Top Development Tools on my MacBook Pro

If you wanted to know what I apps and software I use every day then here you go - For starters this is all Mac OSx stuff.

• AxureRP 6.5 - wireframes and interactive prototypes. UX/UI Heaven
• Terminal - go command line (for SSH and most server stuff like testing with siege)
• Coda 2 - An all in one IDE - FTP, MySQL database, CSS, Editor and more -
• Transmit - only if I can’t be bothered to use Coda
• Firefox (and then only for these 2 extensions)
• SQLite Manager - SQLite may be the new mySQL - we’ll see
• Selenium IDE - for browser based testing (but only in Firefox)
• Sequel Pro - mySQL database manager
• SourceTree (as it works with Bitbucket)

Other apps to know about

• MarsEdit - Best blog tool around for WordPress - but definitely room to improve
• Scrivener - for writing all that blog stuff
• Omnigraffle - when you can’t use Axure (and don’t have Visio)
• Pixelmator - who needs Photoshop
• Aperture - who needs Lightroom
• Netnewswire - I do all my RSS reading on the mobile now

Cloud based stuff I use every day

• Google.apps - mail, domain stuff, analytics, Drive and Plus
• Zoho Books - accounting for my business
• JIRA / Atlassian
• Trello - project management and scrum /agile boards
• Last.fm - music history at its best
• Bit.ly - URL and Analytics
• Delicious - only when I don’t have a Chrome browser open
• Bitbucket (cause it works with JIRA too)

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Damien Saunders
An experienced management consultant and business leader interested in digital transformation, product centred design and scaled agile. If I'm not writing about living with UCTD (an autoimmune disease), I'm probably listening to music, reading a book or learning more about wine.
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