The Best Tools for Developers: Create Great Software and Applications

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There are numerous tools that are used in the process of developing software or an application by the developers. 

Here are some of the best tools across different categories that developers can use to create amazing software: 

#1 Integrated Development Environments (IDEs): 

Visual Studio Code: A versatile, light-weighted, and highly extensible free IDE supporting a rich set of extensions for various programming languages. 

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA: One of the most used Integrated Development Environment for Java as well as many other languages. 

It has enhanced code completion, code restructuring, and code analysis features. 

Eclipse: An Integrated development environment that is mainly developed for Java programming language but supports other languages by the use of plugins. 

It is considered to be very stable and has an almost endless supply of plugins. 

#2 Version Control: 

Git: The best known of version control systems, used for tracking changes made to source code while developing software. 

It's essential for collaboration. 

GitHub: A service that uses Git as the base and offers a place for software development and version management with the help of Git. 

It also contains project management functionalities. 

GitLab: Like GitHub, GitLab hosts Git repositories, offers code review, integration, continuous integration and delivery, and other DevOps capabilities. 

#3 Project Management: 

Jira: An effective software and project management tool that is frequently applied in Agile development frameworks. 

It can be used to schedule and monitor software development as well as managing the delivery of the software. 

Trello: An agile and graphical project management tool based on boards, lists, and cards. 

It’s perfect for planning and managing tasks and work flow. 

Asana: A tool that assists in organizing and scheduling the work of the team, as well as in managing projects, both major and minor ones. 

#4 Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): 

Jenkins: A free application that allows code developers to write, run, and integrate tests on an continuous basis. 

It supports a number of plugins. 

CircleCI: An integrated toolchain that allows the testing and deployment of applications to be done automatically. 

It supports integration with GitHub and Bitbucket. 

Travis CI: A service for integration that was used to construct and examine software projects on the GitHub platform. 

#5 Collaboration and Communication: 

Slack: A communication tool for the team to share messages and files and is connected to other applications such as GitHub, Jira, etc. 

Microsoft Teams: A workplace chat that includes meetings, documents cooperation, and is based on Office 365. 

Zoom: A video conferencing software that allows distributed groups to engage in video calls, webinars, and conferences. 

#6 Code Review and Collaboration: 

Bitbucket: A Git repository management solution for professional teams with integrated Continuous Integration and Development and Code Review features. 

GitHub Pull Requests: Enables coders to work on changes within a project in a way that enables others to review, discuss and integrate the code. 

Phabricator: A set of tools for distributed peer code review, task management, and communication within a project. 

#7 Testing and Debugging: 

Selenium: An open source testing framework used for testing the web applications and supports multiple languages and browsers. 

Postman: An online tool for API creation and management that allows the developers to work on the APIs, testing them and documenting the process. 

Jira Xray: It is a test management tool, which works in conjunction with Jira to handle automated as well as manual tests that are being conducted in the development cycle. 

#8 Database Management: 

MySQL Workbench: A conceptual model for the creation, modeling and management of MySQL databases. 

pgAdmin: PostgreSQL administration and development application that offers a GUI front end for the database. 

MongoDB Compass: MongoDB client that enables developers to interact with their data in a graphical way. 

#9 Containerization and Virtualization: 

Docker: A tool that helps the developers to build, test and run the applications within the containers regardless of environment. 

Kubernetes: An open-source system which provides an ability to automate the process of deploying, scaling and managing applications based on containers. 

Vagrant: A utility for creating and maintaining virtual development environments so that it’s simple to emulate production environments. 

#10 Monitoring and Analytics: 

Prometheus: A tool that polls targets for the values of the metrics defined for them at certain intervals, and check rule expressions, and present the results. 

Grafana: A means for building real-time, dynamic views on metrics coming from different sources. 

New Relic: A tool for analyzing and monitoring software performance and for helping developers track their applications and systems. 

These tools provide a robust foundation for developers to build, manage, and scale software and apps efficiently. 

The choice of tools often depends on the specific needs of the project, the development environment, and the preferred workflows of the team.

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