A few years ago i started tread on this forum that was valuable, So, I thought I would do it again.
What tools do you use from day to day along side Xojo that make you life easier?
I find that I use the following apps every day directly alongside Xojo:
Yoink: A drag and drop “extender” for Mac Flycut: Remembers you last 50 or so copy and past rest string ScreenFloat: Allows you to do quick screen grabs and keeps the window on top for quick comparisons. Atext: a text expander like “textExpander” but cost $2. Spectacles: For quick Window management.
Navicat for SQLite, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgresSQL, SQLServer
Parallels
NCReport and Open RPT
Help and Manual
Some homemade ‘couldn’t do without anymore’ tools, of course MADE WITH XOJO
Find any File : for searching files
Prefs Editor: for editing preferences files
Arbed: Swiss Army Knife for Xojo files
Affinity Designer: replacement for Adobe Fireworks to make icons
Viper FTP: isn’t the Yummy guy dead?
Redmine + Wunderlist: manage my chaos
Hexfiend/0xEd: when every byte counts
Rapidweaver: for manual and website
Screenium: makes videos to document bugs
JWildfire: when I can’t see any code anymore
RegExEx - for working out the RegEx voodoo. atom - for text files/perl/python/ruby/bash/dockerfiles/etc
sqlitemanager - sqlite
Valentia Studio - sqlite/postgres
shellcraft* - ssh client for the mac
safari/firefox/chrome - web browser (chrome is such a hog I limit its use) gitlab (self hosted) - git repos and CI/CD pipelines docker - for microservices vmware - for VMs (both Fussion on Mac and ESXi as a server) rapidweaver - website design
Affinity Photo* - image editing
Pixlemator* - image editing
sourcetree - git client
tower - git client
item are bought off the App Store so I dont have links.
Total Commander (Windows)
MidnightCommander (Linux)
Gnome Commander (Linux)
IE, Edge, Opera and FireFox webbrowsers
DBExplorer (homebrew Sqlite and Mysql webprogram)
IrfanView (Photoviewer/-editor/-resizer)
Keycode (homebrew keycode scanner)
Oracle VM Virtual box
Ashampoo Winoptimizer
VNC-viewer and server (for Raspberry Pi and Pine 64 Arm-Linux tests)
Etcher for burning SD-cards for Linux and Windows
Putty
Context Programmer’s editor
Antechinus Javascript editor
and for relaxing and fun: Shisen Sho made by William Yu.
I use this great tool for 22 years already. It stil gets updates, 64 bit etc., and it’s often the first program I install on a new Windows box/vm. And, for working at somebody else’ machine I have the portable version on a stick. Simply can’t do without anymore, don’t even know how Windows Explorer works.
Affinity Designer: For making icons. CloudMounter: Direct access to cloud disks. DropDMG: Creating disk images (dmg) with background and may more. iClip: Great clipboard manager. IconJar: Fantastic app to store icons. Navicat: To maintain databases. Parallels Desktop for Mac: Easiest way to use Windows on my Mac. RapidWeaver: For creating and maintaining the websites I created for customers. Snagit: Very versatile screen capture app. UltraEdit: A great editor. xScope: Very nice screen measuring tool.
