Tools and resources for developers
June 1, 2024
Tools
- Zeal, Dash, and dasht for viewing documentation offline.
- cheat is a command line tool for viewing cheat sheets.
- homeshick, a git dotfiles synchronizer.
Web-based tools
- regex101.com is great for testing regular expressions.
- brings algorithms to life through visualization.
- crontab guru is an editor for cron schedule expressions.
- draw.io for creating diagrams.
- htaccess tester: test your htaccess rewrite rules.
Stock photos and illustrations
- Public domain vectors features thousands of vector images in the public domain.
- unDraw, open-source illustrations.
- Unsplash has royalty free stock photos.
- Pexels is also great for royalty free stock photos.
- Placehold for generating image placeholders.
Icons
Lists
- This list is the ultimate lists of lists.
- Free for Developers lists services that are free for developers.
- Build your own X features guides for re-creating existing technologies from scratch.
- Undesign: collection of free design tools and resources for makers, developers and designers.
Cheat sheets and checklists
- Big-O Cheat Sheet covers the space and time Big-O complexities of common algorithms used in Computer Science.
- Devhints features cheat sheets for various languages and programs.
- The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series provides a concise collection of high value information on specific application security topics.
- Checklist Design is a collection of the best design practices.
- Front-End Checklist: checklist of required and optional items for the front-end.
Misc
- Naming Schemes: for those of us who are bad at naming things.
APIs
See this list of public APIs on GitHub.