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/Toolbox

• Follow the links below for some of the best dev tools around.
  
  This is an evolving list of the core tools I use and a whole heap of opensource software and blogs.
• MVC3
  
• Windows Azure
  
• jQueryjQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.Free
• jQuery UIjQuery UI provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications.Free
• BalsamiqBalsamiq Mockups an awesome Rapid Wireframing Tool.$79
• AmplifyAmplify's request adds some additional features to jQuery's ajax method while abstracting away the underlying data source.Free
• ModernizerOpen-source JavaScript library for the next generation of HTML5 and CSS3-powered websites.Free
• Google Font APILooking for some different fonts for your web site that will render well in all browsers?
  
  444 Fonts and counting.Free
• HTML5 BoilerplateGet yourself up and running quickly with all you need to start a new web project that’s bang up to date with all the standardsFree
• SoundManager
  
• Smarx.com
  
• YepNopeyepnope is an asynchronous conditional resource loader that's super-fast, and allows you to load only the scripts that your users need. Free
• tinymceTinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor.Free
• BuiltWithEver wondered what a website is built with?
  
  This tool gives you a breakdown of the technologies.Free
• DateJS
  
• Google Page Speed
  
• ScreenflyGreat for seeing how your web project looks on different devices at different sizes.Free
• CloudBerry ExplorerCloudBerry Explorer for Azure Blob Storage PRO makes managing files in Microsoft Azure Blob Storage EASY.$39.99
• Colour Scheme DesignerFor the design challenged amongst us.Free
• UploadifyExcellent multi-file uploader using jQuery and FlashFree
• Windows Azure Pricing CalculatorIf you need to price up a solution using Azure then this tool is just what you need.Free
• SquishItFantastic js and css combiner and compressor. Improve your site load times with ease.
  
  Available as a NUGet package.Free
• FFMPEGExcellent tool for encoding Audio and Video files of a multitude of formats.Free
• jQuery TemplatesMakes client side data-binding with jQuery and JSON data a breeze. NOTE: It was a cool technology but has been deprecated and will be replaced with something new in jQueryUI 2.0Free