Developer Productivity - Mastering Your Tools

By Launch Academy

February 1, 2022

Get a glimpse of the Launch Academy experience by watching a clinic with our Co-Founder, Dan Pickett. In this session, Dan speaks about developer productivity and how it is important for us as software engineers to become masters of our tools. Specifically with Mac OS X, Dan takes a deep dive into the tools he uses as a software developer.

Below, find some of the resources Dan mentions in the video.

Resources

Applications
- Epichrome - Site Specific Browser
- Browser Fairy allows you to conditionally select a browser / app based on the URL of the link
- Divvy to manage screen real estate
- ShiftIt is a good, free alternative to Divvy
- Alfred - global hotkeys and shortcuts
- Quicksilver - global hotkeys and shortcuts
- iTerm2 - a terminal that has many useful features
Chrome Extensions
- Vimium - VIM shortcuts and hotkeys in Chrome
- Web Developer Toolbar - validate w3c compliance and other tools for accessibility, HTML, and CSS
- React Dev tools - debug reactJS applications
- Redux Dev tools - debug redux applications
- LastPass - centralize the management of your passwords
- Evernote Webclipper - save things you find on the web to Evernote
Command Line Utilities
- Oh My ZSH - a plugin architecture for your command line
- FZF - easy autocompletion for your command line
Personal Productivity Tools
- Evernote - A digital brain to capture everything you read on the web
- Trello - task and project management
- Todoist - personal task and project management
- Wunderlist - personal task and project management
- Flux - adjust display colors to adapt to the time of day. It helps with sleeping if you’re on the laptop late at night.