Useful Stuff
Below are things I find useful, and I hope you will too.
(Note: If an item isn't linked, I haven't written a page for it yet.
Thanks for your patience. If you're not patient, drop me a line, and
I'll see what I can do about getting the info up more quickly.)
Git
- Basic_git-svn_skills - Learn the basic skills you need to use Git in an SVN environment.
- Articles coming soon:
- Branching Basics
- Switch gears quickly with git-stash.
- much more!
Advanced Vim
- Plugins I like:
- NERDTree - tree/project navigation
- vim-indent-guides A vim plugin for visually displaying indent levels in code
- snipMate - TextMate-style snippets for Vim
- diffchanges
- checksyntax
- SimpleFold
- surround
- vimCU
- Articles coming soon:
- Use Buffers to re-open recently-edited files.
- Preserve state (tabs, buffers, etc) between vim sessions with mksession.
- Splitting and Tabbing Like a Pro.
- Plugin Fun: NERDTree
- Plugin Fun: diffchanges
- Plugin Fun: checksyntax
UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X
Editors and IDEs
- vim/macvim/gvim
- TextMate
- Sublime Text 2
- Netbeans
Useful Ruby Stuff
Useful Python Stuff
Mac Utilities and Applications I Especially Like
- Divvy - Like tiling window managers like AwesomeWM? You'll like Divvy. Fast, customizable window placement. get it
- Alfred - Launch, search, etc (a la Quicksilver, LaunchBar, et al) get it
- TextExpander - Global autoexpansion of snippets get it
- PeepOpen (under evaluation)
- QuickCursor - "Your text editor anywhere" I use this to vim anything I have to edit (especially form fields on webpages) get it
- MacVim (of course!)
Safari Extensions
- SafariRestore - Sessions persist across app launches. (no longer needed in Lion)
- BetterSource - View source with line numbers and color syntax highlighting.
- Procrastinate - Integrates with popular websites such as Instapaper, Read it Later, Pinboard, and Delicious
- Tweet Bar - A low-key Twitter browser bar.