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London-based front-end architect and web developer evangelist; Microsoft MVP, writes at praveen.science.
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ZoomSoftware Zoom
Zoom: I use this for all my personal and professional communications, whether talking with office colleagues, clients, or even my dad, this is my saviour.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
Sublime Text 2Software Sublime HQ
Sublime Text 2: I do understand why not Sublime Text 3. I have a kind of love towards the old version 2 and I would like to stay with it.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
VagrantSoftware Mitchell Hashimoto
Vagrant: I love this little broker tool that helps me configure my Virtual Machines with the intended development environment and also scale the configuration on other similar machines and devices used by my co-workers, clients, and mentees.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
TyporaSoftware
This is one of the best editors I use for writing my blog posts and also Stack Overflow answers.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
WinSCPSoftware
I haven't seen any other software that's as stable as this one.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
MeldSoftware
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. I am more inclined to use Meld than BeyondCompare as this is more stable than that.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
Visual Studio CodeSoftware Microsoft
Visual Studio Code is the go-to editor for some complex languages like React using JSX or TypeScript and I finally agreed with Wes Bos that VS Code is better for development of React JS.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
Scotch BoxSoftware Scotch.io
I am a proud supporter of Scotch Box, providing some nice enhancements on Virtual Hosts to the Pro version. I strongly recommend everyone going for the Pro version.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
Google ChromeSoftware Google
Google Chrome: What's a Web Developer without Google Chrome browser? The first thing I do with Safari is to get Google Chrome and install the latest version.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
Cobalt2 Theme OfficialSoftware Wes Bos
Cobalt2 Theme Official is the theme used by Wes Bos, which comes with a nice user experience and a lot of awesome features. I am using a modified version of Cobalt2 that's a crossover between Monokai and Cobalt2.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
iTerm2Software George Nachman
iTerm 2 (macOS Specific) is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
FannySoftware
Fanny (macOS Specific) is a free Notification Center Widget and Menu Bar application to monitor your Macs fans. Allows me to know the speed of my fans and heat generated by the CPU, so that I can make sure I keep my apps to a minimum and get the maximum performance.
His post "My Personal Development Environment" (3 April 2018), a walkthrough of every tool he installs on a new machine.
2018-04-03·blog.praveen.science ↗
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