List of essential tools for software developers
Below is a list of tools that are extremely important in software development: ## Integrated Development Environment (IDE): + **Visual Studio Code**: A popular, lightweight, and customizable IDE. + **Atom**: Another widely used, open-source text editor with extensive plugin support. + **Sublime Text**: A sophisticated text editor known for its speed and ease of use. + **JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA**: A powerful IDE for Java development, also available for other languages like Kotlin and Python. ## Version Control: + **Git**: A distributed version control system essential for collaborative software development. + **GitHub**: A platform for hosting Git repositories, collaborating with others, and managing projects. + **GitLab**: Similar to GitHub, GitLab offers Git repository hosting and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. ## Project Management: + **Jira**: A comprehensive project management tool widely used for issue tracking, agile development, and bug tracking. + **Trello**: A simple and intuitive task management tool that uses boards, lists, and cards. + **Asana**: A flexible project management tool that helps teams organize, track, and manage their work. ## Communication: + **Slack**: A messaging platform for teams, allowing real-time communication and collaboration. + **Microsoft Teams**: Integrated with Office 365, Teams offers chat, video conferencing, and file sharing capabilities. + **Discord**: Originally for gamers, Discord has become popular for its voice, video, and text communication features, suitable for development teams as well. ## Code Collaboration: + **CodePen**: A social development environment for front-end designers and developers. + **CodeSandbox**: An online code editor with a focus on creating web applications in a sandboxed environment. + **JSFiddle**: A web-based IDE for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code snippets, useful for prototyping and sharing. ## Documentation: + **Swagger**: A powerful yet simple-to-use framework for API documentation. + **Sphinx**: A tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for Python projects. + **Markdown Editors**: Editors like Typora or VS Code with Markdown support are essential for writing documentation in a simple and readable format. ## Testing: + **JUnit**: A popular testing framework for Java. + **Selenium**: A tool for automating web browsers, used for testing web applications. + **Postman**: An API development environment used for building, testing, and documenting APIs. ## Deployment and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): + **Jenkins**: An open-source automation server used for building, testing, and deploying software. + **Travis CI**: A CI service that integrates with GitHub repositories, automating builds and tests for projects. + **CircleCI**: Similar to Travis CI, CircleCI provides continuous integration and delivery pipelines for software development teams. ## Code Quality: + SonarQube: An open-source platform for continuous inspection of code quality. + Linters: Tools like ESLint (for JavaScript), Pylint (for Python), and RuboCop (for Ruby) help enforce coding standards and identify potential issues. ## Dependency Management: + **npm (Node Package Manager)**: The default package manager for Node.js, used to install, share, and manage dependencies. + **pip (Python Package Index)**: The default package manager for Python, used to install and manage software packages written in Python. + **Maven**: A build automation tool used primarily for Java projects, managing dependencies and building projects. Last but not least, [Chat-to.dev](https://chat-to.dev) has helped a lot in disseminating very relevant content for those who want to learn to program. With minimalist chat rooms where less experienced programmers can talk to advanced programmers These tools can vary depending on the specific needs of the project and the preferences of the development team, but they provide a solid foundation for software development across various domains and technologies.
@amargo85, [Mercurial](http://www.reactionary.software/mercurial.html) does everything that Git does, but without being overcomplicated. Click on the link for more.
Im with you @fschmidt. Aslong as im not programming c i like the minimalist setup. Ill use sublime or geany. Hell im ok with nano! I think the goal of this was that these are a list of tools that can be used by different projects. Obviously alot of these tools arent even plausible to be all used at once. I recommend everyone start out with simple bits then add tools that they find useful. I am happy that you brought up mercurial as i think that git alternatives are not explored enough as everyone considers it the de-facto standard. I suppose the best solution would be to remove essential from the post title as yes, None of these are needed but can be picked up to aid the developer later down the road. Also C is the only exception really because it highlights the small crap that i would've overlooked without. Not that i cant find issues myself, but it will take more time compared to catching it while still writing.
[@fschmidt](https://chat-to.dev/profile?u=fschmidt), isn't it important to use Git if you have more than one person working on an application? because I only see Git as necessary for that.
This post illustrates what is wrong with modern programming. Modern programmers make everything overcomplicated. Most of these tools are not essential. <br> Not only don't you need an IDE, but an IDE will make you a bad programmer. See [here](http://www.mikraite.org/Why-IDE-s-are-useless-for-beginner-programmers-tp2405.html) and [here](http://www.mikraite.org/Changed-my-mind-about-IDE-s-tp2769.html). Just use a text editor like Sublime Text. <br> Git is the worst programming tool ever created. Avoid it like the plague. Use [Mercurial](http://www.reactionary.software/mercurial.html) and [my reactionary hosting service](https://hg.reactionary.software/). <br> You don't need project management. I use a simple forum for communication. You don't need much documentation if the code is simple and readable. You don't need testing tools, deployment tools, code quality tools, or dependency management. Just keep things simple. <br> Chat-to.dev is not yet really usable. At the very least, there should be documentation on message formatting. There should also be a sort by last comment.