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Stephen Daly
C#/SQL Developer & Technology Enthusiast
Toolbox
Here is a list of tools/resouces that I consider very helpful when I am developing software.
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7-Zip
7-Zip is a free file archiver with a high compression ratio.
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AdBlock
AdBlock is an open source, content filtering and ad blocking extension.
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Adobe Color CC
Create color schemes with the color wheel or browse thousands of color combinations from the Kuler community.
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AVG Anti-Virus
A free anti-virus software that has been protecting my PC's very succesfully for 12+ years!
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CamelCamelCamel
CamelCamelCamel is a free Amazon price tracking & analysis tool. Get email alerts when prices drop & view price history charts.
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CDBurnerXP
This is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISO's.
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Code Project
An amazing resource for people to share projects with the world!
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C-Sharp Corner
Another useful site for tip & tutorials.
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Faviconist
Create quick & simple favicons for your website using letters and styling the background.
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Feedly
Feedly is a news aggregator application for various web browsers & mobile devices running iOS and Android.
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FileZilla
FileZilla is a free, cross-platform FTP application software.
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Free Icons
Iconfinder now hosts the worlds largest collection of free & premium icons, with over 340,000 icons in stock.
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Free Images
This site is amazing for getting lots off free images.
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GIMP
GIMP is a graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages & converting between different image formats.
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GTmetrix
Analysis the performance of your website using Page Speed & YSlow.
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HotUKDeals
I have saved a lot of money on gadgets that I needed (and didnt need!) from deals posted here.
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LastPass
LastPass is a password & data management service. Personally, I only store passwords for non important websites.
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Mobile Test
Test your websites in smartphone & tablet emulators.
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Monitis
I use the premium version but they also offer a free service that can monitor your website every 30mins. I have changed hosting just because of this service.
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Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
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Paletton
A designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well.
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Regex Hero
Regex Hero provides real-time as-you-type highlighting of regex matches.
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Scott Guthrie
Very useful for keeping up to date with ASP.net/Microsoft/Cloud related information.
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Scott Hanselman
There is always some great tips, tutorials & other tech information here.
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SpritePad
I used this site to create my sprites.
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SQL Authority
From here you can find many useful SQL articles and tutorials.
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Tampermonkey
Tampermonkey allows users to apply customised JavaScript to websites, to alter how the sites look and/or behave.
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TeamViewer
TeamViewer is software that enables remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.
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TinyPNG
I used this site to optimise my PNG images.
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Xmarks
Xmarks synchronizes bookmarks between computers & browsers.
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