When imagining a man in his profession, whether it be a doctor, mechanic, sommelier or hogshead stripper, there’s two things that put him in his place. One, quite obviously, would be his uniform; the aspect that makes him stand out from the public and puts him rightly in his dominion. The other would be the tools of his trade; the instruments that he needs to perform his work efficiently, precisely and professionally. Now apply such a thought to someone working in the web industry. Indeed, where the first aspect of employment fails to be recognized in this field, the second one most certainly applies. Below, we would like to share what it is we use in our profession to help us produce the high quality media that we’re know for.
The developers use a host of software for building websites and mobile apps. The main software they use for their daily work are:
• Coda 2 – A scripting/coding tools used on Mac.
• Sublime Text 2 – A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.
• NetBeans – Used for creating and debugging web and mobile applications.
These three pieces of software provide mainly the same purpose of development, but each developer has their own preferences to which one works better for them. Other popular tools include:
• Chrome Canary – Google Chrome suited for development with the latest features.
• Terminal – The command line interface for Mac.
• Vmware – A virtual machine interface used for accessing certain operating systems.
• Sequel Pro – A MySQL Database management system for the Mac
• Git – An open source distributed version control system, used for sharing projects.
• MAMP – A local server environment allowing for local development.
• Xcode – Apple’s integrated development environment used for making apps.
• Eclipse – Open source multi-language development software.
• Opera Dragonfly – In browser development tools used for troubleshooting and debugging.
• Notepad++ – A light weight text editor that can be used for writing code.
• Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express – a compact web developer program used on PC.
• WinMerge – Used for file comparison to check and indicate changes in code.
Of course, there are other roles in the Indulge company that use their own tools. These are simply some used by the developers. Who knows what useful software might be released in the future.
