Helpful applications and browser extensions.
Cloud storage browser.
Free, open source universal database tool. Available for Windows, OSX, and Linux.
Windows VMs for testing IE - provided by Microsoft
NoCoffee - vision impairment simulator
Wappalyzer - detect libraries/frameworks used on a website
Lighthouse - now included with Chrome under the “audits” tab in DevTools. Perform audits on performance, PWA, a11y, best practices, and SEO.
Page Ruler redux - measure dimensions on a webpage in the browser
GA Debugger - enables the debug version of analytics.js without having to change the tracking code
Open source IDE.
In order to use VS Code for Drupal development, use this guide as a starting point. The editor is highly configurable with many extensions available. You will likely want to customize it further based on your needs.