CIS 119 Tools

Editors and IDEs

Scintilla and SciTE: text editor
Notepad++: text editor (based on Scintilla)
Komodo Edit: text editor
WebStorm IDE: commercial IDE
Note: Aptana Studio is no longer recommended. The website often doesn't work, the links often don't work, the installation often doesn't work, it has many dependencies, and yet people still expect to be able to create working websites using it. Recommendation: Avoid Aptana Studio and Appcelerator (the company that bought Aptana when it did work).
Aptana Studio: Integrated Development Environment

Built-in developer tools: Ctrl-Shift-I, or hotdog-menu -> Tools -> Developer Tools
Chrome extensions are available in the Chrome web store
Web Developer: many tools for inspecting and validating a web page
Pendule: additional tools for inspecting a web page
Validity: HTML validator

Built-in developer tools (Dragonfly): Ctrl-Shift-I

Built-in developer tools (Advanced preferences -> Show Develop menu in menu bar

Built-in error console: Ctrl-Shift-J
Note: Firefox is updating to a newer version and many addons will no longer work. Recommendation: Do not depend on Firefox addons, and consider using Chrome instead.
Firefox extensions are available at addons.mozilla.org
Web Developer: many tools for inspecting and validating a web page
Firebug: inspect, edit, and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on current page
Greasemonkey: lets you modify a page when it loads using JavaScript
Console²: advanced JavaScript console

Built-in developer tool: F12