Tom O'Dea

I created a list of all of the technologies I’ve researched in the last two months regarding the building of web applications. I figured I’d put it on the old interwebs for anyone else out there that’s getting started with a web app and wants to see it all in one place. If you have an addition, put it in the comments and I’ll update the list!

Languages

• Ruby: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
• Python: http://www.python.org/
• PHP: http://www.php.net/
• Scala: http://www.scala-lang.org/
• Java: http://www.java.com/en/
• HAML/SCSS: http://haml-lang.com/
• Node.js: http://nodejs.org (Javascript) – Not really a language but this is the best section to put it in

Frameworks

• Express: http://expressjs.com/ (Javascript, node.js)
• Django: http://www.djangoproject.com/ (Python)
• Rails: http://rubyonrails.org (Ruby)
• Rails/Hobocentral: http://hobocentral.net/ (Ruby)
• Rails/Sinatra: http://www.sinatrarb.com/ (Ruby)
• Symfony: http://www.symfony-project.org/ (PHP)
• Zend: (http://framework.zend.com/) (PHP)
• Cake: (http://cakephp.org/) (PHP)
• Lift: http://liftweb.net/ (Scala)
• Spring: http://www.springsource.org/ (Java)
• jQuery: http://api.jquery.com/category/ajax/ (Javascript/AJAX)

Hosting

• Heroku: http://heroku.com/ (Ruby/Rails)
• Rails Machine: http://railsmachine.com/ (Ruby/Rails)
• Google App Engine: http://code.google.com/appengine/ (Python)
• Rackspace: http://www.rackspace.com
• Amazon: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

Version Control

• git: http://git-scm.com/ and https://github.com/
• subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
• Mercurial: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
• cvs: http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/

Testing

• Cucumber: http://cukes.info/
• RSpec: http://rspec.info/

Database

• MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
• PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
• SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/
• CouchDB: http://couchdb.apache.org/

Text Editors/IDE

• TextMate: http://macromates.com/ (Mac only)
• E Text Editor: http://www.e-texteditor.com/ (Win, requires cygwin installation)
• RubyMine: http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/ (Win/Mac/Linux, runs on Java Virtual Machine)
• NetBeans: http://netbeans.org/ (Win/Mac/Linux, runs on Java Virtual Machine)
• Komodo: http://www.activestate.com/komodo-ide (Win/Mac/Linux)
• jEdit: http://www.jedit.org/ (Win/Mac/Linux, runs on Java Virtual Machine)
• There are any others out there…

Issue Tracking

• Pivotal Tracker:http://www.pivotaltracker.com/
• Lighthouse: http://lighthouseapp.com/

Training

• Rails: http://railsforzombies.org/
• Ruby: http://tryruby.org

Enjoy!