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This is by no means a list of everything you need to know, nor is it exhaustive. Merely a collection of tools \u0026amp; resources we have found to be useful while on the development path.\n\n## Education Resources\n- [Brad Traversy](https://www.traversymedia.com/): This is probably the best starting point to get a feel of what Web Development is today.\n- [freeCodeCamp](https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/): Tutorial based learning, good starting point for html, css \u0026 js.\n- [Open Source Contribution](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/how-to-contribute-to-open-source): The most comprehensive guide for beginners to open source software contribution.\n- [Javascript Modules](https://wesbos.com/javascript-modules) - Intro to npm, ES6 modules, \u0026 a bit of information on Bundlers, for Front-End Development.\n- [Grid By Example](https://gridbyexample.com/) - Everything you need to learn CSS grid.\n\n## Basic Toolbox - Items you're likely to use everyday\n- [Text Editors](https://www.techradar.com/best/best-text-editors): Check all these text-editors out and choose one you're comfortable with.\n- [Mozilla](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/): When dealing with CSS grid \u0026 flexbox, Mozilla delivers much more solid dev tools.\n- [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/): Host static sites for free from github repo, start learning how to deploy sites and a lot more.\n\n## Essential Text Editor plugins\n- Live server: Development local server.\n- Prettier: Code formater, for consistency across all your projects' code.\n- GitHub intergration: Makes for easier learning of git for beginners.\n\n## Design Toolbox \n-  [Figma](https://www.figma.com/downloads/) \u0026 [XD](https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html): Recommended for prototyping, an essential part of the design process. \n- [HTML5up](https://html5up.net/): Free HTML \u0026 CSS3 templates\n- [UI Design Daily](https://uidesigndaily.com/) - Free design templates for popular prototyping software.\n- [ScrollWatch](https://edull24.github.io/ScrollWatch/0): Easily add lazy loading, infinite scrolling, or any other dynamic interaction based on scroll position.(Javascript)\n- [Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/): Google fonts\n- [FontJoy](https://fontjoy.com/): Font pairing generator\n- [Color Palettes](https://www.designbombs.com/best-online-color-palette-generators/): An essential part of the design process. \n- [Fun Dummy text generators](https://loremipsum.io/ultimate-list-of-lorem-ipsum-generators/): Plain lorem ipsum gets a bit boring, for me at least. Also, this site is very beautiful.\n- [CSS Grid generator](https://cssgrid-generator.netlify.app/): Quick starting templates for your grids, customizable on the site too.\n- [Curated Design tools](https://github.com/kudapara/curated-design-tools): More extensive design toolbox \n- [Design tools for devs](https://github.com/bradtraversy/design-resources-for-developers) - Extensive design toolbox by [Brad Traversy](https://www.traversymedia.com/)\n\n\n## Slightly more advanced toolbox - Want to challenge yourself more?\n- [App Ideas](https://flaviocopes.com/sample-app-ideas/): Tired of hearing about building a to-do list web-app? A teacher worth following has a bunch of ideas listed .\n\n\n\n## Freelance Development useful links\n- [Drafting your own contract](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/freelance-contracts-dos-and-donts): Blog post to help with drafting your contracts for clients, a **must** before taking up any jobs. \n- [More contract drafting links](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/04/legal-guide-contract-samples-for-designers/)\n- [Free SSL Certificates](https://letsencrypt.org/): Provided by Let's encrypt, good for dealing with real SSL certificates whilst learning or deploying client sites. Most hosting providers these days however, provide SSL certificates in their packages.\n\n## Similar Repositories \u0026 References\n- [Andreasbm web skills](https://andreasbm.github.io/web-skills/): Almost all up to date technologies that are at your disposal as a web developer.\n- [Roadmap](https://roadmap.sh/): Another very comprehensive roadmap that I've referred to a few times.\n- [Awesome tools for junior developers](https://github.com/stephhappens/awesome-tools-for-junior-developers): Covers relevant resources help with all sorts, from education to entertainment. \n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fguidefari%2Fdev-toolbox","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fguidefari%2Fdev-toolbox","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fguidefari%2Fdev-toolbox/lists"}