Top 5 tools for web developers

Posted by Greg Jacobs on 17th February 2010

Web development is tough, whether you are planning, designing or building, these phases may be tough but boy are they fun! And there are many things that no web developer should be without.

I have outlined the most important ones to me for my processes, This list is not ordered by importance and by all means if you think i have missed out something you think is important give us a shout! Links to the software mentioned below…

1. Firebug

This little Firefox Addon has helped me in many ways, when you are trying to figure out why some div does something wrong or whatever, this helps you quickly locate your problem without having to press CTRL + U and search through your source code.

2. Eclipse PDT

This piece of open source software is the one and only piece of software PHP developers should use, this provides a full debugging system for PHP and a nice clean environment to code in that includes code colouring to seperate your classes from your functions so on and so forth, if you develop PHP and you have not heard of this or used it, go and get it now!!!!

3. Sequel Pro (MAC)

Sequel Pro is an excellent software package for managing MYSQL databases, it works extremely well and has a very atractive UI which is always a plus as this helps you work faster as you don’t need to scour the screen looking for that whatever your looking for.

4. Photoshop CS4

Whatever you need to do whether it is to create a graphic or a complete website visual, the power of Photoshop never ceases to amaze me, it’s versatility is what makes it one of the most widely used graphics editors amongst web designers today even ahead of fireworks which is specifically for web designers.

5. Filezilla

Simply the best FTP client out there, i am not even going to bother writing a description of why just get it and use it!!!

Firebug Firefox Addon
Eclipse PDT
Sequel Pro
Photoshop CS4
Filezilla