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- SomeImagination, on 05/15/2008, -3/+33imo CSS frameworks are only useful to utterly lazy developers, I mean who in their right mind would use that logicss auto grid builder thing for anything?
- thecancerus, on 05/15/2008, -0/+18i always find something new in his lists
- seventoes, on 05/15/2008, -1/+12Like spellcheck?
- darknailblue, on 05/15/2008, -3/+13I'm loving the CSS tools here - the YUI grid builder is pretty neat!
- Radan, on 05/15/2008, -2/+11Ah, I love this kind of articles. Not because they are always that helpful, but they remind me of how Digg was before every single lolcat from 1995 got frontpaged every tenth second.
As a webdeveloper on a Mac, I'd like to recommend the things I have great use of.
http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/
This is a wine port of Internet Explorer 5-7 which runs perfectly in X11, and good god this new comment window is annoying, why the hell does it keep changing height?
Anyway, while the IE port runs slower than a 80 year old grandma in a SUV, it's still very useful for checking that your site works in IE.
Another application that I seriously couldn't live without is Coda (www.panic.com) which is a gorgeous HTML and CSS-editor, which I think works great. It's not as feature rich as for example Dreamweaver, but app works completely fluid with the rest of the OS and the built in FTP-client works great when you simply want to put up your files. It's a typical application that could have been made by Apple if they made a more advanced HTML-editor.
If you use Safari, I'd recommend you turning on the Developer mode if you haven't done it. It enables you to nicely bug test your site with an error checker and with or without things like javascript, images e.t.c.
Lastly, I believe I'm obligated to post the following site;
http://validator.w3.org/
Validator, DO YOU USE IT?!
Edit: Also, the new comment system is seriously broken in Safari if you haven't noticed... - maexus, on 05/15/2008, -2/+9Completely agree. I guess I don't see a need for css frameworks and, no matter how small it is, it will add unneeded overhead. Also, I shuttered at the thought of the sprite generator. I can imagine that would make maintenance a pain in the ass and it adds yet another layer of separation and an unneeded one at that.
- bgolat, on 05/15/2008, -2/+9Very useful if you have no idea what you are doing I guess...
- fLUx1337, on 05/15/2008, -1/+8What's the point of reinventing the wheel?
If your a web designer yes OK, maybe its better to do it yourself....but if your a developer who simply wants to get a simple UI sorted asap - it nice to use. - serif69, on 05/15/2008, -0/+5CSS frameworks work contrary to web standards, forcing you to add multiple non-semantic classes to page elements. The idea of CSS is that it separates content from presentation. Without that separation, you might as well use nested tables with font tags.
- helloiambrad, on 05/15/2008, -0/+5I think the keywords are "more efficient". Some people might scoff at the idea of using a tool to help them. Others might embrace it and use it to their advantage.
- dshPls, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5I recommend Flashtracer too, for the few of us who aren't CSS based web guys.
- actionscripted, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3If you write your JavaScript properly you won't have any problems with it in Safari. IE, maybe.
- gamersedge, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2I use aptana, it's good, the multiple browser preview is a nice touch.
- twigboy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Thanks, i didnt know the "Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar" existed
dugg! - wavesmachine, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2prepare to be dissappointed.
- wavesmachine, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Dugg for JSUnit.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3This is the master of all web developer lists. Discovered several tools that I'll be bookmarking and keeping handy. Very impressed with this blog post. Thanks!
- Samtherocker, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2Hi maexus,
What do you mean by, "yet another layer of separation". I only ask because I quite like the idea of sprites themselves and wondered if you were against just the generator or if you don't like sprites.
Cheers - simu1at0r, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3If you're handy with Photoshop but not CSS, http://psd2cssonline.com is great too.
- ilikechaitea, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1dude, yes one of the greatest things about CSS is the separation....but using inline styles is not the same as old HTML style tags
- JonnyCasino, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2thanks for the resource.
