External Tools

Web & Software Development

  • JSFiddle Popular JavaScript sandbox and testing web tool that also allows you to mock up an entire page (HTML, CSS, etc.).
  • Playcode A good, complete silo system, which lets you test client-side web code in a sandbox environment.
  • W3C Markup Validator Online tool to verify or correct your web page's markup (HTML).
  • RegEx Library A great place for all things related to regular expressions, including a multi-platform test environment and a very helpful cheatsheet.
  • Font Awesome A huge range of free icons collected together in a single library, so you can avoid excess images, and scale icons smoothly.
  • WAVE ADA Compliance Checker Web tool that checks your web page's WCAG compliance, and helps improve the experience for visitors who have disabilities.
  • Python Online Compiler A slick online REPL (programming environment) for the Python programming language, that let's you explore and test in a sandbox environment.
  • Flexy Boxes Online sandbox for learning and fine-tuning the Flexbox HTML responsive layout system.
  • Regular Expressions 101 Regular expression sandbox and online tester that simulates several different RegEx frameworks.
  • SEOptimer Search Engine Optimization audit and reporting tool that helps identify SEO gaps in your website.
  • Mozilla Observatory Mozilla's online tool that performs a security audit on your website, and offers security suggestions.

Online Knowledge & Info Sharing

  • University of the People Non-profit organization that offers very low-cost degree programs in business admin, education, computer science, and health science.
  • Internet Archive A vast library of public domain audio, video, software, and video games, and historical snapshots of web pages.
  • Alison Free Courses Another great resource for free online courses (and also some diplomas), spanning a variety of topics.
  • edX Online Courses Online education platform offering free courses from some of America's top universities on a diverse number of topics.
  • Mozilla Development Network Documentation A broad range of online web development tools, documentation, and training resources, courtesy of Mozilla.
  • Wikipedia English language version of the massive, free online encyclopedia that's community built and maintaned.
  • Open Culture Free Online Courses A very large and diverse selection of free courses from some of the world's top universities.
  • Stack Overflow The go-to online knowledge-sharing resource for software and web developers all over the world.
  • Khan Academy Non-profit organization that hosts a huge array of free online courses covering many different topics.
  • W3Schools A great selection of simple and easy-to-follow tutorials on using various web development languages and technologies.
  • Udemy Free Courses An assortment of online courses currently being offered free by Udemy, a popular online learning platform.

Audio & Video

  • Freerange Large library of good quality, royalty free, stock images that are also free to download.
  • Audio Joiner Online tool that allows you to splice multiple audio files together into a single file.
  • Audacity An open source, feature-rich, audio editing desktop application that has become an essential tool to millions.
  • Vectr A feature-rich, online tool for creating vector graphics (there is also a desktop version available).
  • Favicon.io Online tool that allows you to convert an image into different sized Windows icon (.ico) files.
  • Inkscape A very slick, easy-to-use, and free to use, desktop application for creating vector graphics.
  • Audioalter Audio converter that turns a standard stereo audio file into an enhanced 8D audio file.
  • CDex A great, free, audio file convertor and CD ripper that supports many different file formats.
  • VLC Media Player Another piece of stand-out software, VLC is the leading open source video and audio playback tool on many operating systems.

Office & Productivity

  • LibreOffice An open source desktop software suite that featues word processing, spreadsheet editing, and other office productivity tools.
  • Ubuntu Operating System An establish distro (version) of the Linux operating system that is beginner-friendly and feature-rich.
  • Discord An intuitive and feature-rich group and collaboration platform that's moved far beyond its gamer roots.
  • Google Docs Google's very popular online office suite (word processor, spreadsheet editor, etc.).
  • Bit Warden A very nice open source password manager that's secure, easy-to-use, and can be accessed across multiple platforms.
  • Musescore A free desktop application that allows you to write and transpose sheet music.
  • Online2PDF Online tool that allows you to convert documents of a variety of formats into PDF files.
  • DuckDuckGo A privacy-respecting search engine that provides pertinent results, and which offers various consumer-friendly add-on products.
  • Standard Notes Easy-to-use, secure open-source repository for all your digital data, accessible via apps on basically every platform.