My Installed App as Developer

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
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  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • sublime_text

    Issue tracker for Sublime Text

    You can go to VS Code website or use this command brew install — cask visual-studio-code to install it. For alternatives, I will recommend Sublime Text and IDE from JetBrains.

  • Newman

    Newman is a command-line collection runner for Postman

    I used Postman for testing my API. I come with a lot of features, like standard HTTP requests, Websocket, event gRPC, mocking server, and many more. Postman collection has also already been a standard for developers.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • LibreOffice

    Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead (by LibreOffice)

    You can go to the WPS Office website or use this command brew install — cask wpsoffice to install it. For alternatives, you can use Microsoft Office or LibreOffice.

  • docker

    Docker - the open-source application container engine (by microsoft)

    Docker is an app that I used to containerize my app. So basically I can run my app or website with a specific environment that I defined. I also can run some apps like Redis Server or MySQL server without installing them.

  • TablePlus

    TablePlus macOS issue tracker

    You can go to the Sequel Ace website or use this command brew install — cask sequel-ace to install it. Another app that you can use is Table Plus.

  • Sequel-Ace

    MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

    I use Sequel Ace for MySQL database management. It’s free and it gets the job done when I’m working with MySQL. If you used Sequel Pro, you will be familiar with Sequel Ace.

  • RedisInsight

    Redis GUI by Redis

    You can go to Another Redis Desktop Manager website or use this command brew install — cask another-redis-desktop-manager to install it. For alternatives, I recommended Medis and RedisInsight.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • Rectangle

    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

    Rectangle is an app that can move and resize apps just like a Windows laptop. You can snap windows to the top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right, and many more.

  • linux-cli-community

    Linux command-line client for ProtonVPN. Written in Python.

    You can go to OpenVPN website or use this command brew install — cask openvpn-connect to install it. For alternatives, I recommended NordVPN, Private Internet Access, and Proton VPN.

  • podman

    Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

    You can go to Docker website or use this command brew install — cask docker to install it. I used Docker for a long time, but you can try Podman if you want alternatives.

  • OpenVPN

    OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon

    OpenVPN is a VPN client that I used primarily for work. We used VPN to connect to the dev server and we are using VPN. I also sometimes used that to open websites that got blocked in Indonesia like Reddit.

  • iTerm2

    iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

    You can go to the Warp website or run a command brew install — cask warp to install it. My terminal alternative besides Warp is Iterm2.

  • insomnia

    The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

    You can go to Postman website or use this command brew install — cask postman to install it. Alternatives besides Postman are Insomnia and Firecamp.

  • Kap

    An open-source screen recorder built with web technology

    Kap is an app to record your screen. I use Kap primarily in my work to record some flow of a website. Kap produces small video sizes with good quality compared to other screen recording apps.

  • desktop

    Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.

    I used GitHub Desktop for managing my local repository easily. I still use the terminal to do some Git action, but in some cases, it’s easier to use GitHub Desktop.

  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

    For text editor or IDE of my choice is VS Code. VS Code has a lot of features and support for so many programming languages. I installed some extensions and I will write another post to show you the extensions that I used.

  • Bitwarden

    The core infrastructure backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

    Bitwarden is a password manager that I used for quite some time. The biggest advantage is open source and free. Another advantage of Bitwarden is you get unlimited devices. That feature is the most I wanted.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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