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60 Resources for the Frugal Web Developer

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Sep 22, 2009

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With the economy reeling and VC’s spending less and less on startups, developers have had to adapt how they create sites. Because of the world’s economic state, we’ve had to change how we develop.

Some may see this shift as a grim prospect. Change is hard, and change is essential to staying alive in these conditions. However, if you can cut expenses in your development process without cutting quality by using free methods and tools, then you may be able to develop without using any extra money.

“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H.G. Wells

Table of Contents

Text Editors

Version Control Clients

FTP Clients

IDEs

Database Tools

Video Editing Tools

Local Environments

Focus Applications

Support

Communication Tools

Free Hosting

Photo Editors

Outsourced Work

Marketing

The first step to becoming a frugal web developer is cutting back on expenses. If you’re looking to buy new software for your project, try and see if there are any freeware or open source alternatives instead. Oftentimes the free versions of software a

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