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Best Developer Tools for OS X

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the carving-out-a-new-home dept.

NoviceW writes to share that there are plenty of interesting articles written about Mac OS X applications for switchers, but not many guides focused on programmers switching from other operating systems. This guide lists a few of the more prominent tools for Mac developers, what other tools can't you do without?

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  1. Re:TextMate by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't believe no-one has mentioned Textmate.

    Umm.. It's #2 in TFA. You didn't RTFA, did you?

    -jcr

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  2. Re:Vi by Scarblac · · Score: 2, Funny

    As tradition requires it, allow me to point out that Emacs is at least equally great at running in a bunch of terminal windows for quick editing, plus it comes with several carefully selected types of kitchen sink :-)

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  3. Re:PHP and professional in the same sentence? by Daytona955i · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't forget my favorite: http://www.rubyonrails.org/index.php

  4. Re:Vi by Bastian · · Score: 2, Funny

    VI is dead. I mean, they've been stuck on that version for something like two decades. VII is the original Duke Nukem Forever.