A couple of useful WebDev links…
Author: webmaestro
I thought I’d post a couple of links to some WebDev sites & tools I use every day…
FireFox Extensions
Most of these are available on Mozilla’s Recommended Addons site.
- Web Developer – Powerful Web Development tools for outlining DIVs, TABLEs, CSS, etc.
- User Agent Switcher – change the User Agent on a site or page (pretend your MSIE 6 or 5)
- Firebug – edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page…
- GreaseMonkey – customize pages & sites by adding your own ‘user scripts’
- AdBlock Plus – block ads & flash
NOTE: If you need to show blocked ads (i.e., you need to see/test OAS ads
), there’s an ‘ABP’ button next to the Google search bar (looks like a red or green stop sign). Click the little disclosure triangle next to the ABP button, and choose ‘Disable on [site-url]’. If you need help, just ask!
- FlashGot – File/Image/Link downloader
- Fasterfox – page load timer (right-side of statusbar)
CSS Resources
- AlistAPart.com – A great place for learning & pilfering^H^H^H experimenting with CSS techniques.
- Taming Lists
- Elastic Design
- CSS Drop Shadows
- …the list goes on!
- meyerweb.com/eric/css – Eric Meyer’s CSS site
- CSS Edge – life on the edge!
- …there’s much more here…
- SelectORacle – a nifty online tool for learning how CSS2 & CSS3 selectors work
- Rijk’s panelizer – adds W3C’s CSS & HTML specs to your Mozilla Sidebar
- Just download the panelizer.zip, place it somewhere handy & unzip it. Then open the included ‘panelizer.html’ file, and click ‘Add Panel’. I created a ‘Sidebars’ bookmark folder in my Bookmark Toolbar, and placed the ‘bookmarks’ in there.
Mac Tools
NOTE: The following contains Mac-only tools. If you are afraid of Macs, or have aversions to heights, please close your browser now. This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck team!
- TinkerTool (hidden Mac OS X settings, like double x double scrollbars):
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/5721 - WebDevAdditions for Safari (Like Mozilla Web Developer for Safari):
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/17672 - BatChmod (batch Chmod GUI for Mac OS X – Bonus: enables you to empty stubborn Trash)
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6440
- Pseudo (run apps as `sudo`):
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5620
- TextWrangler (freeware text editor–BBEdit’s little brother)
http://barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
Need help with any of the above? Just ask!
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