Recommended Tools
Divvy
Window Manager - $13.99 (free trial available)
As a web developer, I frequently switch between my text editor, the terminal, and Chrome.
Divvy is a window manager for OSX that
allows me to quickly and efficiently “divvy up” my screen into exact portions.
Rather than manually resizing windows with a mouse, I use custom keybindings.
If you're on OSX and miss Microsoft's Windows Key + Left Arrow /
Windows Key + Right Arrow feature, Divvy is a tool I recommend.
http://mizage.com/divvy/
Seil / Karabiner
Keyboard Customizer - Free
Remap the Caps Lock key to something more useful with
Seil.
The only time I ever used Caps Lock was by accident when trying to enter a
password. Now, I use it as an additional backspace / delete key.
https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/seil.html.en
backspace distance - over 75% saved!
Arrow Key Functionality with S+HJKL:
With Karabiner, you can enable
"Simple Vim Mode" to get Vim-like navigation in any application.
https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/
June 2016
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Atom An approachable text editor - all the niceties of Sublime, for free https://atom.io/ |
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Audactiy A free and open source digital audio editor http://www.audacityteam.org/ |
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Blinged JSON Validator Don't trust an online service with sensitive API responses - use this Mac app to validate and format JSON http://blingedjson.com/ |
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Chrome Canary Chrome with new features - designed for developers and early adopters https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html |
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Evernote Free up mental bandwidth for ideation and creative thinking by brain-dumping absolutely everything you can into Evernote https://evernote.com/ |
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Firefox Developer Edition Has some unique dev tools - particularly Scratchpad, which is useful for experimenting with JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Scratchpad |
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f.lux Blue light borks up your circadian rhythm and causes insomnia - use f.lux for late-night coding https://justgetflux.com/ |
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Fotor Photo Editor Nice filters, great for collages http://www.fotor.com/ |
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GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program - it can do most of what Photoshop can do, for free http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ |
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Grammarly Clear writing means clear thinking - use Grammarly for commenting on pull requests, writing documentation, and emailing your manager https://www.grammarly.com/ |
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ImageOptim Image optimization, compression, and minification https://imageoptim.com/mac |
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iTerm2 A much better Terminal https://www.iterm2.com/ |
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LICEcap Screen capture tool - save as an animated .GIF http://www.cockos.com/licecap/ |
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Pomodoro Timer There are a plethora of timers available for those practicing the Pomodoro Technique - I've used this Mac app by Cannonball HQ since 2014 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id872515009 |
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Postman Essential for working with APIs https://www.getpostman.com/ |
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Type Fu Highly recommended for anyone needing to improve their touch typing skills http://type-fu.com/ |