
Software
Tools
- Launchy
- OpenSouce: Keystroke based application launcher.
- 7Zip
- OpenSouce: Utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR.
- ToDoList
- OpenSource: Task list manager
- Firefox
- OpenSource: Web browser.
- Thunderbird
- OpenSource: Email client.
- Sunbird
- OpenSource: Calender Application.
- OpenOffice.org
- OpenSource: Compleate office suite, equivelent to Microsoft Office.
- Sharp Develop
- Open source, .Net development IDE for creating C# and VB.net applications equevenlent to Microsoft Visual Studio.
Firefox Extentions
- Firebug
- Extention: Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
- FireShot
- Extention: Screenshot Studio is a tool which allows you to easily take screenshot, annotate it and quickly share.
- ScribeFire
- Extention: Easily add to, update and edit your blog posts from within FireFox, drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing.
Website Design
Web Design Tools
- WampServer
- OpenSource: Simple and easy Windows web development platform fearturing Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. Includes PHPMyAdmin and SQLiteManager.
Web Designer Resources
- Devguru
- Website Quick References for many programing, scripting and mark-up languages.
- DaFont
- Website: Free fonts with a fonts database of over 7500 fonts
- jQuery
- jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.
- Smashing Magazine
- weblog dedicated to web-developers and designers.
Web Applications
- WordPress
- WebApp: Blog tool and weblog platform
- Relay
- Relay is a PHP based AJAX enabled file management tool for web sites. It has a multi-user access restriction, allowing the administrator to control user access to uploaded files.
Insperation
- CSS Beauty
- Website: Provides a database of well designed CSS based websites from around the world.
- CSS Mania
- Started in March 2004, this is one of the largest CSS showcase websites on the net.
- Styleboost
- Showcase gallery for 'beautiful' websites, many flash based sites are featured on this expansive archive.
- LinkdUp
- Huge showcase of well designed websites, with extensive categorisations.
- CSS Reboot
- A community event for web professionals and enthusiasts. Every November 1st and May 1st at 18:00 GMT, Rebooters from all over the world launch their standards based website redesigns simultaneously.