Essential Online Tools Every Developer Should Know
This article compiles a curated list of useful online resources—including search engines, image utilities, regex visualizers, file converters, code playgrounds, design tools, mind‑mapping applications, and cloud‑note platforms—providing developers with quick access to tools that boost productivity and streamline workflow.
Search Engines and Resource Sites
Bing (International) : https://cn.bing.com/
DuckDuckGo : https://duckduckgo.com/
Stack Overflow : https://stackoverflow.com/
Gitlogs : https://www.gitlogs.com/
Jiumo Search (Jiumodiary) : https://www.jiumodiary.com/
Ebooke : https://ebookee.org/
Iconfinder : https://www.iconfinder.com/
TinEye : https://www.tineye.com/
Semantic Scholar : https://www.semanticscholar.org/
LibreStock : https://librestock.com/
CC Search : https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/
Pexels : https://www.pexels.com/
Unsplash : https://unsplash.com/
The App Store : https://theappstore.org/
Tool Categories
Image‑Related Tools
TinyPNG : https://tinypng.com/ – lossless image compression.
Picdiet : https://www.picdiet.com/zh-cn – JavaScript‑based compression achieving ~80% size reduction.
SmartResize : https://www.smartresize.com/zh-cn – batch cropping and scaling built with JavaScript/HTML5.
Regex Visualization Tools
https://regexr.com/ – interactive regex editor.
https://jex.im/regulex/ – graphical regex visualizer.
File Conversion Tools
https://smallpdf.com/cn – PDF, image, Word conversions.
https://convertio.co/zh/ – multi‑format conversion.
https://www.online-convert.com/ – online file conversion.
https://www.pdftoword.com/ – PDF to Word.
https://tools.pdf24.org/zh/ – PDF utilities.
https://cn.office-converter.com/ – Office document conversion.
Online Compilers
https://rextester.com/ – multi‑language code runner.
https://www.onlinegdb.com/ – online IDE and debugger.
https://c.runoob.com/ – online C/Java/PHP execution.
HTML/CSS/JS/Design Tools
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/ – front‑end playground.
CodePen: https://codepen.io/ – front‑end snippets.
Runoob tutorials: https://c.runoob.com/front-end/61
JSON parser: https://c.runoob.com/front-end/53
Online PS: http://www.kantu.com/ – browser‑based Photoshop alternative.
TableConvert: https://tableconvert.com/ – convert between Markdown, HTML tables, CSV, Excel.
DesignCap: https://www.designcap.com/ – online poster design with templates.
Mind‑Mapping Tools
Xmind: https://www.xmind.cn/ – cross‑platform mind‑map software.
ProcessOn: https://www.processon.com/ – free online diagramming and collaboration.
MindMaster: https://www.edrawsoft.cn/mindmaster/ – multi‑platform mind‑map tool.
MindMeister: https://www.mindmeister.com/zh – online mind‑mapping with large user base.
百度脑图: http://naotu.baidu.com/ – simple online mind‑map.
Gliffy: https://www.gliffy.com/ – diagramming tool (Chrome extension available).
Document & Note Platforms
印象笔记 (Evernote China): https://www.yinxiang.com/
有道笔记: https://note.youdao.com/
OneNote: https://www.onenote.com/
幕布: https://mubu.com/
为知笔记: https://www.wiz.cn/
石墨文档: https://shimo.im/
Google Keep: https://keep.google.com/
Simplenote: https://simplenote.com/
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