Coders/builders/programmers - Your Favourite Non "dev Environment" Software

[Khun Jean]

I use Inkscape a lot http://inkscape.org

It is an SVG graphics editor and has good export functionality.

I use it a lot to resize vector graphics and export pixel perfect png or gifs for use on a website.

AgentRansack, irFanView are also favorites.

And blackwidow siteripper.

[manarak]

about Content Management Systems...

If you are in the same position as me, and custom modules are too difficult to program in Drupal and Joomla, but Wordpress is not enough for your needs, you might be interested in www.postnice.org which revives the old Postnuke CMS technology.

Amazingly, it is able to work either without templates, with CSS only, with CSS+tamplates and with compiled templates and caching!

Custom scripts accessing the CMS' own API are as simple to program as a normal PHP page, within minutes.

A breeze for any custom development.

Thank you for this. Can I ask that we don't let this descend into a "this CMS is better because...." debate. I've been active on many of these on other threads and they get quite intense and will easily derail a thread. manarak, thanks again for bringing this one to our attention.

Please no CMS debating. This thread is bringing so much useful stuff to the fore and I don't want to lose it over CMS preferences. Suggesting fine, but making a debate over it....please don't.

I agree, I believe there isn't one that is better than all others, it depends on each user's needs and skills.

I feel this one is important because it is midway between wordpress and drupal/joomla.

[draftvader]

I use Inkscape a lot http://inkscape.org

It is an SVG graphics editor and has good export functionality.

I use it a lot to resize vector graphics and export pixel perfect png or gifs for use on a website.

AgentRansack, irFanView are also favorites.

And blackwidow siteripper.

An OS Illustrator alternative. Going to give this a go when I have the time for the learning curve. Thanks!

Now just to find a viable InDesign alternative.

[Khun Jean]

Now just to find a viable InDesign alternative.

Never used it myself but a friend of mine likes http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus

It can produce RIP-ready files.

[Slip]

Nice Khun Jean- I have inkscape already, but I downloaded AgentRansack and blackwidow on sight. Sweet programmes.

[manarak]

after reading again about irfanview on this thread, I might give it again a go - I think the last time I tried with was with win 95 or win 98, and it didn't convince me.