control.
- TortoiseSVN - GUI interface into Subversion via Windows shell.
- AnkhSVN - Browse Subversion repositories inside Visual Studio.
Testing/Validators
- UITest.com
- The Scrutinizer - SEO validators and analysis.
- Test Everything!
- Web Site Tools
- WAMP - Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Windows)
Application Comparison
- Wiki Matrix - Compare wiki applications.
- Forum Matrix - Compare forum applications.
- WebBlog Matrix - Compare blog applications.
- The CMS Matrix - Compare CMS applications.
- OpenSourceCMS - Demo various CMS’.
Web Designer Blogs/News Aggregation
- Design Float - Digg style site for designers.
- Web Developer’s Handbook - More resources then you could ever need.
- CSS Juice - CSS tips and utilities.
- Smashing Magazine - The best resource for resources.
- .net Develop - Cutting-edge articles on web technology best practices.
G-Man
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January 9th, 2008 |
Hi,
This is Connie from Yugma. On behalf of Yugma with our One Year Anniversary, I would like to thank you for mentioning us on your site and helping us to spread the word about our product. The blogging community had had an integral part in making Yugma one of the fastest growing real-time web collaborations services in 2007 with over 100,000 users to date.
To express our thanks, we’re donating/sponsoring Yearly Premium Yugma accounts (valued at $99.50) to bloggers who simply ask. To learn more about this program and how to get your sponsored Yugma account, check out the details on the Yugma blog – linked below.
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Please be sure to check this out soon! The window to request your account through the Yugma Blogger Program will be through the end of January, 2008.
With Greatest Appreciation,
Connie and the rest of the Yugma Team
PS: Be sure to stay tuned! Yugma is set to release new features and improved performance in the next few weeks and months. To keep informed of all the happenings, check out www.yugma.com under the news and blog.
January 9th, 2008 |
[…] Look What G-Man Found » Tools For Web Designers Here are a bunch of resources that I’ve found useful or my frirends use. All of them are freeware or open source or there is a free version of the application. Of course, the print books will cost you. (tags: useful web design firefox extensions) […]
January 9th, 2008 |
Great list there. Some of it are sure to be useful for me. Thank you for compile the list. :-)
January 11th, 2008 |
Welcome from Spain.
Great site. In my job work with , PSPAD and Aptana.
bye
January 12th, 2008 |
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January 18th, 2008 |
Thanks for the link to Gliffy–let us know what you think–we love ideas and suggestions, Best,debik at gliffy dot com
January 23rd, 2008 |
JoomlaMafia.com is a good tool for those new to using Joomla 1.5.3
July 5th, 2008 |
I know I'm slightly late to the party here, but another great time tracking app for web designers can be found at TSheets.com
September 18th, 2008 |