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Lox:
I also reccomend XAMPP
feline:
IDE and debugger for php .. NuSphere PhpED
Database query checking .. MySQL Query Browser
Document tool .. Doxygen
FTP Client .. WinSCP
danielwmoore:
I really have to recommend LESS CSS. at http://lesscss.org/. I include a link because searching for "less" with Google is pretty much impossible if you don't know what other keywords to use.
--- Quote from: From their website: ---LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables, mixins, operations and functions.
--- End quote ---
I use WinLess by Mark Lagendijk, which automatically compiles the Less script into CSS every time I save the Less file.
An example of why it's so important? Well, I use the variables, list them at the top of my script, like:
--- Code: ---@body-bg: #C9A788;
@dark: #7F5B3A;
@mediumdark: #815C3A;
@medium: #B08053;
--- End code ---
Then I use the variables in the CSS instead of the HTML color, and when I want to change the color scheme of the theme, I don't have to search through the whole Style sheet to find 1000+ instances that need to be changed. I just change the stuff at the top, recompile, and I'm good to go.
I only discovered it a couple of weeks ago, but wish I had discovered it much sooner. It has saved me a lot of time. I plan to convert all my CSS into Less.
DanCarroll:
XAMPP & Notepad++ are my mainstays. Cpanel instead of FTP. I'm just lazy that way. For a quick prototype of a web page I use Kompozer. I also love the idea of having a portable development/demonstration environment I can use on other computers so I have all of the above (Cpanel is part of the hosting package I use) programs on a USB stick running PortableApps.
I need to investigate a good version control system and a PHP IDE. I have Eclipse but haven't put it to the test yet.
What I really need is a t-shirt that says 'Rather Be Coding'.
SoLoGHoST:
Opera Dragonfly is built into Opera, I don't see how adding a link to it is helpful in anyway other than letting the user know what they are already capable of being able to do with Opera. As far as FTP's go, I prefer AceFTP, it's the easiest to understand IMHO. For condensing PNG images to the smallest possible filesize, use PNGOut - It's a trial version for a period of time, but definitely worth buying in the long run if you create PNG images with Adobe Photoshop or just about any other image editor. Photoshop doesn't optimize the png images filesize all that good. So when you run it through PNGOut, it usually cuts the filesize in half, sometimes, more. Despite what they say, also runs in Windows 7 just fine. And they even have a Photoshop plugin for Photoshop also.
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