# Developer Tools to make your life easier

As developers, we use a lot of different tools, and new ones are constantly coming out. I'm going to list out some of the tools I use and services I use to get my job done easier.

## Applications 

1. [Notion](https://notion.so) Notion is one of the best tools I've found for project management, it allows you to create/import Task Lists, Wiki's, Product Road Maps, Meeting Notes, pretty much anything. And it also allows you to create your own templates that you can reuse or share. I've seen a few products host their documentation site's from their Notion notebooks.  
2. [MacDown](https://macdown.uranusjr.com/) I write a lot of my HTML copy in Markdown and Export it out of MacDown, it produces clean code that is easy to style.
3. [Tinkerwell](https://a.paddle.com/v2/click/103161/126730?link=2106) Tinkerwell allows you to write PHP code and test it while you write it. For testing quick ideas and things like that it is awesome.
4. [Sizzy Browser](https://a.paddle.com/v2/click/49831/126730?link=1947) A new browser designed for Responsive Web Design, it shows you what your site looks like in a number of resolutions at the same time.

## Services

1. [Calendly](https://calendly.com/shawncrigger) Provides a service to book meetings and phone calls while checking for conflicts in your calendar.  I use the free tier which works fine for my needs. 
2. [ZohoCRM](https://www.zoho.com/crm/) I personally keep all my leads in a CRM, Zoho works for my needs and it has a lot of other modules that can be integrated together to provide all the services you need. 
3. [CanIUse](https://caniuse.com) I always look up what browsers support mostly what JavaScript functions I am about to use, a lot of older browsers do not support the newer features so I like to make sure everything I write is going to work in the browsers I support.
4. [RemoveBG](https://remove.bg/) A quick service that does a wonderful job of removing the background from most images, I personally find it faster to remove the background using this service than opening Photoshop or another Image Editor and doing it.

There is a few of the newer applications and services that I use to do my job, I'll revise this post later when I think of some more that I use fairly often.

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