5 Tools For a Happier Developer

Few development tools I wish I’ve found sooner

1. macOS Setup Guide

Whether you started a new position or got yourself a personal MacBook, this is one of the first things you should open. This is a great guide made by Sourabh Bajaj and others, helps you setup your development environment step by step.

This guide covers the basics of setting up a development environment on a new Mac. Whether you are an experienced programmer or not, this guide is intended for everyone to use as a reference for setting up your environment or installing languages/libraries.

2. Clipy

Never lose copied lines of code — Clipy is a clipboard extension app for macOS, that lets you see the history of all the things you copied.

3. Rectangle

Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas. Drag windows and drop them on screen edges and corners to snap.

4. Draw.io

Drawing data flows, service architecture, changes in logic — all these could be easily done by using Draw.io. A free online diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams.

5. Excalidraw

Another great diagram tool, Excalidraw is a virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.

Thank you for reading, I hope you found something helpful. Feel free to share your response and don’t forget to share this article with your Developer Friends. Happy Coding!