It's a popular saying that a craftsman is as good as his tools and the same goes for Web Developers. If you don't know your tools, you will struggle in your day-to-day job. At the same time, knowing your tool well can increase your productivity and help you become a star developer in your team. That's why I am always in search of new tools which can make my developer life easy. Earlier, I shared the best tools for Java developers and the best tools for Python developers, and in this article, I am going to share some of the most essential tools for Web developers, both frontend and backend developers. These are the tools I use in my day-to-day life and there is a good chance that you may already be familiar with most of them, which is great.
The point here is to learn more about those
tools so that you can use them effectively and take your Web development
skills to the next level. There is also a lot of articles on the internet about
web development tools and technology, but most of them are filled with non-practical
information like JavaScript framework and libraries, which are not needed in
day-to-day life.
In Today's world, we are really lucky to
have these powerful tools which can save a lot of time while developing,
testing, debugging, deploying, and even scaling your application. I have come
from the time when "View Source" on IE and JavaScript alert () was
our only source for browser-based debugging. Today, you have powerful tools
like Chrome Developer Tool and Firebug for such things.
If you are looking to become a better Web
Developer in 2023 and ready to level up your skill learning these tools will go
a long way in improving both your skill and productivity. I have also shared
the best resources and online courses to learn these tools and you can use them
for further learning.
8 Essential Tools for Frontend and Backend Developers
Anyway, if you come across any other handy
tool which can really boost a Web developer's productivity, feel free to share it with us and I'll add that to this list.
Without wasting any more of your time, here
is my list of some of the most essential tools for frontend and backend
developers to learn in 2023:
1. VS Code
This is the single most important tool for
a Web developer in 2023. I have been doing web development for quite a long and
have used many IDEs and Editors like Atom, Sublime, Eclipse, and IntelliJIDEA
but VS Code is something else. It's both lightweight and powerful. Initially,
it comes with a basic feature but you can customize it for your need by
downloading extensions.
There are so many VS extensions available
ranging from debugging, connecting to git, and deploying into the cloud, like Azure
and AWS, and much more. There is a good chance that you are already familiar with
VS Code but if you don't I strongly suggest you learn VS Code in 2023.
2. Postman
Modern Web development is all
about APIs and Postman is a great tool to interact with those APIs. During
development, if you want to get familiar with a third-party library, you can
use Postman to interact with it like you can send GET and POST requests, set
request headers, examining response headers, and other HTTP metadata.
Postman is also very useful for REST API
testing and that's why it's an essential tool for both frontend and backend
developers. I strongly suggest you learn Postman in 2023.
3. Docker
Containers are essential for modern web
developers. Containers not only make development easier but also makes
deployment smoother. Instead of deploying your application and its dependencies
separately, you deploy a container, which is both easier to manage and scale.
And, any discussion of containers is incomplete without talking about Docker.
It is one of the most popular container
platforms for developers and a must-know tool for Web Developers. Whether you
are a front-end developer or a backend geek, I strongly suggest you learn Docker
in 2023.
4. Kubernetes
When we talk about containers and Docker,
Kubernetes also comes into the picture because it can help you in managing
containers. It's easy to deploy one or two containers initially but when your
application grows and more instances are required, it becomes difficult to
manually deploy 100s of containers.
It also becomes a headache to create new
containers and take off unused ones, that's when Kubernetes comes to rescue
you. It's a container management tool that can create, scale and manage
containers for you.
5. GitBash
There are a lot of git clients available
online, both GUI and command line but if you work in Windows and love to work
in the command line then there is no better than Gitbash.
Though VS Code and other IDEs already
provide Github integration, sometimes you prefer to work in the command line,
particularly if you are committing a large block of code or merging changes
from different branches.
In Linux, it's easy to execute all those
git commands but in Windows, it's a bit challenging and that's where Gitbash
helps.
6. Chrome Developer Tools
This is another essential tool for Web
Developers. It let you see what's going on in the browser. By using Chrome developer
tools, you can examine different HTML elements, can play with CSS, and also
check JavaScript.
It also lets you see a lot more details
about downloaded scripts, network connections, and so on. It's a great tool for
browser-based debugging, particularly for frontend developers and you should
learn it in 2023.
7. NPM (Node Package Manager)
NPM stands for Node Package manager, It's
the most important tool for web developers. While working on a web development project,
you need to use and import a lot of other JavaScript frameworks and libraries
like React.js for UI, or Vue.js for the front, Jest library for unit testing,
and many more. NPM can do all that for you.
It puts modules in place so that nodes can
find them, and manages dependency conflicts intelligently. Most commonly, it is
used to publish, discover, install, and develop node programs. Run npm help to
get a list of available commands.
8. Cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Many of you are already familiar with Cloud and
Cloud
computing platforms like AWS (Amazon Web Service), Microsoft's Azure,
and GCP (Google Cloud Platform), if you are not, make sure you learn one of
them.
Ideally, you should learn the one which
your company is adopting. For example, if you are company is investing in
Microsoft Azure, you should learn to excel in your team and company by
pioneering in migrating your project into the cloud.
Similarly, if your company is migrating
into GCP or Google Cloud platform then you should spend some time learning GCP.
It's a great cloud platform, particularly for Machine learning, Artificial
Intelligence, and Big Data companies. If your work has anything to do with
Python Pandas, Tensor Flow, neural networks, etc. learn GCP.
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