In order to build websites, apps or API's, every developer ultimately ends up curating a suite of tools that can help them build products better, cheaper and faster. Below are a few tools that I use all the time.

API Development

• Postman - Google Chrome plug-in that helps you craft CRUD requests
• PAW for Mac - Paw is like Postman
  but for Mac users who prefer nice design. I love PAW.
• RedBot - Redbot helps you figure out what your headers are returning.
• Mashape - Mashable is a marketplace for API-only services. If you ever want to make money from the service your API offers, this is it.
• Amazon Lambda - Amazon Lambda is a game changer. You can write a single method, host it on Lambda and let Amazon manage everything else. No need for servers, no need to worry about scaling, it's a big deal.

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NodeJS Development

• Jade Editor

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Research

• BuiltWith lets you find out what a website is built with by a simple click.
• IP address and domain information
• Web Developer's Toolbar - Probably the best toolbar in the marketplace.
• Clear Cache - Clear your cache and browsing data with a single click of a button.
• Crumble - If you want to see which websites inject cookies, this app does a pretty good job of that.
• JSON Formatter - JSON Formatter is a great tool for visually seeing your JSON data in the browser.

Measurement

• Google Analytics Debugger
• Google Tag Assistant
• Pagespeed
• Speed Test - Webpage Test will help you determine if your browser is hitting a cached page as well as other performance tests.

Tools for performance

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Base 64 Image

• Duri
• Base64 Encoder

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SSL

• GoDaddy Certificate Checker
• Let's Encrypt

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IDE

• Visual Studio Code
• Textmate
• Navicat Data Modeler is great for creating database models.
• Navicat Premium is perfect for managing MySQL or even AWS Aurora databases.

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File Transfer

• Transmit is a tool for using FTP, SFTP and AWS S3.
• SSH Tunnel
• Secure Shell

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Communication

• Chrome Remote Desktop for screen sharing.
• Apple Remote Desktop for Apple screen sharing and client monitoring.
• Zoom.us for video conferencing.
• Uber Conference for team phone calls.
• Slack for team sharing.

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Time Management

• Be Focused
• Google Clock

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Saving Code in the Cloud

• .gitignore - This website helps you easily create a gitignore file.
• Github for team collaboration.
• Bitbucket for team collaboration with free private repos.
• Codepen for sharing quick, front-end development.
• JS Bin for sharing quick, front-end development.
• Codepen
• Gistbox

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Cloud Hosting

• Firebase for JSON-based, NoSQL real-time hosting. It's also great for Angular apps.
• Openshift is great for NodeJS and Ruby on Rails.
• Heroku is excellent for NodeJS, Rails and other apps that also want to integrate with PostgreSQL.
• Amazon Web Services is all powerful.
• Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's response to Amazon Web Services.
• Google Cloud Platform is Google's response to Amazon Web Services.
• AWS S3 Hosting is one solution to hosting a Single Page Web app using S3. This is a really affordable way to host your app.