Bought an iMac, now what?
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- seeessess
Howdy,
Got an iMac a couple of weeks ago, and it's my first mac (been a pc man since 1846). Anyhow, I'm a front end developer, but can handle some back-end stuff too.
Can anyone give me the low-down on what essential web-dev tools I need? Already have xampp running (mysql/php) and all working nicely (kind of).
Any help for a mac noob would be very much appreciated!
- Continuity0
For webdev:
Coda (not free, but fucking worth every penny)
MAMP (PHP/MySQL)
FileZillaDone and dusted.
- mamp any better than xampp then?seeessess
- It's effectively the very same thing, except on a Mac platform. XAMPP is Windows-only, if I recall correctly.Continuity
- cool, will give it a blast, thanks :o)seeessess
- Oh, no I'm wrong. XAMPP does run on Mac OS.Continuity
- I know, I already have it running (see first post)seeessess
- monNom0
windows 7
badump -ting!
- ********0
CODA (http://panic.com/coda/) or Textmate (http://macromates.com/) ... I prefer CODA for the built-in FTP utilities.
MAMP (http://www.mamp.info/en/index.h...
CrossOver (http://www.codeweavers.com/prod... to run IE6/7/8
For productivity, here are some bookmarklets you might find familiar/useful:
- nice one, thanks for the links!seeessess
- love those from your last link - thanks!alicetheblue
- NP! Glad to help. Needed to get them in one permanent place where I wouldn't lose them one day. Hah.********
- jaylarson0
- Interesting. Going to give this a test drive...********
- This looks like it could be cool.Continuity
- I'll stick to a normal text editor, thanks anyway.seeessess
- I enjoy the "Dreamweaver killer" linebrandon_phillip
- yeah, if you like text editors for coding, i'd skip this too. i've tried this a bit and things are decent, so far.jaylarson
- Interesting. Going to give this a test drive...
- autoflavour0
now what? prepare to be told your a hipster by Boz
- ernexbcn0
I prefer TextMate http://www.macromates.com even though we are waiting for version 2 like gamers waiting for Duke Nukem Forever.
I use vmware fusion for IE testing (I have one instance of Windows XP with snapshots of IE6,7 and 8. Another of Windows 7 with IE9.
Transmit as sftp/ftp client. http://www.panic.com/transmit
A good git client is Tower http://www.git-tower.com/ and a good subversion client is Versions http://versionsapp.com/
- Hombre_Lobo0
seeessess-
"I'm a front end developer, but can handle some back-end stuff too"player player!!
- I design too :o) I'm great with potatoshop.seeessess
- He's usually the receiver,
*I heard*Jaline - Or do you mean "up the ass"? I'm a bit slow tonight :Dseeessess
- lol mate! i didnt mean 'impressive skills', i meant up the ass! heheHombre_Lobo
- In need of some back-end-development Hombre? ;o)seeessess
- < just realised you are a he, I was sure you were a lass :Sseeessess
- Boz0
Sequel Pro
Coda (though DW CS 5.5 is currently the best editor hands down for everything)
Coda Notes
Transmit
XAMP
AS2/AS3 flash development if you don't want Adobe stuff - FlashDevelopMobile dev:
Aptana 3 / Appcelerator Titanium (Aptana is based on Eclipse)
XCode 4 / iAd ProducerProductivity:
Alfred (quick launcher and search)
FileShuttle (quickly share your screenshots with others and works with your own FTP)
Font Explorer Pro 3.0 (best font manager on OSX)
Evernote (note taking, research tool and more.. great and works across all devices, computers etc)
SnapzPro X + Finger Sim (for presentations and video screen capture)
XMarks - synchronization across Firefox, Chrome, Safari and IE browsers no matter what platform you are on.- Oracle's VM Virtual Box for emulation of Windows on OSX.Boz
- Interesting looking list, thanks man, will take a look.seeessess
- lol @ dreamweaver being "best editor"ernexbcn
- boz you think evernote is safe to store passwords?inteliboy
- Well I dont' like saving passwords in 3rd party apps so i wouldn't do itBoz
- I guess anything that deals with remote access and stuff and sends your data to the cloud is not really great idea.Boz
- k thanks. will look elsewhere...inteliboy
- Julesvm0
quicksilver http://qsapp.com/
- zaq0
I prefer alfredapp.com to quicksilver
- zaq0
F.lux good for eyes if you work too much http://stereopsis.com/flux/
- zaq0
http://mac.appstorm.net/ some good stuff there
- animatedgif0
"though DW CS 5.5 is currently the best editor hands down for everything"
^ Fucking LOL! how could 1 person be so wrong?
Textmate- how can you even give an opinion when you never used one.. If you have you'd understand how big of an idiot you are.Boz
- you are. Try using something before you actually even comment on it. Fool. TextMate.. LOL.Boz
- I code shit by hand, no need for a fancy text-editor. But thanks anyway Boz.seeessess
- haha Dreamweaver, come on I can't even take you seriously when you use that turd.animatedgif
- Boz you are a buffoon.ernexbcn
- the only 2 idiots who say DW is bad is you two.. Have you even used Dreamweaver for coding.. if not STFU because you are clueless.Boz
- only person who uses it in this thread is you. So it's 2 against 1 mate. I used Dreamweaver when I didn't know betteranimatedgif
- animatedgif0
also:
The Unarchiver - unarchives .rar/.sit/.7zip etc
Soulver - Excellent calculator with a revolutionary UI
LittleIpsum - Generate lorem from the menu bar
Homebrew - Package management
Adium - IM Client
Paparazzi - Takes full screenshots of webpages
Perian - Video codec pack
GlimmerBlocker - System wide ad blocker- Perian - Video codec pack....
LOL,ApeRobot - He's a joke anyway you look at it.. What year are you living in? 2000?Boz
- calm down boz, was mom late bringing your chocolate milk to the basement this morninganimatedgif
- Perian is good if you want to use Quicktime as a player, what's the problem?ernexbcn
- also helps to cross-encode things. Not sure why the hateanimatedgif
- Perian - Video codec pack....
- comicsans0
Screenflow
Tinderbox
WireTap studio
- TheBlueOne0
Put it on craigslist and buy a PC
- get out of the cult while you canTheBlueOne
- Got 3 pc's alreadyseeessess
- moran.********
- TheBlueOne0
I tried the whole "apple" experience. Realized I overpaid for hardware and then had to spend close to a grand for software to replicate what I could already do for free. Their "geniuses" knew less about the machines they sold than the Pakistani guy in the little dingy shop on the corner who fixed my PC within a day for next to nothing knew about PC's.
That said, the build quality on the the machine was excellent and it was shiny and I got nods of approval from strange people in Starbucks with other Mac Books.
Then I came to my senses and went back to a PC.
- <- BOOM. explodes threadTheBlueOne
- HonestyGeorgesII
- You must be doing something wrong, there are lots of good open source soft for OS Xernexbcn
- But it looks lovely in my kitchen ;o)seeessess
- sounds like bullshit to me. you spent $1k on software? i don't buy it.********
- oh the sheer ignorance...********
- Really TBO? What kind of software comes free on the PC that costs $1K on a Mac?monospaced
- ernexbcn0
Who the fuck still uses DreamWeaver? you might as well still use FrontPage too.
Jesus.
- Bozseeessess
- ernexbcn.. have you used DW to the full extent? Do you even understand or know what it's capable of? If not STFU noobBoz
- go back to your TextMates and text editors.. idiot.Boz
- lol Boz mate why are you do angry?********
- STFU set, you NOOB! You don't know shit about DW. Hahahaha.monospaced