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A list of the most useful web-development-related lists you will ever find out there. Ajax, Social Bookmarking, Cheat Sheets, CSS, Google, RSS, Web-Tools, Web 2.0, Wiki, Wordpress. On one single page. A tasty snack for web-developers.

In the era of Web 2.0 everyone is collecting, tagging and presenting bookmarks, images, videos, mp3s and, of course, links. Being focused on the most useful tools for web-developers, we’ve decided to collect something quite different – most useful lists, which include references to the best web-development-related resources. We’ve collected them, sorted them and listed in one single article. A quick overview of the most popular and useful lists for your web-projects. For web-developers and designers. Links checked: May/11 2008.

AJAX

• AJAX Toolkits and Frameworks
  Round-up of 50 AJAX Toolkits and Frameworks
• 30 AJAX Tutorials
  Round-up of 30 AJAX Tutorials – Max Kiesler
• 60 AJAX Tutorials
  60 More AJAX Tutorials – Max Kiesler
• AJAX Tutorials
  A list of good and well known tutorials for AJAX Applications. From simple widgets to entire application. Find it all here.

Bookmarklets

• More Must-Have Bookmarklets
  General, Web Design and Development, Search Engines, Specific Browsers

Social Bookmarking

• Social Bookmark Managers Social Services that can “Manage Bookmarks”
• Social Bookmarks
  Social bookmarking Sites

Calenders

• Best Online Calendars
  Systems that allow you to keep track of your calendar online, and/or share your calendar w/ others.

Cheat Sheets

• Cheat Sheet List
  compilation of cheatsheets for popular apps….over 90 Cheatsheets for web developers.
• Cheat Sheet Roundup
  Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers, Web Development Cheat Sheets, Databases / SQL Cheat Sheets, Language Cheat Sheets

CMS

• Content Management System List
  Open Source
• Comparison of content management systems
  This is a list of content management systems that are used to organize and facilitate collaborative content creation. Many of them are built on top of separate content management frameworks.

CSS

• CSS Design Galleries
  Huge list of css an design galleries (61 resources)
• CSS Galleries
  Get design inspirations from these showcases.
• Holy CSS Zeldman

del.icio.us

• Absolutely Del.icio.us
  Complete Tools Collection

Digg

• All the digg-style applications
  There are 218 Digg-style applications….
• Complete Digg Tools Collection
  Huge list of digg tools

Editors

• List of HTML editors
  Huge List From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• WYSIWYG Web Editors – The List
  This list of WYSIWYG rich text web editors is being maintained as a general resource for developers who want to add a richer editing experience to web based applications….

Flickr

• The Great Flickr Tools Collection
  Huge List Of Great Flickr Tools!

Google

• Google Services
  A list about all the google services
• The Big Google Search Tools Collection
  Here is a list of Official Google Search Tools

PHP

• PHP Related Links
  On these sites you will find tutorials, articles, example scripts, PHP related tools, jobs, web hosting services, etc.

RSS

• Online Feed Aggregators
  Read your news anywhere and everywhere.
• RSS Readers – Online and Offline
  List of RSS/ATOM feed readers/aggregators.
• RSS Feed Submission Sites
  Here is the site lists for RSS Feeds submissions

Software & Tools

• Analysis
  Validation, Accessibility, Checks, SEO Tools…
• Validators and Checkers
  The Web Design Group’s links to HTML validators and other document checkers.
• Color Tools
  Great color tool list
• Digital Artist Freeware
  Great alternatives to Photoshop and other Adobe or Corel products
• complete freeware collection…
  alternatives to expensive software
• High Quality Web Development Resources
  Specials – Browsers, Generators, Optimizers, SEO Tools…
• Online Generators
  Great list of available online helpers for web workers. CSS Layout and style generators, htacess generators,…..
• Online Tools, Generators, Checkers
  List of online free tools that help us to program, design, develope, optimize, etc.
• Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List
  Scott Hanselman’s 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List
• Windows opensource and/or freeware
  List of freely available windows software. NOT SHAREWARE.

Web 2.0

• All Things Web 2.0 – “THE LIST”
  A huge list of Web 2.0 applications
• Complete List of Web 2.0 Applications
  Following is an alphabetically sorted list of popular Web 2.0 applications.
• List of Web 2.0 Lists
  a list of the web 2.0 lists and other helpful product data that I’ve found on the Web. I encourage you to add other sources in the comments…Richard MacManus
• Navigation Menus
  Collection of Web 2.0 Navigation Menus
• Web 2.0 Products and Services
  Complete List of Web 2.0 Products and Services

Wiki

• List of Wiki-Software
  This is a list of wiki software applications.

WordPress

• 805+ Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates
  Comprehensive list of 805+ Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download
• Essential WordPress Plugins
  39 resources…..created by Mary-ann HORLEY
• WordPress Resources
  WordPress and blogging help, tips, techniques, and news for WordPress, Wordpress.com, and blog users