WAMP – http://www.wampserver.com/ Free (Win)
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. WampServer installs automatically (installer), and its usage is very intuitive. You will be able to tune your server without even touching the setting files.
MAMP – http://www.mamp.info/ Free or Pro Version (OSX) MAMP installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your Mac OS X computer, be it PowerBook or iMac. Like similar packages from the Windows- and Linux-world, MAMP comes free of charge. MAMP is installed in the typical Mac fashion: very easily. MAMP will… Continue Reading
Working with Colors – http://colorschemedesigner.com/ Free (Online) Color Scheme Designer (CSD) is a web application designed to easily create set of matching color. Color theory used by artists for centuries was transformed into algorithms to combine color they go best together while avoiding uncomfortable combinations.
WordPress is well known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many web hosts now offer tools (e.g. Fantastico) to automatically install WordPress for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help. http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress… Continue Reading
GIMP – http://www.gimp.org/ Free (Win/Mac) GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool and is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux. In addition to detailed image retouching… Continue Reading
Photoshop – http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html (Win/Mac) Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop. The CS rebranding also resulted in Adobe offering numerous software packages containing multiple Adobe programs for a reduced price. Adobe Photoshop is released in two editions: Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Photoshop Extended, with the Extended having extra 3D image… Continue Reading
Text Wrangler – www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ (Mac) TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool. Free alternative to BBEdit, which offers professionals even more power, from advanced HTML and CSS tools in this post.
BBEdit – www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ (Mac) BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. This award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.
Coda – http://www.panic.com/coda/ (Mac) Coda is a commercial and proprietary web development application for Mac OS X, developed by Panic. It was released on April 23, 2007.The concept for Coda came from the web team at Panic, who would have five or six different programs for coding, testing and reference. The lack of full-featured website… Continue Reading
Dreamweaver – http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html (Win/Mac) Adobe Dreamweaver (formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver) is a proprietary web development application originally created by Macromedia, and is now developed by Adobe Systems, which acquired Macromedia in 2005. Dreamweaver is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems. Recent versions have incorporated support for web technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, and various… Continue Reading