010: Nicole’s Top 10 Web Development Tools

What you'll learn

  • What kind of problems web development productivity tools solve
  • 10 great ideas for productivity tools you may want to adopt
  • Why premium themes are a great option for beginner WordPress developers to get started freelancing
  • Some of the typical workflow processes of a front-end web developer (that are best automated!)

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Do you like tools? Who doesn’t! This week, I share my top 10 web development tools—for my education, and for my freelancing. Pick up a new tool, and let me know what you think!

You can reach out to me:

On Twitter as @lavie_encode

On the La Vie en Code Facebook page

Or, via my Contact page

Host note: Apologies in advance—I’m sounding more nasally than usual! I was recovering from a sinus infection. 🙁

Tools, in order of appearance

Please note, some of these links may be affiliate links.
In other words, I get a cup of coffee (so to speak) and can maaaybe pay server costs if you click them. 😉
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DesktopServer

Sublime Text 3

ColorZilla [Chrome Extension]

Wappalyzer [Chrome Extension]

Workflowy

Flatsome [Premium WordPress theme]

Stencil

CodeKit (Mac only, sorry Windows users!)

Web Maker [Chrome Extension]

Treehouse

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What you'll learn

  • What kind of problems web development productivity tools solve
  • 10 great ideas for productivity tools you may want to adopt
  • Why premium themes are a great option for beginner WordPress developers to get started freelancing
  • Some of the typical workflow processes of a front-end web developer (that are best automated!)

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