What are some of your favourite developer tools?

Developers are so opinionated that its difficult to pin down one favourite tool !

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cathfish@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 79d (3 replies)

Keyboard. (Even virtual is ok) It's really hard to write code without it.

Maestro@fedia.io · 8 pts · 79d (2 replies)

I love my new clickety Keychron 😄

codewizard@hear-me.social · 1 pts · 79d (1 reply)
akwd169@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 78d

Bot from the #subcontinent

RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 79d (4 replies)

Pen and paper.

Most dev I know underestimate the power of scribling what pass through their head when thinking about a problem.

Also I don't know if it count but learn regex, it's the best way to parse text ever made.

Badabinski@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 79d

Regex absolutely counts imo. I love it, especially when you combine it with a parser like, say, parsimonious.

Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 79d

Regex so good several (only slightly different) versions exist!

Magnum@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 78d (1 reply)

Regex is not a parser!

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 1 pts · 78d

Regex describes a parser.

remon@ani.social · 16 pts · 79d

Noise cancelling headphones!

darklamer@feddit.org · 15 pts · 79d

Vim

AliasVortex@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 79d

I'm partial to Jetbrains IDEs

AstroLightz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 79d (3 replies)

Shell scripts. The power of automation is amazing.

pmk@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 79d

Especially when you keep them small, simple, and composable.

AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 78d (1 reply)

What's a shell script that you're particularly chuffed with in terms of how much time/effort it saved you?

AstroLightz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d

A shell script to create shell scripts.

Basically, it takes a file name, then creates a .sh file, and puts the shebang #!/use/bin/env bash into it.

Very simple, yet it saves me from having to manually do it every time.

hobata@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 79d (1 reply)

coffee machine has the most impact

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 79d

No pour over with hand grinder? For SHAME!

Willem@kutsuya.dev · 11 pts · 79d

Gotta give a shoutout to SourceGit

Its the first git GUI that is actually clear and comfortable to use for me and makes relatively complicated git actions like interactive rebase easy.

I'm slowly growing support for it at work and trying to get it in the pool of projects we donate to at work. (Have not checked if they allow donations, I probably should)

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 79d (4 replies)

The F12 menu is the only one you need.

burgermeister@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 79d

[Select Legacy Boot Device] [Hannah Montana Linux MBR Boot]

codewizard@hear-me.social · 1 pts · 79d (2 replies)

@slazer2au how do you use this particular key ?

Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 79d

Gently apply pressure to it until a light click sound manifests.

akwd169@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 78d

Bot from the #subcontinent eh? Im from the #subcontinent too!

MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 79d (2 replies)

Google doesn't count does it?

naught101@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Not anymore!

Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 79d

As sad as this is, its true. For niche things especially.

Looking for DevExpress WPF controls? You constantly get taken to the WinForms documentaries!

squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 5 pts · 79d (1 reply)

For a quick glance at the code on mobile, you can put view-source: in front of the URL in IronFox.

seblin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d

I use Kiwi Browser on Android, opens the Chrome Dev tools in a new tab, great fun

dhruv3006@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d

A list I made btw - mostly on markdown :

https://github.com/dp1620/awesome-markdown-devtools

BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d

I love LinqPad

littleomid@feddit.org · 3 pts · 79d
seblin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d

Adding source ~/.alias to .zshrc. Is great going gc "WIP" 😁

Also, kanban-lite, and iTerm on OSX / Guake (or its alternative) on Linux. After Sublime and Atom, now have had to settle for VSCode. Recently been trialling micro-editor. Oh, and Firefox Developer + ungoogled-chromium + occasionally servo / links2.

And of course, the most important thing - thermal cup looking like a viking horn for that sweet sweet bean juice.

nikolasdimi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d

obsidian, sentry, Voiden (for API work, open sourced it)

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 1 pts · 78d

Writing stuff in Rust

Snowman_sir@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 79d

Intellisense 🤤