Adding to the Notepad++ advice, it really is a good editor. But ofcourse if you're not already into emacs and stuff. Other than that some "misc." tools i use

Adding to the Notepad++ advice, it really is a good editor. But ofcourse if you're not already into emacs and stuff. Other than that some "misc." tools i use * Console2(http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/) - i have a lot of command windows open. The tabbed version is awesome, especially since i can run different shells in each of them. Eg. cygwin prompt in one, cmd.exe in another. * Kitty instead of putty. It has automatic password filling etc. * Batch scripts - i write batch scripts for everything. I start a lot of applications, enabling me to switch context to another project at once with one click, Eg.http://dpaste.com/216517/ http://dpaste.com/216517/ Works best with virtuaenv if you're a python guy. * virtuawin - for virtual windows. * Ultramon - for multiple monitors