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In this article, we\u2019ll dive headfirst into the best web development tools available for developers around the world. From desktop development tools, through those available on Linux, to the ones that are meant to program apps for mobile devices. Without further ado, let\u2019s get down to business.<\/p>\n
Development tools were created to make the entire process easier and faster, but with so many of them available on the internet, it\u2019s really hard to pick proper ones. Luckily, you don\u2019t have to resort to only one, but instead, you can have a choice of multiple tools. In fact, you can choose as many as you like or need because your web development project is worth it.<\/p>\n
Webstorm<\/a>, also known as\u00a0IntelliJ IDEA<\/strong>, is a popular and famous JavaScript IDE text editor that was released two decades ago in 2001. The latest stable release of the software was published on June 1st, 2021.<\/p>\n What makes Webstorm such a popular software are its features. Among many, the developers can find ones like:<\/p>\n Though bear in mind that Webstorm isn\u2019t free software. In order to use it, you have to pay $12.90 per month or $129 annually.<\/p>\n JetBrains company doesn\u2019t stop here, as they offer more code editors. It all depends on your needs. Perhaps you need a code editor for PHP? Sure, there\u2019s\u00a0PHP Storm<\/a>. You\u2019re working on an application written in Python? Take a look at\u00a0PyCharm<\/a>. Maybe you like to program in Ruby? There\u2019s an editor for you also and its name is\u00a0RubyMine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also known as VScode,\u00a0Visual Studio Code<\/a>\u00a0is a popular\u00a0cross-platform<\/strong>\u00a0source-code editor created and maintained by Microsoft. The tool incorporates a variety of features such as\u00a0GIT commands<\/strong>,\u00a0debugging options<\/strong>, and other useful tools.<\/p>\n Visual Studio Code can be upgraded with a wide choice of free extensions. To do so, you need to browse the\u00a0marketplace<\/a>\u00a0and choose the ones that appeal to you the most.\u00a0JavaScript and Python support<\/strong>\u00a0also goes a long way for the app. VScode supports plenty, and we really mean plenty of programming languages for free.\u00a0Take a look<\/a>!<\/p>\n All things mentioned above make VScode an ideal text editor for programming your web development projects.<\/p>\n GitHub\u2019s own,\u00a0Atom<\/a>\u00a0is yet another cross-platform code editor on the list. Released in 2014, Atom is\u00a0based on Electron<\/strong>\u00a0software<\/strong>\u00a0and supports many web technologies, such as\u00a0C and<\/strong>\u00a0C+<\/strong>,\u00a0JavaScript<\/strong>,\u00a0Python<\/strong>, and others. It\u2019s ideal for developing desktop web apps as they can be customized with different APIs, themes, or plugins.<\/p>\n Thanks to being an open source code editor, Atom differs from Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code. In this case, you may wonder, what\u2019s the difference? Well, due to Atom being open source it can feature\u00a0more extensions<\/strong>\u00a0and is\u00a0more flexible in terms of development. And it\u2019s free!<\/strong><\/p>\n Available for Linux, Windows, and macOS, the\u00a0cross-platform<\/strong>\u00a0Sublime Text<\/a>\u00a0is one of the best code editors for web development, as it features plenty of interesting and useful functionalities.<\/p>\n Not only that, Sublime Text editor also\u00a0supports many syntaxes like CSS, PHP, Python, and more<\/strong>. Also, the software allows simultaneous editing, i.e. editing multiple lines of code at the same time.<\/p>\n Since this code editor includes so many features, the best way to visualize them would be to list them:<\/p>\n In fact,\u00a071% of software professionals<\/a>\u00a0confirmed using Sublime Text, Atom, or a similar text editor.<\/p>\n You probably didn\u2019t notice, but you most likely have it already! If you\u2019re using the Google Chrome browser, you can use the\u00a0Chrome DevTools<\/a>\u00a0any time you want. To do so, simply click the\u00a0Ctrl+Shift+I<\/strong>\u00a0button configuration.<\/p>\n Working with JavaScript, Chrome Developer Tools is essentially a set of built-in tools for web developers that allows them to\u00a0change styles of the page through previews<\/strong>,\u00a0check the technical aspect of any website<\/strong>, or\u00a0view and change the Document Object Model<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Not only that, the Chrome Developer Tools gives the web developers freedom to do things like\u00a0changing color palettes and formats<\/strong>,\u00a0oversee the performance<\/strong>,\u00a0set JavaScript breakpoints<\/strong>,\u00a0edit CSS or HTML<\/strong>,\u00a0and many more!<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are some examples of the abilities of Chrome DevTools. With it, you can:<\/p>\n For all those who aren\u2019t fans of Google Chrome, Firefox comes to the rescue. A direct competition of Chrome DevTools,\u00a0Firefox Developer Edition<\/a>\u00a0is a web development tool that serves a similar purpose.<\/p>\n Including features such as\u00a0WebSocket Inspector<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Multi-Line Console Editor<\/strong>, Firefox\u2019s alternative browser is ideal for people who wish to use a different web development tool.<\/p>\n Before getting into details of Sass, let\u2019s briefly mention what a CSS preprocessor is. It\u2019s software for generating CSS from the syntax of a preprocessor. Additionally, they can help the developer write the application faster.<\/p>\n Developed in 2006,\u00a0Sass<\/a>\u00a0is the\u00a0most popular CSS extension language<\/strong>. Being an easy-to-use frontend development tool, Sass\u00a0can be used with all CSS libraries<\/strong>. It includes features such as\u00a0nesting<\/strong>,\u00a0mixins<\/strong>,\u00a0variables<\/strong>, or\u00a0selector inheritance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sass has been supported for over a decade, not only by the creators but also by a large community of developers. What\u2019s more, some technologies have even been created with Sass, like\u00a0Bourbon<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Compass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Similarly to Sass,\u00a0Less<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Leaner Style Sheets)\u00a0<\/strong>is an open source preprocessor that serves the purpose of CSS language extension. It can run on both the backend and frontend.