10 Useful Front-End Development Tools For Web Apps | 2020 

Web development is evolving very quickly, with many libraries and frameworks appearing and replacing other, less efficient, tools. If you want to keep up-to-date with all the latest news and find out what best suits your web application project, keep up with the tools listed below. 

Chrome DevTools 1 Chrome DevTools is a set of web developer tools built directly into the Google Chrome browser. DevTools can help you edit pages on- the-fly and diagnose problems quickly, which ultimately helps you build better websites, faster. 

● Multi-client remote debugging support ● Workspaces 2.0 ● Four new audits ● Simulate push notifications with custom data ● Trigger background sync events with custom tags New features coming to DevTools in Chrome 63 include: 

TypeScript is an open-source front-end scripting language. It is a strict syntactical superset of JavaScript that adds optional static typing. It is designed for the development of large applications and compiles to JavaScript. TypeScript creates the best web development environment for front-end developers. TypeScript 2 

TypeScript has also gained popularity with this audience of developers, moving from 26 to 17 in the rankings. TypeScript also has both the highest usage (21 percent) and the highest interest among those not yet using it (39 percent) among the various “alternative” JavaScript flavors in another survey of developers. 

GitHub 3 GitHub is a web development platform inspired by the way you work. This tool allows developers to examine code, create software applications and manage projects. 

● It offers tools suitable for the job ● Allows all the code in one place ● Coordinates use ● Stays aligned and after each GitHub project management tool ● The developers can host the direct documentation through the repositories Key features: 

Sass is the most reliable and robust CSS extension language. This web development tool helps to extend the functionality of an existing CSS such as variables, inheritance, and nesting with ease. Sass 4 

Sass is an open source project that attracts updated CSS preprocessors. This tool gives you a hand in writing a code that can be easily maintained, thus reducing the amount of CSS you need to code. 

JQuery 5 jQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript libraries that is widely used for front-end development. This large library allows developers to focus on the functionality of different aspects. Through this JavaScript library, development become very easy, such as handling HTML documents, traversing and Ajax. 

● Facilitates the creation of highly interactive web applications ● Offers a powerful theme mechanism ● jQuery is very friendly and stable ● jQuery is an open source and being free to use ● jQuery offers extensive support for the browser and helps to create excellent documentation. Key features: 

Sublime Text is a proprietary cross-platform source code editor. This web development tool accepts several programming languages and markup languages. It Allows developers to offer project-specific preferences. Sublime Text 6 

Sublime Text is compatible with many language grammar such as TextMate offers a Python-based plugin API and simultaneous editing allows for the same interactive changes in multiple domains. 

CodePen 7 CodePen is a web development environment for front-end designers and developers. It facilitates faster and smoother development. It allows the construction and creation of test cases and website implementation. 

● Includes great features for faster CSS writing ● allows live viewing and live synchronization ● the API prefill feature allows you to add links and demo pages, without having to code anything Key features: 

AngularJs is another indispensable tool for front-end developers. It represents an open-source web application framework. Through AngularJS, we can extend HTML syntax for web applications. It also simplifies the front-end development process by creating an expressive environment that is legible and accessible. AngularJS 8 

● It is completely free, it is an open source and is used by thousands of developers worldwide, it allows you to create RICH Internet Applications ● AngularJS automatically manages the appropriate JavaScript code for each browser and it offers the option to write the application from the client using JavaScript using MVC Key features: 

Grunt 9 Grunt is one of the best front-end development tools when it comes to task automation. It is a popular task runner for Node Js, which offers included plugins for common tasks and it is very flexible and widely adopted. It offers an alternative to writing down all kinds of tasks that go well with your requirements. 

● It allows the automation of repetitive tasks without any great effort ● It makes the workflow as easy as writing a configuration file and it has a simple approach. ● It speeds up the development process and increasing the performance of the projects and reduces the chance of repeating errors while performing repetitive tasks. Key features: 

Npm represents the Node package manager for JavaScript. Through Npm, you can discover reusable code packages and assemble them in powerful and new ways. This web development tool is a command line utility for interacting with a named repository that helps in package. NPM 10 

You can reuse and discover more than 450,000 free code packages in the registry, manage public and private code using the same workflow and you can discover and reuse code within teams. Npm has many stars on GitHub and has great functionality that is highly praised. 

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