🌟 The Ultimate Developer's Toolkit 👨‍💻
Tags: webdev, programming, career, news
Published: 2024-01-19 02:30:00

I always felt a bit lost when I was starting on my programming journey.

It's true — it was a very frustrating experience. Maybe you're feeling a little frustrated, too!

I tried several courses and looked into different educational avenues to try and find answers, but most of them only teach theory and don't provide practical, real-world solutions for new developers.

So there are two things I want to share with you.

First, **here's a list of resources I've put together that will provide you with a lot of relief as you continue learning**.

Second, **a list of 36 courses/certifications you can take as a web developer**. Link below! -

🚀 https://dev.to/arjuncodess/36-coursescertifications-for-web-developers-19hc

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### 👉 IDE

A coder without a code editor? Haha, no way! Here are some of the best code editors -

- **[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)**
- **[Atom](https://atom-editor.cc/)**
- **[Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/)**
- **[Vim](https://www.vim.org/)**
- **[Eclipse](https://eclipseide.org/)**

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### 👉 Illustrations

Proper aesthetics define a website. As a web developer, you have to be careful about the images and icons you use. Here's a list:

- **[Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/), [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/), [Undraw](https://undraw.co/), [DrawKit](https://www.drawkit.com/), [FreePik](https://www.freepik.com/), and [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/)** — Free images, photos, and videos
- **[Loading.io](https://loading.io/)** — Free animated, static spinners, progress bar, backgrounds, and much more
- **[Lottie Files](https://lottiefiles.com/)** — High-quality, interactive open-source animation files
- **[Ionicons](https://ionic.io/ionicons), [icons8](https://icons8.com/), [Icones](https://icones.js.org/), [Flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com/), and [IcoFont](https://icofont.com/)** — Rich resources containing different icons

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### 👉 Tools

Many prominent developers have created excellent, crazy tools to boost development. These are some of them:

- **[Remove BG](https://www.remove.bg/)** — An AI tool to help remove the background of an image
- **[Clippy](https://bennettfeely.com/clippy/)** — Create complex shapes in CSS using the clip-path property
- **[Web Code Tools](https://webcode.tools/)** — One Platform with many solutions. Generates box shadows, gradients, meta tags, elements, etc.
- **[Haikei](https://app.haikei.app/)** — Generates unique SVG design assets
- **[Transform](https://transform.tools/)** — A polyglot web converter

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### 👉 Challenges

The developer’s life is a life of overcoming challenges (& bugs, haha!). To keep up with trends, we have to challenge ourselves constantly. For that, use:

- **[CSS Battle](https://cssbattle.dev/)** — A battleground to improve and tighten CSS skills
- **[LeetCode](https://leetcode.com/), [HackerRank](https://www.hackerrank.com/), [Exercism](https://exercism.org/)** — Platforms for Data Structure & Algorithms practice
- **[Frontend Mentor](https://www.frontendmentor.io/), [iCodeThis](https://icodethis.com/) & [Codewell](https://www.codewell.cc/)** — Develop, practice & compete to code a frontend website from its design file
- **[freeCodeCamp](https://www.freecodecamp.org/)** — Learn and complete projects to achieve certifications for free

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### 👉 Hosting

Want to share your website with the entire world? Check out these free hosting services:

- **[Vercel](https://vercel.com/)**
- **[Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/)**
- **[Glitch](https://glitch.com/)**
- **[Codepen](https://codepen.io/)**
- **[GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/)**
- **[Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/)**
- **[Supabase](https://supabase.com/)**

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### 👉 Guides

Valuable cheat sheets, tutorials on tech stuff, and more.

- **[DevDocs](https://devdocs.io/)** — Pragmatic information on almost every language
- **[DevHints](https://devhints.io/)** — Beautiful cheatsheets comprising many languages
- **[Cheatsheet.wtf](https://www.cheatsheet.wtf/)** — Programming language cheatsheets for beginners
- **[Roadmap.sh](https://roadmap.sh/)** — Roadmaps, guides and other educational content
- **[30 Seconds of Code](https://www.30secondsofcode.org/)** — Provides short code snippets on various languages

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### 🙌 Wrapping Up

The conclusion is that a developer’s path is filled with challenges and opportunities.

Enjoy the ever-improving journey of great web development. Keep coding, stay curious, and don’t shy away from challenges.

The web development journey is ongoing; Enjoy every moment of discovery, innovation and growth.

Connect With Me: [Linktree](https://linktr.ee/arjuncodess/)

I hope you found this article helpful ❤️

Happy Coding! 🚀
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