200 Web-Based, Must-Try Web Design and Development Tools

Published on August 8, 2023, filed under Development and Design (RSS feed for all categories).

Let’s get right into it: Here are not 10, not 50, not 100, but—200 web-based and free tools that make your web design and web development life easier. (It’s true.)

This is it. 200 amazing tools.

But.

Lists like this—of which there are tons—often amount to somewhat weird, somewhat nonsensical clickbait. There are dedicated, curated, and maintained collections for this, providing more choice of higher quality.

One is Frontend Dogma’s list of web-based development tools (by tag). Yes, disclosure, that’s a collection I maintain, and it’s not the only one of its kind—there is Tiny Helpers, run by Stefan Judis, and there are others, certainly including some “Awesome Lists,” buried under hyped one-off posts of fractions of the value.

Given these dedicated sites, it’s also easy to take a snapshot of them and present a giga-post like this one. But in many and perhaps most cases, doing so subverts the commitment that goes into maintaining such collections over time. (In Frontend Dogma’s case, whose resources were based on UITest.com, over nearly 20 years.)

If you’re a fan of link lists like this one, consider looking for (and contributing to) dedicated sites and collections, like Frontend Dogma or Tiny Helpers or a proven Awesome List.

And if you’re someone who likes to set up and market your own mini-lists (as you’re here, we know that they draw attention), consider supporting and giving back to collections you may get your inspiration from.

With kudos and compliments to everyone out there who provides and maintains web-based tools—and tool collections.

About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m a contributor to several web standards, and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development (and engineering management), but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (Please be critical, interpret charitably, and give feedback.)

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