How 2 stay relevant without the Price Tag

Did I mention you can learn every language you ever need to know free and simple, though on line tutorials? Well know I did. Websites like w3schools.com and many other sites offer free resources on many programing languages, css techniques, web 2.0 stuff, and some cheap code to take. Which leads us to 2.

Many people offer free code, through code examples and the related. I suggest if you can't do it don't worry someone else must have. Do a google search thats very straight forward to the point, and something that someone else may have done.
For instance if you want a white glowing button that blinks every 15 seconds in javascript, DO NOT search for "a white glowing button that blinks every 15 seconds in javascript" but search for "glowing buttons in javascript" and "blinking an object every 15 seconds in javascript." Your bound to get better solutions, speaking of forums.

Forums like thewebforums.com and others offer free connections with people that do the same thing. So if you can't find something on the Internet or if you want a easier way of doing something, sign up for a community and post all you questions. Just be sure to use common sense and ignore those people who have registered because they thought it was cool. (Even though it is cool, just make sure they know what they are doing)

Ouch! Your pocketbook and/or wallet now hurts. This is where I tell you, you'll need some good software. Don't use notepad and paint, but rather use software designed for that specific purpose.
I know commercial software comes with a whopping commercial price, but there is some awesome open source software, or cheap web software out there. For instance aptana, a open source web development studio, offers all the stuff you could have with a production level studio (like Visual Studio 2008) it offers javascript debugging, intellisense like features, php development, css debugging, and tons of useful features that will make you productive and happy.
One commercial software you have to buy, is Flash (MX, I wish it was still owned by MX not adobe), because there is no substitute and will never be.

I can't stress this enough getting yourself the right tools for the right job, will help you swing development time in half. You would not want to use nail clippers to screw a nail into wood? So why would you use a text editor to edit advanced html or css.
One of the largest things you can do is get alternitve browsers and alternitive solutions. IE don't use Microsofts sore excuse for a browser as your only development and debugging browser. Rather get Firefox or Flock or some browser that complies with web standards.
Next, prepare to have mistakes by installing solutions that will help you find mistakes. The Web Developer Tool Bar extension for Firefox from ( http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ ), will help you find and locate CSS errors and html errors. Other extensions exist for developers that will help you.