This week I had to temporarily work on a new laptop so I had to set up my dev environment from scratch. Of course, I wanted the same tools and apps I had on my permanent environment. I find that these tools and apps stick with you for some time so below is a list of apps that I needed to install on my new development environment.
- Dropbox – to easily share files between computers both locally and over the web.
- FileZilla – to upload files to the servers
- MAMP – to test your code locally before uploading to the live servers
- SourceTree – to push/pull your code so it stays in synch with other environments you may have or other teammates.
- Sublime Text – to edit your files.
- TrueCrypt – to encrypt files, especially for passwords you may need to share on dropbox.
- Xcode – not really a web development tool, but needed to build apps.
- WordPress – not so much a tool, but it is part of the testing environment.
