Top 10 Best and Free Tools for Web Developers and Webmasters

Today I am going to discuss about 10 must have tools for webmasters and web developers.

1. Notepad++ : It is a text editor that provides support for various scripting and programming languages like PHP, Java, C/C++ etc.
Besides this the other features of this editor include:

1. Automatic Color Coding and highlighting
2. Error detection and highlighting
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4. Support for tabbed editing i.e. opening multiple files at a time
5. Extensive support for documents of various types

2. PHPMyAdmin : It is an open source project that is used for administrating MySQLdatabase. This tool makes the handling of database simpler and easier. The tool provides an interactive interface that is in PHP scripting language.
The main features of this tool are:

1. Easy import and export of CSV and SQL files
2. Now shipped with almost every PHP Stack and also provided by hosting providers as the means to handle database.
3. Multiple Server support and handling
4. Creating complex queries using Query-by-example (QBE)
5. Active query monitor (Processes)

3. CleanCSS : This tool is mainly used for optimization of Cascading Style Sheets so that the overall look and feel of the website remain intact. This tool mainly converts the CSS Code according to W3C standards.
URL: http://www.cleancss.com

1. Just paste the CSS code in the textbox and within a minute the compressed and optimized code will be presented
2. Up to 25% faster code execution has been observed

4. BrowserShots : If you had ever thought that the website you developed will look similar on all web browsers, then try this tool which is mainly used for taking the screenshots of the website. It is an open source project and the source code and other material is available on the site’s URL http://browsershots.org/. It is a convenient way for the web developers to check their website’s compatibility with the various web browsers.

5. Pingdom : This website is mainly used for checking the speed of the website. It checks the uptime and downtime of the particular website. This website monitors a particular site from the various locations of the world and presents a graphical view containing various statistics.

URL: http://tools.pingdom.com/

6. WAVE : It is developed by a community of developers all around the world. This tool monitors the flow of control and data of the website that is entered in the text box. This site evaluates the JavaScript and HTML tags that are composed in the code of the website.

URL : http://wave.webaim.org/

7. MobiReady : It is nowadays becoming popular to make your website mobile phonecompatible. This tool helps to achieve this in better way possible. The Flash and other components used here are trimmed down to keep the size of website to the minimum.The reporting feature of this website is also remarkable.
URL :http://mobiready.com/

8. W3C Markup Validator : It is an open source initiative that checks the validity of a website. This tool checks the arrangement of HTML and XHTML and makes it compliant to the W3 Standards. It is an important step which can dramatically help improving and ensuring the quality of the website and can also save costs to some extent.
URL : http://validator.w3.org/

9. Xenu : It is basically used for the detection of broken or invalid links. The simple user interface is very helpful and locates the errors in the image maps, scripts, style sheets and java applets.
The following are its main features:

1. Simple and easy to understand interface
2. Re checking of links can be done in the event of network failure
3. Simple Report Generation
4. SSL Website support
5. Limited FTP and Gopher site support
6. Detection and Reporting of URL Redirections

URL: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

10. Form Assembly : It is the utility that is used today by most of the multinational. This utility is the online form generation and conduction of surveys. The website offerspaid as well as free plans to accommodate all kinds of customers. This tool can also be used to prepare the CSS based forms.
URL : http://www3.formassembly.com/