must-have tools

WM Recorder 12.0

Capture and save streaming media directly from the feed.

Multiple versions of MSIE

Great for MSIE cross-browser compatibility checking.

Web Developer 1.1.3

Adds a toolbar to Firefox full of web development tools.

7-zip

Fast and light utility that handles ZIP, tar, and 7z files.

WAMP

Local PHP and MySQL development.

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Expensive, but excellent graphic design tool.

Beyond Compare

The best time-saving automation tools available for a developer.

XSearch

Awesome search tool to replace the crappy Windows Search.

Notepad++

Superior text-editing tool, supports: PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, etc.

Firefox Firebug

Live monitoring and debugging of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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WM Recorder 12.0

Capture and save streaming media directly from the feed.

CSS Optimization

By Mitch Keeler, WebHostDir.com

Back when I first got on the Web, some of my first Web site designs were just horrible. Heck I was still learning HTML, and that was way before CSS or any of these nice features we have now were around.

After spending some […]

Working with PDF Files

By Mitch Keeler, WebHostDir.com

Back when I first got on the Web, some of my first Web site designs were just horrible. Heck I was still learning HTML, and that was way before CSS or any of these nice features we have now were around.

After spending some […]