[Tools] Miscellaneous

2020/04/26 by jean tran

Developer Tools

Text Editors

• Atom - Hackable text editor made by GitHub, Atom Plugins.

• Emacs - A popular text editor used mainly on Unix-based systems by programmers, scientists, engineers, students, and system administrators.

• Sublime Text - Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. Sublime Text Plugins.

• TextMate - Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.

• Typora - Truly minimal Markdown editor featuring seamless live preview.

• Vim - Highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient, Vim Plugins.

• Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's free & open-source editor, TypeScript friendly, VSCode Plugins.

• PDF Expert - Read, annotate and edit PDFs, change text and images.

IDE

• Xcode - Essential IDE for iOS/macOS development.

API Analysis

• Insomnia - The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client.

• Postman - Powerful GUI platform to make your API development faster & easier, from building API requests through testing, documentation and sharing.

Network Analysis

• Charles - HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet.

• Little Snitch - Network monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections.

• Wireshark - The world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.

Command Line Tools

• hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.

• Zsh - Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.

Version Control

• Fork - Fast and friendly Git client for Mac.

Virtualization

• Docker - Powerful, performs operating-system-level virtualization.

• Parallels - Powerful, easy-to-use VM. No free upgrade for each new Mac OS.

• Virtual Box - Powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product.

• VMware Fusion - Powerful, commercial VM developed by VMware.

Databases

• DB Browser for SQLite - Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite.

Design Tools

• GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program.

• Inkscape - Professional vector graphics editor.

• Sketch - Professional digital design for mac.

• zeplin - Collaboration tool for work between designers and developers.

Communication Tools

• Discord - All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.

• Slack - Awesome tool for team collaboration and communication.

• WeChat - Official WeChat app for Mac.

Audio and Video Tools

• Audacity - Free, open-source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

• Shotcut - Free open-source video editor.

• VLC - Free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player as well as framework that plays most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs and various streaming protocols.

Browsers

• Chrome - Chrome, developed by Google.

• Chromium - Open-source, free web browser project by Google, to provide the source code for Google Chrome.

• Firefox - Meet Firefox Quantum. Fast, free, open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

• Safari - Native browser for Macs.

Productivity

• Trello - A collaboration tool that organizes your projects into Kanban boards.

App Package Manager

• Homebrew Cask - Command line installation manager which extends Homebrew and brings its elegance, simplicity, and speed to Mac OS applications and large binaries alike.

• Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS.