14 Online Resources That Any Developer or Designer Should Use
We have gathered together 14 online platforms that will boost your work in the tech industry. These resources will for sure turn out to be really valuable for you, whether you are passionate about design; coding or you just need more help for your projects.
We hope our advice will be helpful and we invite you to take a look over what we have found.
Design & Development Resources
Codester
Codester comes with a solution for your application project time management. It is an asset market with everything you need to create a great app or a full website, from source codes to scripts and interfaces. Just buy the licensed code and enjoy a working piece of software that will increase your efficiency.
You can customize existing code to suit your needs, from an e-commerce web application managed by a bunch of PHP scripts or an interesting shooter compatible with everything from mobile Android and iOS to Steam.
You get the base code and you can also buy some graphical assets like icons, mockups or even complete UI schemes to further advance in building your project without needing to hire anyone else.
Furthermore, Codester comes with the opportunity for web designers and developers to gain a passive income if they open up a store to sell their own work, expanding the product diversity. The commission rate is quite fair – 70%, with no restrictions about a periodically minimum number of sales or that the assets you upload should be exclusive to Codester (so you can keep selling them from your own website too).
The payment is wire transferred automatically once a month or sent to your PayPal account. Why shouldn’t you have a look? Start using Codester today!
Visme
A big part of information is nowadays communicated through visuals, be that images, presentations or videos. Therefore, that means you need strong, efficient and attractive content to engage your audience. Maybe you have all the ideas in your mind, but how do you manage to transform them into real work? Simple: by using Visme, an online tool that will help you tell better stories and translate boring data into beautiful visual content right in your browser.
Once you get started, you can choose whether you want to create a presentation, an infographic or to design your own initial blank canvas. Any option you choose, it will give you enough freedom to design it just the way you wish, thanks to the really easy-to-use editing tools. An efficient drag-and-drop builder lets you edit by only clicking on things and moving them around.
Besides that, the menu has a toolbar with a lot of other customization options like text boxes, shapes, images/vector icons, etc. With such an efficient program, you create professional looking pieces of content in just a few minutes!
PSD2HTML
In our quest for user-targeted designs we can’t avoid talking about PSD2HTML®. They are the best choice for those who love design, but encounter problems when it comes to the coding part. Why? Because they help their clients with full transformation from PSD design into a real and functional website, that works perfectly.
To begin with, they are among the best front-end developers in the industry, helping you turn that design into perfect high-quality, cross-browser compatible HTML5/CSS markup that you can’t get anywhere else. Not only do they help you with the HTML conversion, but they can also turn PSD into WordPress, Shopify, Magento and Drupal.
They’ve worked on thousands of CMS projects, from small blogging solutions to large-budget enterprise-sized implementations. Lastly, in just one business day, they can take your email marketing to the next level, by giving you the highest-quality, fast-loading email template that has been thoroughly tested on real devices.
They are trusted by thousands of clients all over the world, so we are sure that you will be in good company.
Simbla
Two of the many features that Simbla provides you with are awesome design and the online database builder you can read about here Online database.
The first feature will create an amazing website for you, considering the fact that Simbla offers professional, high-quality and beautiful websites for your firm and you have the chance to choose the template that best fits the design you’ve imagined.
An added benefit would be the compatibility of Simbla’s design with the latest approach and standards of Web Design. The online database brings your own online database in an all-in-one cloud based platform. Not only is it easy to use, but it is also a quick means for you to create database driven websites or professional web applications.
Let’s dive in and let the fun begin!
Themify
Themify is an extremely popular theme, having over 40,000 users. It allows you to create a professional WordPress website without having any internet coding knowledge and if you are a business wanting an easier way to customize and build a WordPress site without professional help it might be just the right fit for you.
There is a free edition which contains the basic themes, but you can also buy a membership for the full experience.
HotGloo
HotGloo is more than just the usual wireframe and prototyping tool. It’s also a review tool where you can invite others and discuss your work. It’s a UX testing tool where you can generate share links that you can preview and test on any mobile device.
It has an easy to understand interface so you can jump directly into working on your first project, right in your own browser, no need to download anything. They offer a 15 day free trial period whilst you can decide which plan fits best.
Droplr
Have you ever imagined you can count on a single app to help you out on a daily basis? No more precious time spent writing long, explicit e-mails on work projects feed-back and slow communication process which burdens everybody’s effectiveness.
Yes, this is the Droplr effect, making everything really fast and easy. Marking all of your observations directly on work sheets, that get updated in real time, is actually possible and no longer just a dream.
Codepad
We advise you to have a good look at the Codepad online web snippet editor. Of course it’s been done before, but not as good as this.
While you can choose your code language, from JS to jQuery and CSS preprocessors, you can have control over your versions, like on a fiddle, and collaborate on a public playground. You can also follow other people’s work in your own timeline and create larger collections of snippets.
Host-Tracker
Whether you have a website for your business, blog or other purpose, you might feel the need to know exactly what is going on with it. With Host-Tracker, you have access to a lot of website monitoring tools, such as smart notifications and reminders about the status of your site, 24/7 monitoring, uptime and response time reports, check domain/ip in DNS black lists and many others that you can find on directly on www.host-tracker.com.
Plus, there is no software installation needed!
Redbooth
There is a reason companies all over the world use Redbooth to manage and organize teamwork, as it is simply the most complete app of its kind.
Its online project management system is very easy to use and twice as efficient in results. The planning, checklists and timelines can only facilitate your work and make everything less confusing and stressful.
Invoice Ninja
Invoice Ninja not only helps you out on financial issues, but it also keeps you updated of progress on your company’s projects. It carefully manages tasks and measures time spent completing them, so you are aware at all times of their evolution.
Actually, Invoice Ninja makes it possible to see the big picture a lot clearer, thanks to the importance it gives to little things.
Colorlib
Having a website for your business or company is more important than ever before. With the right appearance of your blog you can attract more customers and boost your sales. But where can you find those design options for your website that are easy and safe to use?
The answer is as simple as Colorlib. You’ll have detailed documentation during the process of creating your blog so what are you waiting for? Get started now!
wpDataTables
Even if you have no coding experience, wpDataTables lets you add charts, spreadsheets, and tables to your content that are responsive and interactive (even with millions of rows!). Its flexibility comes from the possibility to choose from a range of data sources and, besides that, you get a lot of control over how your data can be presented to your visitors.
With a lot of great features (and constantly updating), it’s a great choice for your projects!
xfive
In a world in transition, successful companies are those that have integrated at best in their products and services the constraints of scarcity of natural resources and the ambition to better meet the aspirations of the various stakeholders of their ecosystem, while generating added value brought by xfive’s various features, such as the Word Press development which can convert your design to a WordPress theme and provide you with an easy-to-update and future-proof website.
And to add more fun to our 14 excellent resources, we’re presenting a new, fun web programmer comic by Browserling:
Have you ever seen CSS puns on Twitter and Facebook and hit the like button? Then you might be interested in Browserling’s new web programmer jokes comic – a funny collection of illustrated short comics that will make the developer in you laugh for a long time.
You can even download and share them, gaining more geeky followers. Visit comic.browserling.com for all the jokes! They update weekly.
Conclusion
Thanks to all these useful websites, you are one step closer to building a better future. In a world dominated by technology, it’s just what we all need.
Feel free to try them and use them in your work, as they will help your productivity to double!
