20 Apps For Cloud-Based Web Dev
Web development is nothing like it was few years before. With so many advancements and progresses in the World of Technology and internet, developers work area has expended much more than the conventional desktop.
There are many web apps that not only helps developers in producing quality work in lesser time but also makes their lives easier and better. Have a look at the apps and you will agree with us. We would also like to hear from you about your favorite apps that we might have missed.
If you like this article, you might be interested in some of our older articles on Project Management Tools, Tools For Social Media Monitoring, Network Monitoring Tools, and Website Analytics Tools.
iPlotz
iPlotz allows you to rapidly create clickable, navigable mockups and wireframes for prototyping websites and software applications.
Color Scheme Designer
This application generates color schemes of several types. Every scheme is based on one (base) color, which is supplemented with additional colors making together the best optical imperssion – using one of the authentic algorithms.
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Kodingen
A cloud IDE for editing in PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails and django right in your browser.
MockFlow
Design, collaborate user interface mockups for your software and websites.
Golden Ratio
There are two scenarios the calculator is designed for. The first is that you have a column with a certain width (perhaps to achieve a nice word:line ratio). You wish to find a matching column. Type in the width and use the left side, which gives you both a smaller and larger column. The second scenario is that you have a container and wish to divide it in two. Type in the container width and use the right side measurements.
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Forrst
Forrst is a community of passionate developers and designers focused on helping themselves and others get better at their craft, providing thoughtful critiques, and sharing their knowledge to build better applications and websites.
Kuler
The web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. No matter what you’re creating, with Kuler you can experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community.
OpenID
OpenID is a safe, faster, and easier way to log in to web sites.
Codeanywhere
We all want everything here, now, fast and with no hassle (no need to install anything). This is what Codeanywhere does, it lets you code from anywhere, without the need to bring anything along with you. Just log on to Codeanywhere with any computer or smartphone, and all your servers, files, everything is waiting for you, even the files you left open will be open when you login again.
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FusionCharts v3
FusionCharts v3 helps you create animated & interactive charts for web & enterprise applications. It is the industry’s leading enterprise-grade charting component that functions seamlessly on PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones and a majority of other mobile devices.
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CodeRun Studio
CodeRun Studio is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE), designed for the cloud. It enables you to easily develop, debug and deploy web applications using your browser.
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LastPass
LastPass is a password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure.
Typetester
The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s life easier.
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Chop
It lets people slice up bad code and share their feedback to help put it back together.
Cloud9 IDE
Cloud9 is a state-of-the-art IDE that runs in your browser and lives in the cloud, allowing you to run, debug and deploy applications from anywhere, anytime.
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EvalAccess
EvalAccess allows to automatically evaluate the accessibility of web pages using the WCAG 1.0 from the W3C.
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Google Code Playground
Code and see the results
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Pixlr
Online Photo Editor
Are My Sites Up? (Paid)
You need to find out before your clients do so you can react fast!
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Critique The Site
Get feedback for your site.
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What a great list- some old favorites, some I had never heard of. I wish I new about Are My Sites Up before now… I have spent a lot of time creating scripts to check my sites. Their solution would have been much better.
Hey. Very nice list. You could also add tinytool.net to that list. A service that lets you create small webapps.
Never came across tinytool.net for my cloud based web apps. Its time for me to test their services. Thanks for introducing the tool.
Great list – really helpful. Can you add appsoncloud.com to the list? Appsoncloud helps businesses and teams manage people, projects, customers and documents wit ease.
Thanks for the great resource. Have been using Pixlr for a long time though.
I have used OpenID app myself many time and it just works great and i have to try out these different apps also. I will surely try out these remaining apps.