After scouring through the many helpful threads we have here I thought it would be useful to consolidate a list of all the useful add-ons and tools that make your life easier as a web developer:
FireFox:- web developer toolbar - Swiss Army knife and all-in-one survival kit in web development...
- firebug - Super Swiss Army knife and all-in-one survival kit in web development...
- yslow - shows you how fast your page loads and how long each artifact takes to download.
- IE tab - allows you to see what your pages look like in IE without having to have IE - woo hoo...
- Fangs - screen reader emulator for accessibility testing
- AdBlock Plus - gets rid of those icky little ads
- FireFTP - FTP client built straight into firefox
- screengrab - Screengrab saves entire webpages as images...
- colorzilla - Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies...
- Operaview - view web pages in opera within firefox...
- XML developer toolbar - The XML Developer's Toolbar!!...
- Link Checker - Check the validity of links on any webpage...
- KGen keyword generator - llows you to see what keywords are strong on visited web page. Than, you can retrieve them for social sharing (tag filling) or webmastering/SEO.
- RankQuest SEO - you are only one or two clicks away from carrying out most of your day to day SEO...
- StumbleUpon - for when you get bored...
- colourtabs - to make your tabs look pretty - not sure why but it makes me smile!
Internet Explorer:
Multiple web browsers:Please PM one of the staff to add to this list
Useful tools and add-ons for web development
Mar 14th, 2008, 18:49
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