<\/p>\n With its release over a decade ago in 2009, Less has since become a rival to Sass, even though they both influenced each other in some ways. The extension can attribute its popularity to various functionalities like\u00a0nesting<\/strong>,\u00a0mixins<\/strong>,\u00a0variables<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n What differentiates Less from Sass among many other things is that it runs its\u00a0compiler via browser by using less.js<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Docker<\/a>\u00a0is an open source web development tool that serves the purpose of containerization of software. All containers are lightweight and have a common ground that\u2019s called the\u00a0operating system kernel<\/strong>. What\u2019s worth mentioning is that Docker uses less resources compared to virtual machines.<\/p>\n Docker supports only\u00a0three main operating systems, i.e. Windows, Linux, and macOS<\/strong>. Additionally, the software works with Github!<\/p>\n In fact, the software is an industry standard that enables zero-downtime deployment.<\/p>\n Git<\/a>\u00a0is a free\u00a0version control software<\/strong>\u00a0used for\u00a0saving<\/strong>,\u00a0editing<\/strong>,\u00a0storing<\/strong>, or\u00a0deleting\u00a0<\/strong>any part of the code. Ideal for web developers to save their code documentation in so-called\u00a0repositories<\/strong>. Then, web developers can view and store their repositories in software such as Github.<\/p>\n Created by Dmytro Zaporozhets and Valery Sizov,\u00a0GitLab<\/a>\u00a0is a DevOps lifecycle tool that\u00a0works as a Git repository<\/strong>. Not only that, but it also includes plenty of other functionalities like a\u00a0wiki<\/strong>,\u00a0tracking issues<\/strong>, and many more.<\/p>\n Written in Ruby and Go, GitLab is a web-based software that can help developers with their projects.<\/p>\n Probably everyone has heard about\u00a0GitHub<\/a>\u00a0at some point, even those who aren\u2019t familiar with the IT industry. GitHub is a platform used by over 50 million users and it serves the purpose of\u00a0storing open-source software<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the past, GitHub used to charge its users for storing projects, but since\u00a0Microsoft bought GitHub in 2018 for the jaw-dropping amount of $7.5 billion USD<\/a>, the projects can be stored free of charge.<\/p>\n Additionally to storing personal projects, you can also\u00a0code web apps<\/strong>\u00a0on the platform. Unfortunately, I\u2019m afraid that for those who aren\u2019t fans of the cloud, I\u2019ve got some bad news. GitHub stores all information in the cloud.<\/p>\n Made by Atlassian,\u00a0Bitbucket<\/a>\u00a0is yet another Git-based storage for open source repositories. Written in Python, it\u2019s\u00a0available in both free and premium versions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The storage features a lot of useful functionalities, among them users can find ones like\u00a0integration with Jira or Trello<\/strong>, or\u00a0built-in CI\/CD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, with the premium version you can set up the two-step verification to further secure your account, or set IPs that you would like to have whitelisted.<\/p>\n A part of the entire Github,\u00a0Github Actions<\/a>\u00a0is designed to be responsible for the automation of the software workflow with\u00a0CI\/CD<\/strong>\u00a0(Continuous Integration\/Continuous Deployment<\/strong>).<\/p>\n With\u00a0support for matrix builds<\/strong>,\u00a0different platforms,<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0multitude of programming languages<\/strong>, Github Actions can\u00a0connect every tool that you\u2019re using to\u00a0automate the process<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Not only that, the software features a\u00a0plethora of available plugins<\/strong>\u00a0that can help you with a variety of actions.<\/p>\n We already mentioned Bitbucket on our list, but the\u00a0Bitbucket Pipelines<\/a>\u00a0are worth mentioning as well. It\u2019s an integral part of the Bitbucket\u00a0that\u2019s responsible for handling CI\/CD service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Thanks to this feature,\u00a0the user can build<\/strong>,\u00a0test<\/strong>, or\u00a0release the code automatically based on the repository\u2019s configuration file<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n
<\/span>Visual Studio Code Editor<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>Atom<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>Sublime Text<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Development Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Chrome DevTools<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Firefox Developer Edition<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>CSS Preprocessors<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Sass<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>Less<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>PaaS \u2013 Platform as a Service<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Docker<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>Git Software<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Git<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>GitLab<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>GitHub<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>Bitbucket<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>CI\/CD Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Github Actions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n
<\/span>Bitbucket Pipelines<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/section><\/div>\n