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Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by quickben »

It is very hard to take this list seriously as 'visual studio' isn't even mentioned anywhere. But 'vi' is? So, Vi is a top dev tool, but the default Microsoft dev tool isn't worth the top list?

Another issue. Go to githut.info, Java is second by wide, but it's not 'top'?

The list seems detached from reality and residing in its own bubble.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by Philipp__ »

acobster wrote: post #44
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."

Vim is, the rest, hardly.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by seagreen »

Since this list doesn't actually make any sense, I'll list two actually great developer tools:

+ The Stack package manager for haskell: https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/

+ NixOS: https://nixos.org/

Note that NixOS' drive towards critical mass isn't complete yet. It has great Haskell support (especially since Stack has nix integration), but may not have as good support for your language. No point in switching OSes before the time is right.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by rpcope1 »

quickben wrote: post #62

It is very hard to take this list seriously as 'visual studio' isn't even mentioned anywhere. But 'vi' is? So, Vi is a top dev tool, but the default Microsoft dev tool isn't worth the top list? Another issue. Go to githut.info, Java is second by wide, but it's not 'top'? The list seems detached from reality and residing in its own bubble.

Additionally no mention of Eclipse or IntelliJ products, which seems a little strange, considering how much I see these everywhere.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by skinnymuch »

shuntress wrote: post #33
skinnymuch wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP is talking about chat as a feature in a product. You're talking about something completely different - customer support chat.

If your product is a web site, having custom support chat built in to it is a feature.

I think you're still misinterpreting the OP (I know you're not the poster above :)). [S]he was referring to interpersonal sort of chatting with friends, colleagues, or people you've met online. Support chat is different. Nothing to do with "normal" chatting as a feature.

Re: Top Developer Tools of 2016

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Post by x1798DE »

ProAm wrote: post #54
gglitch wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not missing the point of your satire, but I'd love it if more people considered language arts a powerful tool worth mastering to an advanced degree.

Really its the IDE or text editor that you should master, what you put into it is just icing on the cake.

I think the GP meant language arts as in writing, speaking and communicating in human languages, not programming languages. Not sure why you would need an advanced degree in that, though.
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