Many online web development tools exist and make web development an achievable exercise. Many of these tools are easy to use and don’t require much fuss or technical expertise to deliver on their functions. The advantage of using online web development tools is that they are fast and hence save a lot of development time.
They can also enhance the quality of work done because top professionals design or create them.
The disadvantage of using online web development tools for all work is that, without an active internet connection, no work will happen. However, the online element also works twofold as well. If you want to make a demonstration on a web project you are working on within the client premises, then you don’t have to make any new installations to run it. This article gives you some of the top web development tools you can use online. These tools are in three sections: misc., CSS, image optimization and JavaScript.
Misc
Plagiarism checker
The need to have content that is original published on your website is paramount as it keeps your online reputation intact. Plagiarism can also expose your business to poor performance in the search engine results. Plagtracker ensures that your website is not affected in any way by cases of plagiarism with its sophisticated algorithms, which detect plagiarism to a fault.
Browsers
This is a crucial web development tool, which enables you to run browsers without having to make any installations. As a browser sandbox, you can rely on this tool for all elements, which require a browser. Currently, this element works for windows only. Linux and Mac are not supported as of now.
SpurApp
This tool uses different methods to determine the usability and design layout of a site using techniques like intersections, spacers, grayscale, contrast, mirror, blur, etc. This way, you can be able to detect all the flaws in your design, in most cases, simply because you overlooked them.
Pingdom
All developers need to know how their websites perform or respond to automated queries such as those run by crawlers. They also need to know how fast their designs load in order to make changes to their designs or not. This automates this function and ensures that the report comes out in seconds. This tool is invaluable if you have a firm desire for a better working site.
CSS
CSSwrap
This is an online web development tool, which enables you to CSS text in a development project. This element works fine on most browsers and will save you a lot of time spend trying to code or style for text elements.
LayerStyles
Remembering all new CSS3 properties and prefixes is a hectic process most developers would rather skip but cannot. This application uses the general Photoshop interface to help you configure drop shadows, backgrounds, border radius and borders easily. It saves time and the finishes it will do on the site styling is great.
BearCSS
This online CSS element generates an effective CSS template based on the uploaded HTML document from the site you are working on. It does this by picking up all HTML elements used in the file to deliver on its functions.
Javascript
Bookmarkleter
This tool helps the web developer convert their JavaScript into a bookmarklet. You can rely on it or the entire URL encoding and compression.
Image optimization
SpritePad
You can use this quick, user-friendly CCS sprite generator to drag and drop of images. If you have any images, all the CSS tags will be places automatically.
SpriteMe
SpriteMe creates the CSS sprite in a different way. It can detect images on your site and add corresponding CSS sprite.
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