Top 5 free tools that a web developer should use

1. Netbeans

   Many PHP programmers will tell you that the only way to program is with notepad. While this can give you ‘cred, it can be a heartache when trying to find error just starting out. Why put yourself through the pain? Netbeans is a full featured PHP editor. And its free that’s the best part. You can view the various editors available here.

2. GIMP

   GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package, very similar to Adobe Photoshop without the $699 price tag. You can download the GIMP here.

3. Inkscape

   Inkscape is a another graphics editing program that allows you to design vector based graphics for your web pages. It’s similar to Adobe Illustrator without $599 price tag.

4. AppServ

   AppServ is a full-featured of Apache, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin. And you haven’t to do much of configurations for your server.

5. Firefox

   As a programmer you will want to test your creation cross platform, and with Firefox’s market share in the browser wars you will want to make sure your website performs well in this browser. Additionally Firefox has a host of plug-ins to help you in your programming pursuits.