Developer story: Getting used to macOS as long time Windows’s user

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Rectangle Landing Page
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Rectangle

Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
Pricing:
- Open Source
It is a well-known fact, keep your hands on the keyboard to boost productivity by minimizing mouse or trackpad use. Switching to full screen or snap windows side by side to allow multi-tasking can be painful using the mouse to resize the different windows. Rectangle does exactly that. This free and open-source tool manages your screen and application’s windows in a hassle-free manner.

#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 447 social mentions
Notepad++ Landing Page
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Notepad++

A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 169 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
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iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 101 social mentions
Kap Landing Page
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Kap

Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with web technology.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Just click on the combo above and drag the crosshair to select the area to capture. While a screenshot is a built-in option, taking video\gifs isn’t. I found that Kap, which reminds me of SnagIt capabilities, is an open-source screen recorder that is clean, simple, and does precisely what you’d expect from a screen capture application, just taking captures 😀.

#Screen Recording #Screenshot Annotation #Video Maker 38 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
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Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
Commonly used by developers, Visual Studio Code is an excellent replacement for notepad++; with extensions and a bunch of other unique capabilities, this is a productivity boost for sure.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1021 social mentions
Chocolatey Landing Page
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Chocolatey

The sane way to manage software on Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
IMHO, Homebrew should be the first application to install on your Mac. Basically, it's a package manager that lets you install software tools and developer frameworks from the command line (similar to chocolatey on Windows). As a cmd (or, to be accurate, Windows Terminal) replacement, I decided to play with the terminal that shipped with the system. However, after a while, I just installed iTerm2 with Homebrew.

#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 252 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
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Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
IMHO, Homebrew should be the first application to install on your Mac. Basically, it's a package manager that lets you install software tools and developer frameworks from the command line (similar to chocolatey on Windows). As a cmd (or, to be accurate, Windows Terminal) replacement, I decided to play with the terminal that shipped with the system. However, after a while, I just installed iTerm2 with Homebrew.

#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 881 social mentions