https://eddb.io/EDDB - Elite Dangerous Database - find pretty much anything in game. ship modules, planets with certain minerals, commodities, ships, profitable trade routes.
https://coriolis.edcd.io/Coriolis - ship builder/planner - lets you see what you can build, and what limitations it might have. Also allows for engineer modifications
http://edtools.ddns.net/res.phpTool for finding closest RES sites. Also tools on that site for finding pristine mining spots, and rares trading
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/E ... erous_WikiElite Wiki - general info
http://edcodex.info/?m=tools&entry=346EDDI - listed as a voice attack plugin, but has a really cool feature of letting you log in, and it can export your ships to the above coriolis tool. I actually turn all the voice stuff off, and use it for that.
http://www.drkaii.com/tools/edprofiler/EDprofiler - lets you configure different graphics settings and save them. Also, hud colors, ect. Great tool for rift users, who might want to change settings when logging in without the rift.
http://inara.cz/galaxy-engineersINARA - used to be the leader in where to find ships components. now i just use for engineering blueprints. they arent all up to date with the latest update. latest update removed the need for commodities, so just ignore that part of the blueprint.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/Elite dangerous reddit - keep up to date on news, ect - also a list of helpful other subreddits here. (outfitting, bountyhunting, ect)
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteCG/Elite CG reddit - they track community goal profits
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0Base attack spreadsheet - contains locations, layouts, and percentages of data drops for base data scans.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthrea ... d-FirmwareThis is also a good read to get started with base scans
http://www.wavescanner.net/for horizons planetary prospecting
looks like a neat little program for planet base scanning. (finding engineering mats)
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthrea ... elper-toolif you guys have found things useful, let me know, ill add to the list.