Learn about Coding Tools

Which tools do you need as a developer? This part of our Coding Fundamentals section introduces you to some essential coding tools and explains how to use them.

All Tools tutorials:

  1. Deeper In the Brackets Editor

    Deeper In the Brackets Editor

    Tutorial Beginner

    Brackets Turns 30 (Ditches the Minivan and Goes for the Jet Pack!) Nearly one year ago, Jeffrey Way reviewed the open source Brackets project. In the time...

  2. Using BrowserStack for Cross-Browser Testing

    Using BrowserStack for Cross-Browser Testing

    Tutorial Beginner

    Browser testing is the bane of our existence. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. Multiple browser versions and browser fragmentation can...

  3. Travis-CI: What, Why, How

    Travis-CI: What, Why, How

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Travis CI makes working in a team for a software project easier with automated builds. These builds are triggered automatically when each developer checks in...

  4. Dropbox Datastores and Drop-Ins

    Dropbox Datastores and Drop-Ins

    Tutorial Advanced

    Recently, Dropbox announced its new Datastore API and Drop-ins, a couple of great new features aimed to leverage the power of accessing files and (now with...

  5. The New IE11 F12 Tools

    The New IE11 F12 Tools

    Tutorial Beginner

    Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft Corporation. Back in January, I walked you through the features of Internet Explorer 10's F12 Developer Tools....

  6. Web Assets: Tips for Better Organization and Performance

    Web Assets: Tips for Better Organization and Performance

    Tutorial Beginner

    Remember when we had to spend a lot of time optimizing our project's assets (images, CSS, etc..)? Well, today, users have a much faster Internet connection,...

  7. Intro to Tmux

    Intro to Tmux

    Tutorial Beginner

    One of the most widely used tools in the web development process is surely the terminal. While you are working on a project, often you find yourself in the...

  8. Integrating a JS Build Process Into MSBuild in Visual Studio 2012 Express

    Integrating a JS Build Process Into MSBuild in Visual Studio 2012 Express

    Tutorial Advanced

    I've been working with ASP and ASP.NET for about ten years now, starting with ASP classic and settling on .NET 2.0 as my favorite. My new year...

  9. What Are You Using?

    What Are You Using?

    Tutorial Beginner

    We spend a lot of time following the thought leaders in web development, in many cases using the tools and libraries they've built, reading the posts they've...

  10. IRC is Back: Here's Your Starter Guide

    IRC is Back: Here's Your Starter Guide

    Tutorial Beginner

    How of many of you remember Compuserve? What about Prodigy? I'm asking because, back in the good 'ole days, they were popular services that allowed you to...

  11. Easier Testing With Mockery

    Easier Testing With Mockery

    Tutorial Advanced

    It's an unfortunate truth that, while the basic principle behind testing is quite simple, fully introducing this process into your day-to-day coding workflow...

  12. Pro Workflow in Laravel and Sublime Text

    Pro Workflow in Laravel and Sublime Text

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Not too long ago, I built a handful of generators for Laravel, which ease the process of various tasks. Today, thanks to help from Gaurav Narula, we're...