Essential Tools And Services For Software Developers To Increase Productivity

macOS Version

Having the right tools to get the job done greatly increases the amount of work you can get done, as these tools help make certain tasks faster and easier to accomplish, thereby improving your efficiency and productivity.

As software developers, we do a lot of different things in a single day, and not having the right tools can become a burden, which is why in this article I’m going to talk about the tools I install right away when I get a new Mac.

iTerm + Oh My Zsh + PowerLevel10k

If you want to get things done faster then you want to type terminal commands, but let's be honest, the terminal included with macOS is a bit limited, although it’s getting better and better, it still lacks some of the features that tools like iTerm provide, combined with Z Shell (Zsh) which is an extension of Bash, and the powerful community of Oh My Zsh will make using your terminal a delight, taking advantage of all their plugins and themes, and talking about themes, nothing better than PowerLevel10k to make everything look beautiful.

Homebrew

Do you want to install things using the terminal, well this is what you need, as stated in their website…