Apollo

Apollo is a new cross-platform desktop runtime being developed by Adobe that allows web developers to use web technologies to build and deploy
Rich Internet Applications and web applications to the desktop.  Essentially it moves web applications outside of the browser.  Stay on top of this one.

Codelgniter

CodeIgniter (CI) is a powerful open-source PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. CodeIgniter is an MVC framework, similar in some ways to the Rails framework for Ruby, and is designed to enable, not overwhelm.

Dojo Toolkit

Dojo allows you to easily build dynamic capabilities into web pages and any other environment that supports JavaScript. You can use the components that Dojo provides to make your web sites more usable, responsive, and functional.

Expression Web

Microsoft® Expression® Web is a professional design tool to create modern, standards-based sites that deliver superior quality on the Web.  Sure, it’s Microsoft but you should take a look at it!

Firebug

If you’re not using FireFox yet you should be.  Firebug is a FireFox extension that allows you to debug and edit JavaScript, CSS and HTML almost effortlessly.  Great little extension.

Flash

No surprise here.  Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both a multimedia authoring program and the Adobe Flash Player, written and distributed by Adobe, that uses vector and raster graphics, a native scripting language called ActionScript and bidirectional streaming of video and audio….blah, blah, blah.  It’s just plain cool and you know it!

Flex 2.0

Flex 2 allows you to build slick Web applications with rich, client-side Flash interfaces.  Really like this one.

Ruby on Rails

I REALLY, REALLY LIKE THIS ONE!  Endless applications.  Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework written in Ruby that closely follows the Model View Controller (MVC) architecture. It strives for simplicity, allowing real-world applications to be developed in less code than other frameworks and with a minimum of configuration.  A powerful and effective competitor to commercial alternatives.

swfIR

Based on the revolutionary sIFR, comes a new Flash replacement technique that allows you to replace an image within your HTML and apply effects to it. swFIR is VERY slick.

WordPress

Yep, I know everyone knows about this one too but it’s still one of the best blogging and content management systems on the web.  With the vast array of plugins and customizations that can be implemented on this platform it is my #1 recommendation for blogging.  Upgrade it with the Semiologic Pro package and it turns into an even greater traffic magnet.