5 Handy Mac Tools for Web Developers

In: Utilities|web 2.0

8 Dec 2009

web-development-with-macIf you are a Web developer and a Mac Fan, you might be looking for utility softwares fro multiple tasks – text editing, image editing, hosting, coding…We have, therefore, listed 5 apps that will make web development a breeze from your Mac.

1. TextMate:
If you are using a Mac OSX and developing a website, one utility you will often need is a text editor. Though there are quite a few tools available for that we pick TextMate for its ease of use and its feature –rich options. Its huge number of useful features include the ability to search and replace text, clipboard history, file tabs, recordable Macros etc.

A popular text-editing tool for Apple Mac OS. It offers a host of useful features, like searching and replacing text, managing clipboard history, managing file tabs, recordable Macros etc.

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2. Coda: No list of Web development tools for Mac is complete without Coda, a must have for web developers using the Mac OSX. This code editor supports HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Ruby, Java and XML, has a built-in FTP app, a browser for previewing the site you are developing, subversion support and many other features.

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3. Komodo Edit: True to its name, Komodo Edit is a very powerful tool (and open source). This text editor is a must have for you if you are working dynamic programming languages.

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4. MAMP : MAMP is another must have if you are looking run your own web server on the Mac OS X. It allows you to run Apache web server, PHP and MySQL database on your Mac OS X. The acronym stands for Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP.

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5. LittleSnapper:. While on the development phase, you are likely to research other websites and sometimes lightning might strike, you might come across the most inspirational website (for your project) and would jolly well like to have a copy of that saved for ready reference. That’s precisely what the Little Snapper does. It takes screenshots of webshots.

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