| This section provides links to programs we recommend for developers. For the Zen Cart developers among you, we recommend the following programs, this is not an exhaustive list but the minimum you should have for development of Zen Cart or any other open source program. Not all the program’s here are FREE (What is) but you can try most of then on a Free 30 day basis. See if you like them and can work with them before you buy. If you don’t Want the hassle, we are here to do the work for you at a modest fee. Drop us a line. | WeBuilder - Free Trial 
| WeBuilder is revolutionary all-in-one web code editor for all your web document editing needs. Clean and convenient interface, quick start-up, true flexibility and powerful features allow you to create and edit HTML, CSS, Java Script, VBScript, PHP, ASP, SSI, Perl code faster and easier than ever, while integrated tools enable you to validate, reuse, navigate and deploy your code in an efficient and sophisticated manner. Click WebBuilder to find out More Click on the picture to expand - Zencarters you must have this, the screen shot is 2005 version, 2006 is better. Download the trial you have nothing to loose. | Beyond Compare - You Got To Buy This. But It Is Worth Every Penny Of 24.99 euro | Beyond Compare is a powerful timesaving utility for comparing files and folders on your Windows system. Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output, and validate copies of your data. Beyond Compare can create a snapshot of a live directory structure, and compare it against the live copy at a later date. Beyond Compare helps you analyse differences in detail and carefully reconcile them. It commands a wide range of file and text operations, as well as script commands for automating tasks. - compare text files
- compare folders, zip archives, ftp sites
- update web sites
- merge code changes
- compare program output
- and more
| Easy GIF Animator - Free Trial | Easy GIF Animator is powerful and easy to use software for creating and editing animated GIF images. With its special features you can add stunning visual effects to your animations, prepare them for your web page and do much more. Easy GIF Animator can handle any type of GIF animation; it provides high compression and great quality for your animated GIFs. | Firefox - Free | If you have not got Firefox you need too look at you web site in another browser, (NOT IS ALL THE SAME IN ALL BROWSERS). For example Zen Cart demo store breaks in fire fox, you may need a few tweaks. Another reason for Firefox is some extensions that can be added and there are hundreds. After you have installed Firefox, go to Tools on the top menu bar and select Extensions (About half way down). A Box will appear, at the bottom on the right, click on “Get More Extensions” do a search for the following and add the extensions. Some of the tools appear in the bottom status bar, some in the menu’s, Play and learn Essentials for Zen cart - ColoZilla
- CSS validator
- Measureit
If you find more that are useful drop us a line and we will list them here | Internet Explore 7 - Free | Yes this is a new version, it is still in the Beta Stage, but we find it more reliable than IE6, but don’t hold us to that. It has more features than IE6 and has a slightly different layout (with tabs). It takes a couple of days to get used to, but is straight forward. You may as well get used to it because this is the new IE. | Developers Tool Kit For IE6 & IE7 - Free | There is an essential tool for you Zen Carters, the Developers Tool Kit. It really helps. Using Firefox and IE together, we promise (but don’t hold us to that). | FileZilla - Free | FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client for Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable. The main features of FileZilla are: - Ability to resume Uploads/Downloads (if the server supports it)
- Custom Commands
- Site Manager with folders
- Keep Alive system
- Time-out detection
- Firewall support
- SOCKS4/5 and HTTP1.1 Proxy support
- SSL secured connections
- SFTP support
- Upload/Download Queue
- Drag&Drop
- Multi-language support
- GSS authentication and encryption using Kerberos
| Windows Grep - Free (Shareware) | Windows Grep is a tool for searching files for text strings that you specify. Although Windows and many other programs have file searching capabilities built-in, none can match the power and versatility of Windows Grep. The program combines the power and flexibility of traditional command line grep utilities available on DOS, UNIX and other platforms with the ease of use of Microsoft Windows. In addition to searching, Windows Grep also performs global replacing in your files, with complete safety. | | | | |
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