Applications

We use a lot of different applications to make our work more efficient. Here are just a few of the ones that we’ve collected over the years, what you can use them for, and where you can download them.

  1. Sublime Text 3 (licensed), code editor extraordinaire. See Sublime Tips for recommended packages.
  2. PhpStorm (licensed), PHP-centric code editor.
  3. Codekit (licensed), CSS and JS Compiler.
  4. Tower (licensed), GUI for Git.
  5. Sequel Pro (free), access and edit MySQL databases
  6. ColorSnapper2 (app store), color dropper program for Mac.
  7. Icon Slate (app store), favicon generator.
  8. *Slate (free), window arrangement manager.
  9. Terminal (mac app), command-line interface (CLI).
  10. iOS Simulator (mac app), part of Xcode, preview iOS devices on Mac.
  11. *VMware Fusion (licensed), virtual machine preview for IE browser-testing.

Web Services

  1. Litmus, email-testing service.

Software

  1. *Vagrant VVV, WordPress-specific version of Vagrant for quick local environments.
    1. Variable VVV, VVV Site Wizard that makes setting up a new local environment faster.
  2. Node.js, JavaScript server tools.
    1. Node Package Manager (NPM), used for installing Node packages.
  3. Bower, front-end components package manager, installed via NPM.