Essential Tools and Plugins for Web Development

In the process of web design, there are often many tedious steps that seem simple at first but end up being time-consuming. Fortunately, many experienced developers have created various online tools and plugins that greatly simplify our workflow. The clever designs behind these tools are truly admirable. Below is a list of some commonly used websites and tools that might be useful to those who need them. I hope these resources are helpful to readers! Of course, if you know of any better tools or plugins, please feel free to share!

The following tools are listed in order of how frequently I use them, while the resources listed after are not in any particular order.

Subresource Integrity (SRI)

• SRI Hash Generator A tool for generating Subresource Integrity (SRI) hashes to ensure your web resources maintain integrity during transmission.

Embed Code Generators (Embed Tools)

• Embed Responsively Helps you generate responsive embed codes for videos, maps, and other content, ensuring they display well across different devices.

HTML Code References (HTML Codes)

• HTML → Provides common HTML special character codes, making it easy to find and use them quickly.
• Character Entity Reference Chart An official W3C character entity reference chart covering a wide range of characters.
• HTML Codes Table A comprehensive HTML character code table for easy reference.

Web Validation Tools (Validator)

• W3C Markup Validator Checks if your webpage adheres to W3C standards, helping you improve web quality and compatibility.

Website Performance & SEO Optimization Tools

• web.dev - PageSpeed Insights A performance and SEO analysis tool provided by Google that helps improve website speed and optimize for search engines.

Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

• cdnjs A free CDN for open-source libraries, covering many popular JavaScript and CSS libraries.
• unpkg A CDN that serves content directly from npm, useful for quickly fetching frontend resources.

Syntax Highlighting

• highlight.js - Syntax highlighting for the Web A syntax highlighting plugin that supports multiple languages, ideal for displaying code snippets on websites.

Math Rendering

• MathJax - A JavaScript display engine for mathematics A powerful math rendering engine that displays LaTeX-style mathematical symbols and formulas on web pages.