The following is a list of development tools I use, some more than others.
- Aptana
- Basically the same as Eclipse except it handles JavaScript and CSS files with more support.
- cfcdoc
- Great tool to introspect your projects and provide CFC documentation.
- CFEclipse
- The one and only plugin every ColdFusion developer should be using
- Charles debugging proxy
- Man of the match for this list, it is truly Firebug on steroids.
- Dean Edwards JavaScript Packer
- Packs your JavaScript files cleanly for smaller download times.
- Eclipse
- Need I say more?
- JMeter
- Java based load testing tool, completely invaluable.
- JS Minifier
- JavaScript minifier
- YUI Compressor
- Yahoo! JS and CSS compressor
- Mylyn
- Use it to add/edit/view ‘Trac’ tickets from within Eclipse.
- Selenium
- Client side testing tool, fantastic.
- varScoper
- How can any ColdFusion developer live without this? Lets you know when you haven’t var scoped function variables in CFC’s.
- character map
- Character Map
- claimID
- Open Id
- Montastic
- Free site monitoring tool
- mon.itor.us
- Another free site monitoring tool
- lorem2
- A latin sample site (like lipsum.com)