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25 tools every new developer needs

by michaelq on 9/26/14, 6:02 PM with 14 comments

• by ajbetteridge on 9/26/14, 6:30 PM

  "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?

• by wuliwong on 9/26/14, 6:44 PM

  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. :)

• by disposition2 on 9/30/14, 5:22 PM

  Rather than using Jumpcut, I'd recommend the alfred plugin for clipboard history.

  http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard

• by bza on 9/27/14, 12:25 AM

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

  gcc?

• by sklogic on 9/26/14, 6:26 PM

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

• by torkable on 9/26/14, 6:22 PM

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