Does anyone use their mac for programming and if so what apps do you recommend?

Cromulent · 28 Dec 2023 at 14:31

I've been using my Mac for programming since I got it but I always feel like I'm missing out on some essential apps. Can anyone recommend some apps that you use and that you find extremely useful?

Cromulent · 29 Dec 2023 at 11:31

jeffk said:
What kind of programming are you doing?

Primarily web based using Python and Javascript along with PostgreSQL as the database.

Cromulent · 30 Dec 2023 at 11:30

I find Warp to be an excellent terminal application for macOS.

Raycast looks fantastic I'm going to start playing around with it.

Cromulent · 30 Dec 2023 at 16:49

HACO said:
Definitely recommend Jetbrains IDEs, e.g. PyCharm, Webstorm, IntelliJ, Clion, etc...

I've used them in the past and agree they are great but I'm getting used to Visual Studio Code. I also pay for ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot and Navicat for PostgreSQL.

Cromulent · 22 Feb 2024 at 09:49

I thought it might be useful to share the software we use for development on macOS as it is such a personal thing I'd expect there to be a lot alternatives available which is good.

So my stack is this:

Visual Studio Code (and extensions)
- Github Copilot
- Github Copilot Chat
Git (latest version installed via Homebrew)
Navicat for PostgreSQL
Warp Terminal
Homebrew
ChatGPT 4
VMware Fusion 13.5 Pro
Xcode
- Copilot for Xcode (https://github.com/intitni/CopilotForXcode)
Apple Music (essential!!)

Furthermore I always have a $5 a month VPS up and running 24/7 so I can run the PostgreSQL server running on a proper Linux distro to make sure macOS does not cause issues.

What about you guys?

Cromulent · 22 Feb 2024 at 13:29

uvarvu said:
What's wrong with this thread?
Feek's macOS useful tools, utilities and applications thread | Page 5 | Overclockers UK Forums

And you already started this thread
Does anyone use their mac for programming and if so what apps do you recommend? | Overclockers UK Forums

Ah, really sorry. My memory is awful.

Cromulent · 22 Feb 2024 at 13:30

ChrisD. said:
Why no use Oracle Cloud always free?

I didn't know that. Thank you. I'll check it out.

Cromulent · 24 Feb 2024 at 17:24

Alternative to tmux:

GitHub - zellij-org/zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included

A terminal workspace with batteries included. Contribute to zellij-org/zellij development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Played around with it a little bit and it looks nice. Installs from homebrew.

Cromulent · 26 Feb 2024 at 16:23

I found a couple of tools that look interesting but I haven't tried them yet.

zoxide
fzf

Edit: Combining that with tmux and neovim should be pretty good.

Cromulent · 18 Mar 2024 at 18:07

Not sure if people will know but does the llvm package in Homebrew come with WASM support? I'd rather not install it if it doesn't.

Cromulent · 18 Mar 2024 at 18:33

Throrik said:
You'll probably want WABT too, or some other wasm-tools packages.

wabt/README.md at main · WebAssembly/wabt

The WebAssembly Binary Toolkit. Contribute to WebAssembly/wabt development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Ah, that looks great. Thank you.

Cromulent · 20 May 2024 at 17:40

I've started to move into iOS development and one of the frameworks I want to use is distributed via cocoapods which didn't work with the Ruby that comes with macOS by default so I had to install the latest version of Ruby to get it working which is a pain. Having said that once it was all working it does make things easier. I'd just rather have the Framework distributed as a library you could manually link with rather than yet another package manager.