Unless otherwise stated, all these applications are free to use.XAMPP [YouTube Video]XAMPP is a bundled up installation of a number of key applications required for web development. The packages included of note are Using XAMPP you can have a web-development environment setup within 5 minutes. jQueryjQuery is just one of the JavaScript Frameworks that I use. It includes a number of helper functions and plugins relating to Ajax, data-pickers etc. You name it there will more than likely be a jQuery plugin. PrototypePrototype is the another JavaScript Framework that I use. I have mainly used this for Ajax related functions. I tend to use jQuery more now, due to the plug-ins and theme support. Apache AntI use Apache Ant when doing Java programming as it provides an easy to compile, test and package applications. Configuration is done via an XML file, so it is quite straight-forward to configure. Eclipse IDEI generally do most coding with a text-editor such as Notepad++ but the Eclipse IDE is a great program to use for getting an idea of layouts, especially when using Java. The debugging tools are a lifesaver when trying to squash bugs. |