Top Cloud-based Tools for Web Development

The web development industry is growing at a rapid pace and several tools are helping streamline the process of creating a web-based application and helping developers overcome the learning curve.

Web app development consists of several elements which require a developer to possess knowledge in many different areas. Cloud dubbed as the distant storage, in which the user pays to save information.

Cloud services are utilized in our smartphones and computers to gain access to information from anywhere. Similarly, web developers also utilize cloud services to reduce the overall cost and ensure the development process is robust.

Almost every web app uses a database to store information, that's why a web developer should have SQL in his or her tool kit.

SQL Fiddle SQL Fiddle is one of the perfect tools for online testing and sharing of database related matters and its effective solutions. It comes across as a highly effective tool for a database developer with multiple and different use cases. It comes across a useful resource if the developer wants to compare and contrast SQL statements in different database back-ends.

Installing each database often requires effort, especially to check the query in different environments.
On the left pane, the SQL Fiddle application can create tables, views and other database structures and insert some test data, while SQL statements can be inserted in the right-hand panel.

Python Fiddle
Python Fiddle is a Python Cloud IDE with a syntax highlighter and Python console allowing you to run Python code from any browser, import snippets from different sites, and link to solutions from Stackoverflow.

Powered with code auto-completion
Supports several Python packages: algopy, asciitable, Cheetah, jinja2, mako, milk, ply, etc.

AWS Cloud9

Cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE), AWS Cloud9 allows writing, running, and debugging code with a browser. Cloud9 comes prebuilt with important tools for popular programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, PHP, and more. It does not requires installation of files or configuration of development machines to start new projects.

Cloud-based allowing collaboration on projects from office, home, or anywhere using an internet-connected machine.
Involves code editor, debugger, and terminal.
Seamless experience for developing serverless applications to define resources, debug, and switch between local and remote execution of serverless applications.
Share development environment with team, enabling us to pair programs and track each other's inputs in real time.

ShiftEdit ShiftEdit is an online IDE for building websites. Connect to project files irrespective of the location. From FTP, SFTP to cloud based services such as Dropbox or Google Drive, ShiftEdit allows cloning a repository from Github or Bitbucket.

Connect to localhost with the help of a proxy.
Invite, chat and collaborate in real-time.
Sophisticated autocomplete, syntax checking, function definitions ensure that programming is easy to use.
Build snippets, notes, change themes, even import your own css.

Finally

We hope this quick list is useful to help you with the web development process, making it streamlined and robust.

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