Essential Tools & Technologies for New Developers

1. PostgreSQL

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   Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, please see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch

   

   Every time I buy a new computer, the first thing I install is the servers for MySql and Postgres, the two most common databases. This way, I can start the databases with a simple command like this:

2. Civic Auth

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   Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes. Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.

   

3. MySQL

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   MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.

   

   Every time I buy a new computer, the first thing I install is the servers for MySql and Postgres, the two most common databases. This way, I can start the databases with a simple command like this:

4. Tailwind CSS

   3 1,504 87,781 9.9 TypeScript

   A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

   

   Lastly, Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework packed with classes like flex, pt-4, text-center, and rotate-90 that can be composed to build any design, directly in your markup.

5. ohmyzsh

   4 609 178,428 9.4 Shell

   🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

   

   For Linux users, your default terminal is just fine. The only thing I would install is oh-my-zsh with the autocomplete plugin. For my Mac friends out there, iTerm is an amazing software that works well with oh-my-zsh as well.

6. Next.js

   5 2,331 131,829 10.0 JavaScript

   The React Framework

   

   Next.js is a powerful React framework that enables developers to build server-rendered applications, static websites, and more. It's designed for production and provides features like automatic code splitting and optimized prefetching.

7. iTerm2

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

   

   For Linux users, your default terminal is just fine. The only thing I would install is oh-my-zsh with the autocomplete plugin. For my Mac friends out there, iTerm is an amazing software that works well with oh-my-zsh as well.

8. Visual Studio Code

   7 3,136 171,054 10.0 TypeScript

   Visual Studio Code

   

   For beginners, the best code editor is Vscode.

9. SurveyJS

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   JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

   

10. HomeBrew

    8 1,345 43,598 10.0 Ruby

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    

    Before we start installing anything, if you are a Mac user, you need to install homebrew, a package manager for Mac that will help you install software quickly and easily from this article.

11. Bitwarden

    9 1,062 16,529 9.9 C#

    Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

    

    Bitwarden

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