{"id":8041,"date":"2018-01-05T08:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2025-04-28T05:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:23:48","slug":"top-7-tools-front-end-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/software-development\/top-7-tools-front-end-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 Tools For Front-End Web Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frontend development tools<\/strong> have come a long way in just a few years. With the technological advancements, we can harness the power of highly-tested libraries to improve our workflow and achieve responsive web app design. In addition to this, we can build things together through ever-improving version control systems. From browser plugins to processors that streamline your code, there is more scope for creating awesome web applications.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s watch the Video<\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><center><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best Front End Web Development Tools | 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6A5Z8FavzYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But, with the number of web app development tools that increase on daily basis, finding the best software to get the job done can sometimes be a daunting task. To help you, we have created a list of essential <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/staging\/services\/software-engineering\/web-application-development\/frontend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">front-end development<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0tools for you.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Sublime Text<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Sublime Text\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download.jpg.webp 318w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-300x150.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is a first-rate front-end code editor with a well-designed, super-efficient and ultra-fast user interface. There are many tools which do it well, but probably the best (and most popular) is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sublimetext.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sublime Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Managed by a one-man development team, the secret to Sublime&#8217;s success lies in the program&#8217;s wide range of keyboard shortcuts, such as the ability to make simultaneous changes (same interactive changes to multiple selected areas) and fast navigation, files, symbols, and lines. And when you spend more than 8 hours with your editor every day, these precious seconds saved for each process really add up.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Chrome Developer Tools<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8047 size-full\" title=\"Chrome Developer Tools\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Chrome-Developer-Tools-banner-images-Google-Search.png.webp\" alt=\"Chrome Developer Tools\" width=\"614\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Chrome-Developer-Tools-banner-images-Google-Search.png.webp 614w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Chrome-Developer-Tools-banner-images-Google-Search-300x130.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if you could edit your HTML and CSS in real time, or debug your JavaScript while looking at an in-depth analysis of your website&#8217;s performance?<\/p>\n<p>Built-in <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/devtools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Chrome development tools<\/a> let you do that. Grouped together and available in Chrome and Safari, they allow developers to access the internal components of their web application. In addition to this, a networking toolset can help you optimize your feeds, while a timeline gives you a better understanding of what the browser is doing at a given time.<\/p>\n<p>Google publishes an update every six weeks. Check out their website and the Google Developers YouTube channel to keep your skills up-to-date.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/top-best-companies\/small-business-website-design-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Small Business Website Design Companies<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. jQuery<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jquery_banner.jpg.webp\" alt=\"jQuery\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jquery_banner.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jquery_banner-300x162.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JavaScript has long been considered a key front-end language by developers, although it is not without problems: riddled with browser inconsistencies, its somewhat complicated and inaccessible syntax meant that functionality often suffered.<\/p>\n<p>It was until 2006 when <a href=\"http:\/\/jquery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jQuery<\/a> &#8211; a fast, small and multi-platform JavaScript library to simplify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/dedicated-teams\/front-end-performance-optimization\/\">front-end performance<\/a> &#8211; appeared on the scene. By ignoring much of the functionality usually left to developers&#8217; discretion, jQuery allowed you to create animations, add plugins, or even navigate documents.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s clearly a success &#8211; jQuery was by far the most popular JavaScript library in existence in 2015, with 65% of the top 10 million sites on the Web installed.<\/p>\n<h3>4. GitHub<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8045 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/github-social-coding.png.webp\" alt=\"github\" width=\"666\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/github-social-coding.png.webp 666w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/github-social-coding-300x129.