[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.
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