The Little Things
Every developer has a list of tools and tweaks that they build up over time to increase their productivity. Here is a list of the little things I find useful to install everytime I set up a new machine. For reference, I am running Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, so many of these tools may be specific to that platform.
QuickLook
- View plaintext files without an extension in QuickLook
- View image dimensions in QuickLook preview
- View Markdown files
Terminal Hacks
See my osx.sh for a list of useful Terminal hacks.
Keyboard Remapping
See these articles to set up your own awesome keyboard mappings.
- A Modern Space Cadet - Uses KeyRemap4MacBook and PCKeyboarcHack to remap keys to be more useful.
- Using Slate - Walks through how to set up Slate to efficiently manage windows on your Mac.
See my .slate config file and my KeyRemap4MacBook xml file to see how I’m using these tools.
In addition, modify Application windows in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Mission Control to respond to hyper+tab.
Sublime Text 2
- Install Sublime Text 2
- Install Package Control
- Install
LESSvia Package Control (GitHub) - Install
CoffeeScriptvia Package Control (GitHub) - Install
jQueryvia Package Control (GitHub) - Install
Gitvia Package Control (GitHub) - Install
Tagvia Package Control (GitHub)
Other
- Inconsolata-g monospaced font - because the default system fonts suck for code. Be sure to change the default font in Terminal preferences to Inconsolata-g 12pt antialiased. In ST2, add the following line to preferences:
"font_face": "Inconsolata-g" - Setup dotfiles
- Enable “New Terminal Tab at Folder” service from Keyboard Shortcuts System Preferences pane
