Bootstrap is a CSS framework that provides plenty of code that solves reoccurring issues. A challenge such as spacing, responsive design, buttons, etc., have already been assigned classes and users simply have to find the right class to solve the challenge at hand.

The documentation for Bootstrap is very clear, allowing users to do research on all the classes made available to you. A visual, explanation, and similar classes will be presented in an easy to understand format.

Fontawesome provides a ton of royalty free fonts that can be used on your application for free or at a low price. Fonts such as shopping carts, check marks, people, etc., all can be found here.

Developing software isn’t a 1-person job. You will be working with plenty of others, and each person will be given a different set of tasks. GitHub is one of the leading software hosting websites which you will need to become accustomed to using so you can develop code with others in a stable environment.

Github is a very great source for hosting software you can use for your application. Take a look at what this software accomplishes, follow the license concerns, and you could very well use someone else’s software instead of having to create and maintain your own!

Git is version control software that is used for handling files, folders, tracking changes, and much more. You will find Git is supported by many different kinds of software and has sort of become the leader at it’s craft. Becoming familiar with Git will allow you to make fluent changes to team built software which will have backups, not interfere with other’s code, and ensure backups are made available.

NPM is a package manager for the JavaScript language. It is the default package manager for Node and provides you with plenty of useful commands and file structure for your projects.

JavaScript natively runs on the client side, but with Node.js you can also run on the server side of the application/back end. By using Node, your applications will work well, and scale better since it has cross-platform compatibility.

Chocolatey is a package manger used by windows to assist with installing and deploying software.

With the use of docker, developers can package applications into containers, allowing the software to be multiplatform and ready for deployment.

Lucidchart can be used for designing flow charts, user interfaces, and much more. This is a great tool to use for simple software design and is especially great for flow chart designs. An alternative to this is Vizio, which is free to you as a WVUP student in the in the Azure Dev tools.

Draw.io is a free designing tool which can create flowcharts and design other things. It is recommended that you use lucid chart or Vizio as an alternative but know this is also available to you too.

Figma is a tool that can be used for designing the user interface of an application. You can be given really interesting effects, such as clicking a button and having it open another page, or even dropping a menu. Figma allows you to make it appear as if you have a fully functional application simply for design purposes. It can be great for showing off to stakeholders when you want to explain what your application will do when it is developed.

Website for plenty of royalty free images you can use for free on your website.

Find a color you like on a webpage and capture the RGB value. This can also be used for testing to validate changes you have made.

Covert a PDF to/from the selected file type for free!

The favicon is the photo which is displayed in the browser. Convert existing photos into favicons with this app.

Sometimes your photos could be of too big size to be uploaded on your website. With TinyPNG, you can shrink the px size of a photo to make it more universally accepted on your site.

Ninite can be used to download a ton of software such as Google Chrome, I-Tunes, etc., in a secure manner!

Check out this Udemy instructor who has a list of very helpful resources you can use for designing websites. If you haven’t already, check out his Udemy courses too for everything front end design and more!

You will find that many challenges you run into with designing software has already been solved or at least experienced by others. Forums like Stackoverflow can provide great solutions that professionals have used to solve the very problem you might be experiencing. Stackoverflow uses the MIT license, which allows developers to use the software on their own applications for free.

With geeksforgeeks, you will get more article-based solutions rather than forum based. You will find solutions to challenges in many different languages, from java, python, and more!

Udemy provides very structured videos based on learning some kind of thing. If you like not having to look all over the place, and just be spoon fed very great structured data, then Udemy is a great alternative to just brute force google or YouTube searches.  

Something that W3schools excels in is providing very specific tasked based tutorials. Rather than relying on a huge book of fundamentals, you will find yourself tackling just 1 task at a time. This saves times, and is personally one of my favorite tutorial sites.

Codeacademy is great for code specific hands-on tutorials. This is a great way to apply what you have learned.   

Professor Messor provides YouTube tutorials on certifications such as the Network +, CompTIA A+, and more! He also has some great extra resources such as the study notes that can be bought.

Boson provides excellent study material in the form of videos, practice tests, practice labs, etc. While this is a bit on the expensive side, you will definitely find it to be incredibly helpful for passing many different CIT Certifications!

Jason Dian provides tutorials for CIT certifications. Check out some of his CIT practice tests!