There are many tools are available that makes web developer's life easy. But below are the tools that has really made me an efficient web developer.

1. Zend Framework

Zend framework is an open source MVC (Model View Controller) framework made in PHP. It has only been for few years now but have already attracted millions of web developer's interest. Zend framework gives you power and flexibility and can help you build reusable independent code very quickly. You can choose what objects you want to use, and it’s very easy to integrate Zend into other frameworks.

2. 960 CSS Framework

960 CSS Framwork is 3-4kb size CSS file that helps build complex layouts quickly. It is consitent in most of the browsers which saves lot of time tweeking for ie6. It is a clean grid structure and rapidly speed up the development time.

3. SVN (Subversion)

Subversion also known as SVN, it is an opensource software which provides revision control of the source codes, this helps to keep track on all current and past versions on each file, with note about who edited them and what they did. If some of the changes go wrong restoring to the previous running version is just few clicks away. It can also be used in place of FTP to upload files to live server, so that everytime you make some changes to you local copy, you dont have to remember the changed files to be uploaded. Simple SVN update command would do that job for you.

4. Wordpress

Wordpress is one of the favourite blogging and CMS (content management system) engine. It is easy to use and have lots of plugin that can suit any normal websites requirement. It is backed with very huge community supporter. If you know PHP, building bespoke plugins will not be too hard in wordpress.

5. Artisteer

As I am more of a developer than a designer, this simple tool can be more useful to people like me. All you have to do is just click few buttons and you have a decent web design ready. This website's design was also done in in artisteer in just 10 minutes. All the designs made in artisteer can be easily exported to HTML/CSS or it can also be exported as wordpress, drupal or joomla themes.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you enjoyed this post:).  Please be kind as this is my first post and English is not my first language.

Any other tools which have made you a better web developer please leave your comments.