Posts In "Tools"

PhpMyAdmin has becoming the most popular mysql administrator these days, especially if we are working with hosted web site that using cpanel. PhpMyAdmin sure are great tool, but you may sometimes want to have another experience in administrating mysql, so I exploring another same tools, and create this post, I often use mysql workbench if I working on localhost. Lastly hope these tools are helpful for you.

MySQL Workbench

MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, and much more. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Wireframing or mockup is one of the common task especially for application designer, usually this work used for planning application interface design to show the big picture of the app that will be discussed with client or the team.

Today I found some tools that might help to creating mobile app or mobile web app wireframing, although you can use some vector graphic editor or image manipulation editor, I think specific wireframing tools will save more time for non design user.

With the successful apple device like iPhone, iPod and iPad no wonder safari is becoming the most well known and maybe the most used browser for smartphone users, the second place may got to android browser.

In case you want to try another mobile browsing, today post I share some free alternative mobile browser that can be installed on your smartphone from itunes and android market, just make sure you have read some reviews from he user before you install it, so you get a little explanation or testimonial.

CSS grid based layout are becoming very commonly used these day, since it replacing table based layout, it will help a website designer to create lighter code and it make it easier to styling, even in some cases it can be use as a grid table too.

In today post I collected the css grid system that can be used as your grid layout system, I found 12  tools for creating the grid online and 15 that can be downloaded, so you can create manually on your computer.

The Google Chrome web browser has becoming more popular these days, when this post is created netmarket share statistic show that google chrome is popular as firefox has, and many web developer and designer already make the google chrome become their default testing tool, and with the rising of mobile web chrome becoming widely used browser test, cause most mobile phone browser is based on webkit, same as google chrome. I combine some of these, that might be come in handy in the future.

PHP Development

PHP Console, Display debugs in Google Chrome console or by notification popups.

PHP Documentation, Search From the official PHP Manual.

XDebug Helper, integration for PHP IDE like Netbeans or Eclipse With PDT.

ChromePHP, For PHP logging and debugging in chrome console.

CSS3 gradient feature are very useful it save us some images, we do not have to create the gradient image and then looping through the html element, now we can fully create from CSS, to master the CSS gradient you have to know every single element in this feature like gradient type, stop color, and many others until you have to choose the perfect color combination.

Here I share some sites that can be your tools to save time in creating CSS gradient effect, without have to know every detail, all you have to do is find the perfect color for your need, it can be used on the web background, button, etc.

Maybe you want to start a design graphic career or business with low cost, all these software here are maybe can be one of your choice as a photoshop alternative. You can click on the each images to visit the official site and must be easy to find the download link.

GIMP

Gimp is my one of favorite image editing application, it have very large community, google “gimp tutorial” you will find a bunch of tutorial from beginner to advanced skill, but some users and me too complained about the user interface.

Downloading is one of the common internet users daily activity, all of these software can make us easier to manage our downloaded file, even to managing a video download from free video streaming site. This post I listed all the the software that can be used on windows desktop platform.

1. Orbit Downloader

Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/streaming media, support RTMP. The new version support software updater notification.

One of the key of firefox success is great availability addons, this time I just want to play around with my firefox tabs to make something different in my browsing experience, I think these addons will change our browsing habit like, switching tab, restoring tab, previewing tab, etc. Well not all of these addons I use but it still great to know it.

Tab Grouping, Style and Position

1. Tab Kit

Tab grouping, each group equipped with unique color, it can be viewed as vertical tab tree which great thing for widescreen monitor, multi-rows, and various tweaks for power users.

Creating a photo collage from a collection of photo can be painful if you doing it manually, here we can use the software to help us to make the collage easier than doing it manually, I have tried some of them, and most of them are great software to creating quality photo collage in the different kind of shape.