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title: Technology and Tools
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# Technology and Tools Cheatsheet

A collection of things I find useful when creating things with technology.



| What | Type | Notes | API? |
| ---- | ---- | ----- | ---- | 
| [HackMD](https://hackmd.io/)| Web notes | Where I keep my tech notes | :ballot_box_with_check: |
| [Shields.io](https://shields.io/)| Design library | Concise, consistent, and legible badges |                         |
| [Base64](https://www.base64encode.org/) | Code/decode    | Online tool to encode/decode data |                         |
| [Flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com/) | Design library | -  | - |
| [Postman](https://www.postman.com/) | API platform | For building, testing, and using APIs | :ballot_box_with_check: |
| [tkinter (docs)](https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.html) | Python library | Cross-platform UI toolkit | - |
| [TkDocs](https://tkdocs.com/index.html) | Docs & Tutorials | -  | - |
| [Flask (docs)](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/) | Python web framework | Backend micro-framework for  rapid development  | - |
| [CustomTkinter](https://customtkinter.tomschimansky.com/) | Python library | Modern, customizable python UI-library based on Tkinter  | - |
| [ttkbootstrap](https://ttkbootstrap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | Python library | Theme extension for tkinter  | :ballot_box_with_check: |
| [Modern GUI using Tkinter](https://medium.com/@fareedkhandev/modern-gui-using-tkinter-12da0b983e22) | Tutorial | -  | - |
| [Bootswatch](https://bootswatch.com/) | CSS library | Free themes for Bootstrap | :ballot_box_with_check: |
| [Qt](https://doc.qt.io/) | Python framework | Cross-platform dev framework | - |
| [PyQt](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro) | Python library | -  | - |
| [Storybook](https://storybook.js.org/) | Frontend JS library | Frontend workshop for building UI components | - |
| [React vs. Next.js](https://dev.to/vyan/react-vs-nextjs-the-ultimate-guide-for-modern-web-development-in-2024-4j0k#when-to-choose-react) | Docs | Guide for Modern Web Development | - |
| [Hashnode](https://hashnode.com/) | Blogging platform | AI-assisted blogging | - |
|[TWMP - API Documentation Assignment](https://technicalwritingmp.com/docs/portfolio/api-documentation-assignment/) | Tutorial | (TMDb) API Documentation tutorial | - |
| [Postman Guide for Beginners](https://wise4rmgod.hashnode.dev/postman-guide-for-beginners-a-comprehensive-introduction-to-api-testing-and-collaboration) | Guide | Intro to API Testing | - |
| [Codepen](https://codepen.io/) | Online IDE | Frontend focused | - |
| Glitch | - | -  | - |
| GitHub Codespaces | - | -  | - |
| Inkscape | Vector image creator | -  | - |
| [Loom](https://www.loom.com/) | Screen recording | -  | - |
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