Free Development Software
To aid website design and development, we think you will find the following pieces of software invaluable.
Google AdSense
This is probably now the most widely used system for earning you revenue from your website or blog. It is a pay-per-click system, meaning every time somebody clicks on an advertisement, you get paid. Some people even make a good living from it...
Google AdWords
To get visitors to your website, why not use the power and reach of Google to attract them? Millions of people use Google every day, and the AdWords system allows you to place a link to your site on the first page of Google (if required) to attract exactly the right target audience.
Bravenet Webmaster Tools
Bravenet offer a whole host of tools ideal for webmasters, especially if you do not have access to or knowledge of scripting languages. For example, they provide a web-based calendar, online photo album, and blogs, as well as a whole lot more.
PhpMyAdmin
This is an indespensible tool for web developers everywhere, providing a very handy front-end to MySQL (below) allowing you to perform basic and more complicated functions with ease.
MySQL
An extrememly light-weight yet extremely powerful database, ideal for web applications.
Apache
Another part of the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (or Perl/Phython) group of software, this is an extremely powerful web server, used by many of the world's largest corporations.
Crimson Editor
This allows you to edit your source-code in a very easy-to-use and efficient way. Includes colour-coding and other useful development features.