Creately is a web based diagramming tool with real-time collaboration to work together on diagrams. If you're not comfortable storing data on the cloud you can use the desktop version. It lets you create workflows, mind maps, concept maps, business process models, wire-frames, org charts and many more diagram types useful in research projects.

A simple web-based HTML and CSS editor geared toward beginners. Thimble splits your window into two panes - one is the editor and the other displays a preview of your work. Includes tutorial projects for learning to code. Offers option for webpages to be published by thimble.webmaker.org.

A visual development tool for creating, publishing, and managing websites and mobile content: Dreamweaver offers a graphics-based WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You GET pronounced wizzywig) and code-based user interface for the development of web pages and sites. The tool may be used to simplify the process of web site development (in comparison to creation of individual web pages), through the provision of a templating system that allows single-source update of shared code and layout across entire sites without server-side includes or scripting.

Features:

WYSIWYG

Code hinting for Ajax and JavaScript frameworks

Subversion integration

FTP/SFTP support

WebDav support

Web site template system

Adobe Spry AJAX framework support

The HTML5 boilerplate is a set of HTML/CSS/JS templates for building websites. It offers cross-browser compatibility, caching and compression rules, mobile browser optimizations, graceful degradation, and IE-specific classes.

Jumpchart is a way to collaboratively design website wireframes and sitemaps, and includes the ability to create navigation menus, draft and organize content, and track changes. It could be used as a way to get a head start on building a website, even before a server and/or software are available. Jumpchart offers HTML exports, and a direct-to-WordPress export ($25+/month accounts only).

Rwui allows you to convert an R script to a web page with an interface where users can run the script(s) even if they don't know R.