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25 tools every new developer needs

10 points by michaelq 12y ago

torkable 12y ago
I wish I had more hands so I could give this post four thumbs down! -Rick James
sklogic 12y ago
Same thing again. "Coder" is always a "web coder" now. That's annoying.
- michaelq 12y ago
  Do you do embedded/native development? Which tools do you use for that that aren't mentioned in the blog post?
  - sklogic 12y ago
    Many developers do not ever touch anything mac, do not use IDEs other than Emacs or VIM, do not care about browsers, etc. So a title is extremely misleading. For a large proportion of the developers most of the listed tools are pretty useless. And not to mention that "most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux" is very far from being correct anywhere outside of the tiny web-development world.
    - michaelq 12y ago
      Other than Vim or Emacs (which I do mention in my post), which tools do you use? And which tools would you recommend for beginners?
      - sklogic 12y ago
        Besides git or mercurial, there is no single set of tools which can be universally usable across the developers' profiles range. There is a huge diversity of needs, cultures and methodologies out there.
ajbetteridge 12y ago
"There's a reason most people in tech use Macs: most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux. " What cloud does this guy live on?
- michaelq 12y ago
  Thanks for your feedback. I have no quantitative evidence to back up this statement so I will amend it. There are many reasons most developers (certainly in the Bay Area) prefer OSX to Windows or desktop Linux. How would you feel about: "Macs combine the user-friendliness of Windows with the Unix environment necessary to run most tools and frameworks."
  - sklogic 12y ago
    There is a whole range of essential tools not available for OS X. For example, none of Xilinx or Altera tools runs on OS X.
wuliwong 12y ago
Obviously the initial comment about most developers using macs was pretty dumb but as a mac user, I do use a lot of these things. Maybe it should be titled "tools for new developers using macs"? I don't use sourcetree, alfred, jumpcut, spectacle, screen hero. I also don't think there's any special dependency of a developer on something like file vault or time machine. In fact, using git and a remote server naturally backs up nearly all I do. Also, not sure why a developer would have a special need for lastpass or incognito mode? Ok, so I use SOME of these things. :)
- elektronjunge 12y ago
  Incognito is useful for testing sites with cookies.
- m_t 12y ago
  Lastpass would be useful for dealing with multiple password of multiple versions of the product you're working on. On my team we use Keepass and we can store and easily share passwords for all of our environments.
bza 12y ago
"most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux" gcc?
disposition2 12y ago
Rather than using Jumpcut, I'd recommend the alfred plugin for clipboard history. http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard

10 points by michaelq 12y ago

torkable 12y ago

I wish I had more hands so I could give this post four thumbs down! -Rick James

sklogic 12y ago

Same thing again. "Coder" is always a "web coder" now. That's annoying.

michaelq 12y ago
Do you do embedded/native development? Which tools do you use for that that aren't mentioned in the blog post?
- sklogic 12y ago
  Many developers do not ever touch anything mac, do not use IDEs other than Emacs or VIM, do not care about browsers, etc. So a title is extremely misleading. For a large proportion of the developers most of the listed tools are pretty useless. And not to mention that "most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux" is very far from being correct anywhere outside of the tiny web-development world.
  - michaelq 12y ago
    Other than Vim or Emacs (which I do mention in my post), which tools do you use? And which tools would you recommend for beginners?
    - sklogic 12y ago
      Besides git or mercurial, there is no single set of tools which can be universally usable across the developers' profiles range. There is a huge diversity of needs, cultures and methodologies out there.

ajbetteridge 12y ago

"There's a reason most people in tech use Macs: most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux. " What cloud does this guy live on?

michaelq 12y ago
Thanks for your feedback. I have no quantitative evidence to back up this statement so I will amend it. There are many reasons most developers (certainly in the Bay Area) prefer OSX to Windows or desktop Linux. How would you feel about: "Macs combine the user-friendliness of Windows with the Unix environment necessary to run most tools and frameworks."
- sklogic 12y ago
  There is a whole range of essential tools not available for OS X. For example, none of Xilinx or Altera tools runs on OS X.

wuliwong 12y ago

Obviously the initial comment about most developers using macs was pretty dumb but as a mac user, I do use a lot of these things. Maybe it should be titled "tools for new developers using macs"? I don't use sourcetree, alfred, jumpcut, spectacle, screen hero. I also don't think there's any special dependency of a developer on something like file vault or time machine. In fact, using git and a remote server naturally backs up nearly all I do. Also, not sure why a developer would have a special need for lastpass or incognito mode? Ok, so I use SOME of these things. :)

elektronjunge 12y ago
Incognito is useful for testing sites with cookies.
m_t 12y ago
Lastpass would be useful for dealing with multiple password of multiple versions of the product you're working on. On my team we use Keepass and we can store and easily share passwords for all of our environments.

bza 12y ago

"most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux" gcc?

disposition2 12y ago

Rather than using Jumpcut, I'd recommend the alfred plugin for clipboard history. http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard