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.

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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...

Raymond Camden • 8 Nov 2013
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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...

Rey Bango • 1 Nov 2013
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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...

Sayanee Basu • 18 Sep 2013
Web APIs

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...

Carlos Cessa • 6 Sep 2013
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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....

Rey Bango • 8 Aug 2013
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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,...

Krasimir Tsonev • 6 Aug 2013
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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...

Gabriel Cirtea • 1 Aug 2013
Tools

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...

David Mann • 31 Jul 2013
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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...

Rey Bango • 10 Jun 2013
Tools

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...

Rey Bango • 16 Apr 2013
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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...

Jeffrey Way • 2 Apr 2013
Laravel

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...

Jeffrey Way • 14 Mar 2013