On my Mac I have a set of tools I use in conjunction for all my website design. For most of my graphic design I use Photoshop, I’m very fortunate to have such a powerful tool at my disposal. For coding and file transfer, I have a small little set of tools which has become indispensable.

Transmit: Transmit is my favorite FTP client. I have used it for a few years now. It’s reliable and robust. One of my favorite features is that it allows me to edit files on the server using the program of my choice. Which are usually:

TextMate: I got TextMate from the original MacHeist bundle. If it wouldn’t have been included, I probably wouldn’t have ever justified TextMate’s steep price tag. After using it for a year and a half, I don’t think I could live without it. It’s definitely worth every penny.

CSSEdit: I love CSSEdit. It’s an amazingly powerful tool for working with CSS. It allows me to type in my CSS when I know what I want, but also choose options from menus if I don’t remember the syntax. I can’t imaging designing without it.

All of these tools work wonderfully, but also they are very pretty applications. They are designed well. I don’t think I would call them perfect, but are usually very intuitive.

What’s in your toolkit?