Imagine a situation where you’re sitting in front of a colleague’s computer or one that is publicly used. By definition you’re missing all your favorite tools that you’re used to and you can’t install them even if you wanted to. Here’s a short list of online tools that help me a lot when I’m using a computer other than my own. These do not fully replace the desktop equivalents, but they’re good enough. Though it’s not a list of tools that replace desktop applications, but rather a list of online tools that complement them and some provide functionality that does not exist in desktop based applications. HTML / Javascript
http://jsbin.com – this one allows you to write HTML and Javascript code directly in the browser and preview it instantly. Features a nice syntax highlighting.
http://zen-coding.ru/demo/ – this one is really nice. If you don’t have VIM handy or other editor that supports zen-coding, you can simply open up this page and start zen coding right inside the browser. And if you need some help with your zen here’s a cheat-sheet PDF and a nice post explaining what it is and how to take advantage of it. Beautifiers
http://jsbeautifier.org – Javascript unpacker & beautifier. Does exactly what it says.
http://xmlbeautifier.com/default.aspx – simple XML beautifier, nothing fancy. Regural Expressions
http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ – regular expression test page with possibility to save your expressions and a hint column if you forget something. Data Processing
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http://jsbin.com – this one allows you to write HTML and Javascript code directly in the browser and preview it instantly. Features a nice syntax highlighting.
http://zen-coding.ru/demo/ – this one is really nice. If you don’t have VIM handy or other editor that supports zen-coding, you can simply open up this page and start zen coding right inside the browser. And if you need some help with your zen here’s a cheat-sheet PDF and a nice post explaining what it is and how to take advantage of it. Beautifiers
http://jsbeautifier.org – Javascript unpacker & beautifier. Does exactly what it says.
http://xmlbeautifier.com/default.aspx – simple XML beautifier, nothing fancy. Regural Expressions
http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ – regular expression test page with possibility to save your expressions and a hint column if you forget something. Data Processing
Read more: Andrius Miasnikovas's Blog
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