This document discusses and summarizes 6 development tools that are useful for Mac development: Gitbox & GitHub for collaborating on code repositories, CloudApp for easily sharing screenshots, Kaleidoscope for comparing code changes, Sublime Text 2 as a full-featured text editor, YAJL for formatting and validating JSON, and Curl & HTTP Client for making API calls. It also provides links to download or learn more about each tool.

1. 6 Mac Development
Tools We Love
CopperEgg January 2014

2. Gitbox & GitHub
• GitHub allows us to collaborate on our code
• Gitbox is a quick and dirty GUI for
managing different Git repos
• Gitbox has a simple, easy-to-use UI
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3. CloudApp
• Screenshots and
captures done right
• Automagically creates
links to share any type
of file
• Perfect for sharing
screenshots of code
and scripts
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4. Kaleidoscope
• Spot the differences in code quickly and easily
• Merge Git changes in seconds
• Hook Gitbox to Kaleidoscope to crank out diffs
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5. Sublime Text 2
• The text editor for editor junkies
• Everything you need – split views, context
highlighting, symbol finding, etc
• Slick UI, extraordinary features, and amazing
performance
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6. YAJL
• Installs two tools we can’t live without:
json_reformat and json verify
• These reformat compacted json, make it
pretty, and verify for correctness
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7. Curl & HTTP Client
• Super easy client for doing
POST, GET, PUT, and other API calls
• Slick GUI for saving queries
• Much easier to use than command line curl
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8. Where to find these
awesome tools
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http://www.gitboxapp.com/
http://www.getcloudapp.com/
http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com/
http://www.sublimetext.com/2
http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/
http://ditchnet.org/httpclient/

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• Original blog: http://copperegg.com/6development-tools-we-love-for-mac/
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