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Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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lojack wrote: post #21
criddell wrote: post #8

The #1 new tool of the year is a library for adding chat to a project. Why is chat being added to so many things? Every time I use Evernote and see the chat button, I wonder if anybody is actually chatting in Evernote and if they are, why?

Absolutely 100%. The only time I ever call a company for support is when they don't have chat. My company provides both chat and phone support to our customers (many of whom aren't technically savvy) and chat is overwhelmingly more used. Support staff can also handle more throughput with chat since you can easily have 5 simultaneous conversations at a time. Outside of analytics, real time chat is almost always the fi…

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Post by acobster »

ohyoutravel wrote: post #5

JavaScript, Python, PHP, and HTML are developer tools? (yes, they're listed in four of the top ten spaces of Application & Data Tool of the Year) Isn't that like saying the #1 business tool is "The English Language"? I guess I expected a list of things people use like this one (which is phenomenal): "Scott Hanselman's 2014 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows" http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHa…

I also really like how Atom, Sublime Test, and Vim are "DevOps tools."

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by SteveMoody73 »

zwieback wrote: post #6

Great list, wrong name, should be something like "top 50 _web_ developer tools. Not much in there for desktop app developers.

If the list is for all development work then i must be doing something wrong. I only use 5 of the listed "tools". Github, Gitlab, Vim, Python and Sublime Text.

These top lists lately always seem to focus on web development and seem to skip the millions of developers who work have never written a web app. Desktop, Embedded and backend apps may not be as sexy as the latest web framework but do run a huge number of businesses and devices in the world.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by bobpaul »

Arzh wrote: post #37
shuntress wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe the grandparent is attempting to make a distinction between a tool and (for lack of a better term) a material. With the idea being you use tools to shape your materials to create your end product. You carry the tools with you from project to project but the materials stay in place. To use the normal house-building analogy, I would say that the Tools are obviously saws, drills, etc. Things that you use on ev…

I don't think that is a good analogy. The end product (app/house) is what the code actually does. What you use to make that product is a tool, including what language you use.

I agree. It's just like how a carpenter's best tools are English, arithmetic, and blueprints.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by SkyMarshal »

minimuffins wrote: post #25
ohyoutravel wrote: post #5

JavaScript, Python, PHP, and HTML are developer tools? (yes, they're listed in four of the top ten spaces of Application & Data Tool of the Year) Isn't that like saying the #1 business tool is "The English Language"? I guess I expected a list of things people use like this one (which is phenomenal): "Scott Hanselman's 2014 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows" http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHa…

The results are in, folks, and The NUMBER ONE programming tool of the year IS: The general purpose computer! Let's hear a round of applause! The article reads like an ad for a bunch of commercial services. I was really hoping for things I could apt-get/brew install .

Unfortunately general purpose computing appears to be dying, slowly but surely. Talos recently wrote a good survey of the problems:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13361389

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