Tools To Make Your Web Development More Efficient

Are you a developer who is sick and tired of having to do everything manually? Does sifting through your code to hunt down tiny mistakes make you want to scream? Then perhaps some of these web development tools will come in handy for making your work more efficient.

CSS Grid Builder

This is a framework that was developed by Yahoo! that enables a web developer to create a CSS-based and web standards compliant page in minutes. It comes with over 1000 page layout combinations – once the developer has found the one they want, they simply press ‘show code’ and the HTML is automatically generated for them.

Clean AJAX

This tool has been designed to speed up AJAX development, which is just not possible when done manually. It does this by cutting down the amount of code that a web developer has to write (and, ultimately, rewrite), as well as giving them access to some of the common design patterns that are used in various AJAX applications, making the whole process much faster.

CSS Sprite Generator

This tool has been designed to reduce the number of HTTP requests are needed for rendering images in web browsers. A web developer will upload all the required images to the generator, which combines them into a single ‘Sprite’. The program can also automatically generate the CSS for them, making it highly useful for any developer.

Firebug

This is an extension created by Mozilla Firefox that gives a developer a wide range of web development tools and features that they otherwise may not have had access to. The extension comes with an in-built JavaScript debugger, which allows web developers to ‘step through’ their script and perform benchmarks to pinpoint the causes of slow running script. Doing this manually can take hours.

CSSTidy

This tool is an open source application that aims to reduce file size through analyzing text, fixing and optimizing the CSS code. It also enables a web developer to standardize CSS code formatting automatically, which can save a lot of time. The tool also has the ability to find and remove styles and properties that are no longer in use.

If you are a developer who would love to have more time on their hands for your work, the above tools are perfect for you. They have been designed to make the web development process more efficient and productive, leaving more time for the other important things.