- ilikechaitea, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1actionscripted...if you really believe those two points then you undermining both front-end development and back-end development.
Being a server side developer, I want to concentrate on code logic and functionality, and of course harmony with the front end. But to suggest that I should be able to 'handle html and css' undermines front-end development.
Writing good solid front end code is an art in itself, and as a server side developer i recognise that it front-end code should not be undermined.
I don't want to waste my time writing front-end code, its hard, and its not my strengh. It would be like asking a front end developer to write good solid server side OO code. sure he/she could probably write an app, but would it be robust, scalable, efficient...? - balls187, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Using 20 tools for development doesn't strike me as efficient.
- jimb0, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1No Way. Thanks for recommending this, it will be very valuable!
- findhostcoupons, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1No doubts that these tools can provide signifficant help when developing sites! Good story submitted!
- RyeBrye, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2You do lose a lot of the benefit of CSS maintainability - but the performance of a progressively rendered site will still beat the performance of a site built using tables.
- TheBSG, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I don't think you understand, though. These aren't advantageous tools. For one, they're likely going to take just as much, if not more effort than hand-writing the code. While the learning curve isn't shallow, CSS is not a programming language. Semantic HTML can be easily styled into almost every design imaginable. These "tools" simply clutter the process, break the intentions of CSS as a concise layer of style, and ultimately discouraging the last 2 years of proper markup we've managed to squeeze out of former Geocities learners.
Stop undoing progress by condoning lazy "tools" that saturate the concept of semantic. - actionscripted, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Point 1: If you're a developer (sans web) who can't handle some HTML and CSS, then you no longer get to call yourself a developer.
Point 2: Half the time you're writing rules to counter-balance your reset CSS, which means you're writing one rule and overriding it later, which is absurd. Write the rules once -- properly -- and don't waste time figuring out why your line-height in your nested div isn't working. - timdorr, on 05/15/2008, -3/+3Yeah, I had no idea there was something like the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar. Awesome!
- mellaart, on 05/15/2008, -2/+2Very useful! I've just found many tools I didn't know!
- louiebaur, on 05/15/2008, -3/+3thanks for the tips
- actionscripted, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1If you setup your Illustrator/Photoshop/whatever documents for sprites you can save time. A sprite generator is absolutely absurd.
A better title for this article "19 useful tools for web developers who are either clueless or super lazy"
Why 19? Firebug is awesome and is exempt. - ScottyWZ, on 05/15/2008, -3/+3I think that JavaScript in general is broken in Safari, and for quite a long time.
- misterjangles, on 05/17/2008, -1/+1this is one of the first top X lists that was truly useful to me. thanks.
- dsingletary911, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1these will save me so much time when creating client's sites. thanks for posting it.
- awahid, on 05/17/2008, -1/+1Cool love it
- Huangism, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1buried for"top whatever"
- DestroyFascism, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1div#digg-comment {
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----if IE 6 -----
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position: fixed;
height: auto;
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} - sharedu, on 05/31/2008, -0/+0Thanks very much.IE develop toolbar is useful.
- keonnerod, on 05/15/2008, -2/+1Nice list.
On the topic of frameworks I like to create my own custom CSS framework. - erikson, on 05/16/2008, -1/+0They forgot Caspio Bridge. http://www.caspio.com/?s=113
You can build forms and search app that you can put in your own website without programming. - Hrag, on 05/15/2008, -3/+2This list is kind of the holy grail for any front end web developer. Good stuff.
- sgtpppr, on 05/16/2008, -3/+1For once, I'd have to say it's not digg's code. Safari and JavaScript is like vinegar and baking soda. Safari sucks compared to firefox anyway.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -2/+0If you wanna have a list of the best software for windows please visit website:
http://boy.us.com/downloads - techprophet, on 05/15/2008, -5/+0Great list!
- marcoionox, on 05/15/2008, -9/+3Wow, seems like Digg changed the commenting system.. Maybe with tools from this list?
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