Random Thoughts on Web Design & Development

Oncemade

I got tired of my colleague, *cough Buz, asking me for links and tools that I find and use while working, so I've decided to create posts where I list these things for future reference. Enough talk lets get to it.

Bookmarklet is a very important piece of my development. Lately, I've been using the following:

  1. ReCSS

    Super B tool, used to reload your css without refreshing the whole page. It's very useful if you want to change a website in production that you can't run locally.

  2. Firebug Lite

    Firebug Lite

    If you develop websites in different browsers like I do (webkit nightly build), and can't live without Firebug; Firebug Lite is the way to go. It isn't as powerful as the Firebug add-on but it does a good job if you need to use the console or check for applied styles. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the css on the fly.

  3. Design

    Design Bookmarklet

    A very cool set of design tools. It includes grid, rule, unit and crosshair. A must have if you are designing in the browser.

  4. jQuerify

    As expected, it includes jQuery to the page. Very useful if you want to use firebug's console and jQuery selectors.

  5. Favelet Suite

    If you are a fan of the web developer toolbar add-on for Firefox, you will love this tool.

  6. xRay

    It displays CSS information of a selected object.

  7. Microformats

    Microformats

    Every time I markup a page, I try to use microformats as much as possible. This bookmarklet gives you a list of vCard on the page. Unfortunately, it doesn't display any other micro data.

If I missed any other bookmarklet, feel free to leave a comment with the link to it.

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  1. cool … I bookmarked this bookmarklet to delicious.