10 Must-Have Tools for Every Programmer

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Last week my Instagram followers requested me to suggest some tools that every prorammer must have. The tools that must be the identity of a programmer. In this blogpost we will talk about some of the things that are essential and that makes us a complete programmer.





1. IDE (Integrated Development Kit)A software programme known as an IDE offers extensive facilities for writing, debugging, and compiling code. Popular IDEs with robust code editing, debugging, and version management features include Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, and Eclipse.

2. VCS(Version Control System): A software programme called a version control system (VCS) makes it possible to keep track of changes made to your code over time. This may be quite useful for working together with other developers and for rolling back to earlier iterations of your code in case something goes wrong. The three most well-known VCSs are Git, Mercurial, and Subversion.

3. Debugger : A debugger is a piece of software that helps in locating and fixing coding issues. You may walk through your code line by line with a debugger, check the values of variables, and create breakpoints to halt execution at particular areas in your code. The debugger in Visual Studio, the debugger in Eclipse, and GDB are a few examples of popular debuggers.

4. Package Manager: The act of installing, updating, and maintaining dependencies for your projects is made simpler by package managers. Numerous libraries and packages are made available by tools like npm (for JavaScript), pip (for Python), and maven (for Java), which increase productivity and simplify development workflows.

5. Code Formatters: A tool called a "code formatter" automatically styles your code in a certain way. This can make your code more readable and facilitate communication with other engineers. Prettier, Black, and Gofmt are some examples of well-liked code formatters.

6. Code Editors: A simple tool for writing and modifying code is a code editor. Editors with customised user interfaces, syntax highlighting, and code formatting features, like Sublime Text, Atom, and Notepad++, improve the productivity and readability of writing.


7. CLI(Command Line Interfaces) : A command-line interface (CLI) offers a text-based means of interacting with the operating system and issuing commands. Tools like the Windows PowerShell or the Unix shell (such as Bash) provide robust task automation, scripting capabilities, and easy access to system resources.

8. Documentation Tools : It is made simpler to build and maintain thorough documentation for your projects with the use of tools like Javadoc, Doxygen, and Sphinx, which allow documentation to be generated straight from code comments.

9. Collaborative Platforms: Collaboration tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket offer a central site for issue tracking, code reviews, version control, and developer collaboration, facilitating effective cooperation and project management.

10. Build and Deployment Tools: Software is delivered quickly and accurately because to the automation provided by tools like Gradle, Maven, and Jenkins.

These Tools will well and truly boost your productivity like humans are boosting technology today! Remember always tools are good people only when they use them for good purpose so use them to increase your content and not to rely on them for everything.

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