Tools of the trade

When developing a WordPress blog these are my most common tools

• HTML5

  Every site needs HTML5

• Javascript

  Almost every site needs some javascript

• jQuery

  Not every site needs jQuery, however, it's integral to many popular WordPress plugins.

• CSS3

  Shiny CSS3 for animations and layout

• PHP

  Simple templating language used by WordPress

• SASS/SCSS

  A CSS preprocessor, helps to keep CSS modular and neat

• SVG

  If the image isnt a photo it is usually better as an SVG

• WordPress

  Tried and tested backend with great user familiarity and plugins

• mySql

  Used by WordPress to store your blog data

• Apache

  HTTP server used by most websites

• Git

  A tool to store code revisions