modern dev tools starter kit
In order to become a better dev in the sense of tackling bigger projects and larger codebases. It is important to leverage tools to become more productive.
During university, we were taught to leverage unix commands to perform useful functions for whatever task we need it.
In todays world, those “legacy” tools are useful and pre-installed on many systems. But, there are other popular tools created by the community that offer better user experiences with more performance and the same functionality.
I will provide a list of what I feel are the essential programs and also notable ones which I feel are probably “nice to haves” outside of the core tools.
Essentials
- grep -> rg - used to find text in files
- find -> fd - find files
- sed -> sd - replace strings
- cat -> bat - print file contents
- htop -> btm/btop - resource monitor
- ls -> lsd - view directory (might remove this one from list..)
- du -> dust/gdu - disk usage
- vi -> neovim - text editor
- tree - view directory in tree format
Nice to Haves
- delta (git diff) - git diff viewer
Install commands
rg
ubuntu/debian
sudo apt-get install ripgrep
windows
winget install BurntSushi.ripgrep.MSVC
fd
ubuntu/debian
sudo apt install fd-find
windows
winget install sharkdp.fd
sd
ubuntu/debian
sudo apt install sd
windows
winget install chmln.sd
bat
ubuntu/debian
sudo apt install bat
windows
winget install sharkdp.bat
neovim
ubuntu/debian
sudo apt install neovim
windows releases
tree
ubuntu/debian
sudo apt install tree
windows
## built into powershell
tree