Tools, Apps and Resources
Here is a list of free applications, tools and web resources that I use or find useful.
- Firefox
- The Firefox browser.
- Web Developer Toolbar
- If you're a web developer and use Firefox you should be using this toolbar, you'll wonder how you managed without it.
- Firebug
- Another Firefox plug-in that makes web development enjoyable.
- Netcraft Toolbar
- An anti-phishing toolbar, IE and Firefox versions available.
- Live HTTP Headers Firefox Toolbar
- View the HTTP header information as you request a page. Very useful for checking if you have redirects set-up correctly.
- Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express
- Microsoft's free visual web developer IDE, essentially a cut down version of Visual Studio especially tailored to the web developer.
- WinDiff.exe
- WinDiff is a Microsoft file comparision program, distributed with certain versions of Visual Studio. It can be invaluable when trying to compare two different code files. Also available as part of the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools.
- Web Application Stress Tool
- Web Application Stress Tool (WAS) is a Microsoft tool used to simulate multiple browsers accessing a website. It comes in handy when you need to test your web applications for scalability and your hardware for user loading/performance before you deploy them.
- Transcode 360
- An excellent tool that allows you to stream non-WMA video to your Xbox 360.
- Internetwork Training
- Free Cisco CCNA Networking Quiz.
- PC Technician
- A+ Certification Blog.
- My old blog content
- Nik's blog archive.
- Wingdings and Webdings Character Reference
- A useful reference to Wingdings and Webdings character sets.
- My HTML guide for beginners
- These were the notes I produced to teach editorial staff how to tag basic HTML.
- Curly Quote Convertor
- This useful tool is used to convert extended ASCII characters like © and é into there HTML equivalent ©, é. I wrote this to make my life a little easier! This will only work on Internet Explorer as it uses client-side VBScript.
- Zonealarm Free
- Zonealarm's free version of their software firewall.
- AVG Free Anti-virus
- Grisoft's free version of AVG anti-virus.
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Spybot Search & Destroy spyware remover.
- A.F.5 Rename your files
- A great tool to batch rename your files.
- Quick Replace
- A useful little stand-alone executable utility that can perform find and replace commands on huge text files in seconds. Try doing this kind of operation using notepad.exe and you'll be waiting for a long time!
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