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is the worst nightmare of any developer that you are working on a new project feature and getting screwed up. Enter version control systems (VCS) &#8211; and more specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By deploying your project with the service, you can see all the changes you have made or even return to your previous state (make pesky mistakes a thing of the past). The repository hosting service also has a rich open source development community (facilitating team collaboration) and several other components such as feature requests, bug tracking, task management, and wikis for each project.<\/p>\n<p>Many employers are looking for finely crafted Git skills, so this is the perfect time to sign up. Plus, it&#8217;s a great way to get involved and learn from the best with a wide range of open-source projects to work on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you&#8217;re working on a large-scale project, consider<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/hire\/dedicated-full-stack-developers\"> hiring full stack developers<\/a> who are well-versed in GitHub, as it will ensure seamless collaboration and project management.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/software-development\/front-end-security\/\">Front-end Security: Protect User Data &amp; Prevent Risks<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>5. Twitter Bootstrap<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8044 size-full\" title=\"Twitter Bootstrap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bootsrap-cover.png.webp\" alt=\"Twitter Bootstrap\" width=\"610\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bootsrap-cover.png.webp 610w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bootsrap-cover-300x110.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you tired of typing in the same style for a container? What about this button that continues to pop up? Once you start creating regular front-end applications, you&#8217;ll notice the same trends.<\/p>\n<p>User interface frameworks are an attempt to solve these problems by extracting common elements into reusable modules &#8211; which means that developers can build new applications quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p>The most used of these frameworks is <a href=\"http:\/\/getbootstrap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bootstrap<\/a>, a complete user interface package developed by the Twitter team. Complete with tools to standardize style sheets, build modal objects, add JavaScript plugins, and a plethora of other features, Bootstrap can dramatically reduce the amount of code (and time) needed to build your project.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Angular.js<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8043 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/angularjs-banner2-1024x390.jpg.webp\" alt=\"ANGULARJS\" width=\"640\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/angularjs-banner2-1024x390.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/angularjs-banner2-300x114.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/angularjs-banner2-768x293.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/angularjs-banner2.jpg.webp 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HTML is usually the cornerstone of the front-end developer&#8217;s toolbox, but it has what many perceive as a serious flaw: it was not designed to handle dynamic views.<\/p>\n<p>This is where AngularJS, an open-source web application framework, comes in. Developed by Google, <a href=\"https:\/\/angularjs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AngularJS<\/a> allows you to extend the HTML syntax of your application, giving an environment more expressive, more readable and faster to develop that could not have been built with HTML alone.<\/p>\n<p>The project is not without criticism: some think that this type of data link creates a messy and non-separate code, but we still think it&#8217;s an invaluable skill to have in your front-end development kit.<\/p>\n<h3>7. SaSS<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SaSS-banner-images-Google-Search.png.webp\" alt=\"sass css\" width=\"693\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SaSS-banner-images-Google-Search.png.webp 693w, https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SaSS-banner-images-Google-Search-300x117.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time-saving web development tools are your best friend and one of the first things you&#8217;ll learn about the code is that it needs to be SEC (&#8220;Do not repeat yourself&#8221;). The second thing you will learn is that CSS is not usually very dry.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the world of CSS preprocessor, a tool that will help you write maintainable and durable code while reducing the amount of CSS you need to write (keeping it dry).<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most popular among them is <a href=\"http:\/\/sass-lang.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SaSS<\/a>, an eight-year open-source project that has virtually defined the kind of modern CSS preprocessors. Although difficult to understand at first, the combination of Sass variables, nesting and mixins will make CSS simple during compilation, which means your style sheets will be more readable and (especially) DRY.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/blog\/dedicated-teams\/free-business-tools-for-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9 Free Business Tools for Startups and Entrepreneurs for Growth<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Wrapping Up:<\/h2>\n<p>So, here is some popular frontend web app development tools that both developers and businesses should be well aware of. If you need any further assistance, feel free to contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixelcrayons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PixelCrayons<\/a>: a leading front-end development company in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontend development tools have come a long way in just a few years. With the technological advancements, we can harness the power of highly-tested libraries to improve our workflow and achieve responsive web app design. In addition to this, we can build things together through ever-improving version control systems. 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