The Best Software Development Tools to Help Boost Your Productivity
- arpitnearlearn
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min read
We at Timetastic We're always discovering new tools and applications to help our programmers become more productive and better coders. We asked our team about their top discoveries of the last 12 months, and I've chosen to share their responses with you.
Raycast
If you've ever utilised Alfred or Spotlight on Mac, Mac, Raycast will probably appear similar. It appears similar to Alfred and, in fact, Spotlight, but Raycast is a lot more. It can be used to swiftly launch applications or run scripts, and also to position applications in pre-defined spots in the display.
Better Touch Tool
Better Touch Tool is a full Swiss army tool. It'd be much easier to explain what it does not do instead of what it can do. It was created as a means to personalize your touch bar should you had one on your Mac was equipped with one, and has since evolved into a myriad of ways to personalize your Mac and increase its capabilities.
Paw
Similar to Gareth (below) like Gareth (below), I also wanted to eliminate Postman for a number of reasons. I came across Paw. The program is only available for Mac and is a beautiful user interface that lets you to construct API calls in sets, similar to what Postman did however, without all the clutter. It's ideal for creating an array of clearly defined API calls with clear descriptions, and not being a tool to be used to use on a whim.
DevUtils
DevUtils offers a variety of useful offline tools such as regex testers, JSON formatters, base64 encoders and formatters all of which are a beautiful and easy-to-use app that is placed on your taskbar until you require it. It will save you from the need to look up "regex testers" and the similar.
Cleanshot X
Cleanshot X is an absolute game changer when it comes to taking photos and making videos on Mac ideal for sharing the progress of your team.
Insomnia Rest client
For testing mocking out HTTP calls or any work that requires third APIs of third parties, Postman used to be the best choice, however, it became bloated and not as easy and simple to use without having an account. Insomnia, for me, brings an old-fashioned simplicity as well as simplicity of Postman It has an attractive dark style, and an simple to use UI and is able to get away from the way. It lets you focus on checking your endpoints, not trying to navigate through the app to perform this.
Omatsuri
Omatsuri is a set of web-based applications for performing things that you may have to perform at the front of a web-based application, such as compressing SVG as well as base64 encoding creating gradients, etc.
Seq
Logging into your application begins as a nice thing to have' feature but when you get more advanced, it becomes an essential 'why was that this happened tool. We switched to Serilog for logging as well as Seq to view logs a few years ago. It's incredibly simple and has a efficient and quick search capabilities and has proven to handle any volume of production logs without being sluggish.
Windows Power Toys/dev toys
Microsoft PowerToys gives you some useful and easy-to-use tools to change the name of files, windows changing, choosing colours and many additional. If you're an Windows Power user (and when you're a programmer that is, then you're) You should use this application.
Flameshot
Flameshot is a program for taking pictures and editing them prior to sharing. I love it because it is loaded upon load and then it just sits on my toolbar until I have to use it It is easy to use and intuitive, but it is also packed with options.
It is mostly used to take a tiny portion of on my monitor, and then highlighting an area of it (or creating an arrow) and copying it onto my clipboard, which I can then paste elsewhere, such as Basecamp and Slack.
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