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
About
Gregory A Brewer
Proud Step Father, Software Engineer, Poker Player, Wolverine greg@gabrewer.com