Comments on: Helpful Tools for Software Developers http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: roninbv http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7076 roninbv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7076 <p>Excellent article, and some valid arguments for development on OS X for deployment on Linux Servers. I would have to say that you can be just as productive on a Linux box, if you take the time to learn the tools. As far as an IDE goes, you can\'t get much better than Netbeans, whether you are doing RoR or PHP. It hooks right into your debugger (rdebug and xdebug respectively). Subversion and access to databases are built right in, although the data access is not as robust as I would like. </p> Excellent article, and some valid arguments for development on OS X for deployment on Linux Servers. I would have to say that you can be just as productive on a Linux box, if you take the time to learn the tools. As far as an IDE goes, you can\’t get much better than Netbeans, whether you are doing RoR or PHP. It hooks right into your debugger (rdebug and xdebug respectively). Subversion and access to databases are built right in, although the data access is not as robust as I would like.

]]> By: lbrigman124 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7077 lbrigman124 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7077 <p>Interesting article for a Linux magazine since over half of the tools mentioned are specifically for the Mac. </p> Interesting article for a Linux magazine since over half of the tools mentioned are specifically for the Mac.

]]> By: henrym http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7078 henrym Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7078 <p>As for ui prototyping or wireframing, I recommand using ForeUI (http://www.foreui.com/), it is developed in Java and works fine in Linux. </p> As for ui prototyping or wireframing, I recommand using ForeUI (http://www.foreui.com/), it is developed in Java and works fine in Linux.

]]> By: pbooth http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7079 pbooth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7538/#comment-7079 <p>This is the kind of practical, useful article that I enjoy finding in Linux Mag.<br /> Like the author, I have found OS/X with Linux on Parallels to be a sweet spot.<br /> Occasionally I feel disloyal, but it\'s now 15 years since I first attempted to use<br /> Linux as my primary desktop and I know that, for me, this setup is just more productive.<br /> The irony is that five years ago I approached all things Apple with a colossal mountain of<br /> prejudices.</p> <p>OmniGraffle is great, but its better when paired with Graphviz. The Ruby tool, Capistrano,<br /> is incredible for automating builds, httperf is superb for getting realistic performance numbers<br /> from web applications. I rely on VoodooPad Pro, which is a high-speed rich application personal wiki.</p> <p>As for refreshments- Diet Pepsi with one of 2 Many DJs, Prodigy, or Audio Bullys played with volume set to eleven, is wonderful for maintaining a positive outlook. </p> This is the kind of practical, useful article that I enjoy finding in Linux Mag.
Like the author, I have found OS/X with Linux on Parallels to be a sweet spot.
Occasionally I feel disloyal, but it\’s now 15 years since I first attempted to use
Linux as my primary desktop and I know that, for me, this setup is just more productive.
The irony is that five years ago I approached all things Apple with a colossal mountain of
prejudices.

OmniGraffle is great, but its better when paired with Graphviz. The Ruby tool, Capistrano,
is incredible for automating builds, httperf is superb for getting realistic performance numbers
from web applications. I rely on VoodooPad Pro, which is a high-speed rich application personal wiki.

As for refreshments- Diet Pepsi with one of 2 Many DJs, Prodigy, or Audio Bullys played with volume set to eleven, is wonderful for maintaining a positive outlook.

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