Chocolatey Kickstarter Funded! A list of my current packages

Monday, December 15, 2014 at 3:39 AM UTC

The third (second successful) Kickstarter campaign that I pledged to the Chocolatey Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded. I always like reading what tools other developers are using so to celebrate, I thought I would publish the packages I currently have installed.

I may have an issue with being obsessed with editors.

Editors

Atom	Cross platform editor from github. The official Windows installation is delivered via Chocolatey.
linqpad4.install	LinqPad essential editor for working with Linq and C# snippits. It will be interesting to see if scriptcs can be integrated
SublimeText3.app	SublimeText3 my goto text editor. This package includes Package Control
SublimeText3.PowershellAlias	Installs a powershell subl alias for sublimtetext
vim	Still trying to grok vim. Probably still resent it from the late 80s.
brackets	Adobe open source editor. Designed for web design.
notepadplusplus.install	Before I discovered SublimeText this was my text editor of choice. Now I usually only use it when I have character encoding issues with files.

Close behind my obsession with editors is my love to learn new programming languages.

Languages

erlang	One of the three languages I am currently getting acquainted with. Used in CouchDB and RabbitMQ.
golang	One of the three languages I am currently getting acquainted with.
rust	One of the three languages I am currently getting acquainted with.
ruby	installs the current version of ruby. Currently 2.1.3 mostly used for Sass
ruby1.9	Installs the latest 1.9 version of ruby
pik	Helps manage multiple versions of Ruby on Windows
python2	Installs the latest version of python 2
python3	Installs the latest version of python 3
scriptcs	Interesting REPL for C#. Originally started by Glenn Block
pscx	PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX) is aimed at providing a widely useful set of additional cmdlets, providers, aliases, filters, functions and scripts for Windows PowerShell that members of the community have expressed interest in.
nodejs.install	latest version of node

Databases

mysql	Latest version of mySql
mysql.workbench	Latest version of mySql Workbench
mongodb	Latest version of mongodb

Programming Utilities

baretail	great tool for viewing text log files on Windows
dependencywalker	oldie but still necessary when trying to track down missing dependencies in c++ dlls
beyondcompare	great cross platform file comparison tool
git.install	Latest version of git
githubforwindows	Latest github for Windows
smtp4dev	Utility for capturing emails sent during development
SourceCodePro	My new font of choice for code
fiddler4	Essential tool for debugging and testing web services and monitoring web traffic
InnoSetup	Free tool to create setup programs
InstEd	MSI editor, Better than trying to find orca

Utilities

ConEmu	Great Windows console emulator.
EthanBrown.ConEmuConfig	Great initial settings for ConEmuConfig
7zip.install	Free file archiver with support for unpacking most compression formats
7zip.commandline	command line utility for 7-zip
autohotkey.install	Free open source macro creation and automation software
autoit.commandline	comes with github
scite4autohotkey	AutoHotkey script editor
cdburnerxp	Free CD/DVD burner application. Also lets you create Isos
crystaldiskinfo	Show the health status of hard drives
winsplit	Utility that is great for managing windows on a 4K display
pidgin	multiple chat network client
ditto	Advanced clipboard manager
dropbox	I mostly use OneDrive but occasionally use dropbox
filezilla	Simple and full featured ftp client.
flashplayerplugin	Easy way to keep flash player updated
virtualbox	latest VirtualBox install
virtualbox.extensionpack	and extensions
windirstat	a good way to find out where all your space went.
WindowsLiveWriter	still my favorite blog editor
PreCode.WLW	code formatting plugin for Windows Live Writer
sumatrapdf.install	Free pdf, epub, mobi, and other ebook reader
teamviewer	Great cross platform remote access program
truecrypt	Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows – 7.1a
vcredist2010	Visual Studio runtime
yumi	Universal multibook installer
puretext	Paste text as pure text

Media Utilities

Ghostscript.app	A package of apps to work with postscript files
audacity	Free software for recording and editing sound files
handbrake.install	A tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
ffmpeg	Converts any media file to any other media type
paint.net	Replaces most of what I use Adobe Photoshop for.
gimp	Still trying to get used to this program after all these years but since I decided to cut my Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription it works well enough for the occasions when I need more than paint.net
inkscape –pre	Adobe Illustrator replacement
vlc	Plays anything thrown at it

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