Toronto Metropolitan University ⊚ CPS530 Official Website: Toolbox

CPS530
Web Systems Development

Development Software & Tools

FileZilla: Free FTP and SSH file transfer client for Windows and other platforms.
Notepad++: Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
Geany: Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor.
Online HTML Editor: Write code and see results instantanously.
CodePen: Social development environment for front-end designers and developers.

Online Resources

Markup Validation Service: A free service that checks HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C recommendations.
CSS Validation Service: Check Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and (X)HTML documents with style sheets.
Feed Validator Service: Check the syntax of Atom and RAA feeds.
XML Validator: A free service that checks XML files.
JSON Formatter and Validator: A free service that debugs JSON codes.
Link Checker: Check links and anchors in Web pages or full Web sites.

Online SEO Tools

Answer the Public: Get keywords from often asked questions online.
Animalz Revive: Check if your website is still current and relevant (needs Google Analytics).
Woorank Browser Extension: Check your SEO rank and possible improvements.
Mobile Friendly Test: Check if your web page is mobile friendly.
Browseo: See your site through the eyes of a search engine.
Google Search Console: Tons of information about your site and its Google search engine rankings.
Bing Webmaster Tools: Tons of information about your site and its Bing search engine rankings.
Dareboost: Check your site for speed, SEO, security and more.
Siteliner: Find duplicate content, broken links, and more (works at domain level only).
GTmetrix: Check the speed of your web page.