Basic Software Tools for Developer Setup

Development Environments & SDKs

• .NET SDK: For .NET Core development.

  • Download: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download

• Node.js: For JavaScript frameworks and package management.

  • Download: https://nodejs.org/
  • Use nvm (Node Version Manager) to manage multiple Node.js versions.

• Angular CLI: The Angular CLI is a command-line interface tool which allows you to scaffold, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Angular applications directly from a command shell.

  • Download: https://angular.dev/

• Ionic CLI: Ionic is an open source UI toolkit for building performant, high-quality mobile apps using web technologies — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — with integrations for popular frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue.

  • Download: https://ionicframework.com/docs/intro/cli

• Vite: Fast build tool for modern web apps.

  • Download: https://vite.dev/guide/

• Laravel: A PHP framework with a robust ecosystem. Laravel provides a complete ecosystem for web artisans. Our open source PHP framework, products, packages, and starter kits offer everything you need to build, deploy, and monitor web applications.

  • Download: https://laravel.com/

• Composer: A Dependency Manager for PHP. Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare the libraries your project depends on and it will manage (install/update) them for you.

  • Download: https://getcomposer.org/

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Code Editors & IDEs

• Visual Studio Code (VS Code): Lightweight and powerful code editor for JavaScript and .NET Core.

  • Download: https://code.visualstudio.com/
  • Recommended Extensions:
    • C# (for .NET Core)
    • ESLint (for JavaScript linting)
    • Prettier Formatter for Visual Studio Code
    • Debugger for Chrome (for debugging JavaScript)
    • GitLens (for Git integration)
    • Angular TypeScript Snippets for VS Code
    • Auto Rename Tag
    • PHP Intelephense
    • Code Runner
    • Auto Rename Tag
    • REST Client (for API testing)

• Visual Studio Community (Optional): Full-fledged IDE for .NET Core development.

  • Download: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/

Android Studio: For Android app development and emulation.

• Download: https://developer.android.com/studio
• Includes:
  • Android SDK: Required for building Android apps.
  • Android Emulator: For testing apps on virtual devices.
  • IntelliJ IDEA: The IDE core that powers Android Studio (great for Java/Kotlin development).
• Recommended Plugins:
  • React Native Tools: If you're working with React Native.
  • Flutter: If you're working with Flutter.
  • Kotlin: For Kotlin-based Android development.

Additional Setup for Android Studio

• Java Development Kit (JDK): Android Studio typically bundles its own JDK, but you may need to install a standalone JDK for other Java-based projects.
• Download: https://openjdk.org/
• Environment Variables:
• Set up JAVA_HOME and ANDROID_HOME environment variables for smooth operation.
• Example:

export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk
export ANDROID_HOME=/path/to/android/sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

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Version Control

• Git: Version control system.

  • Download: https://git-scm.com/

• GitHub Desktop (Optional): GUI for Git.

  • Download: https://desktop.github.com/

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Database Tools

• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS): For SQL Server database management.

  • Download: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms

• Azure Data Studio (Optional): Lightweight database tool for SQL Server and other databases.

  • Download: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/azure-data-studio/download-azure-data-studio

• SQLite (Optional): SQLite is a C-language library that implements a small, fast, self-contained, high-reliability, full-featured, SQL database engine. SQLite is the most used database engine in the world.

  • Download: https://www.sqlite.org/

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Package Managers

• npm: Node.js package manager (comes with Node.js).

• Yarn (Optional): Alternative to npm for JavaScript packages.

  • Install: npm install -g yarn

• NuGet: Package manager for .NET.

  • Comes with Visual Studio and .NET SDK.

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Browser Tools

• Google Chrome: For testing and debugging web applications.

  • Download: https://www.google.com/chrome/

• Chrome DevTools: Built into Chrome for debugging JavaScript and inspecting web pages.

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Testing Tools

• Jest: For JavaScript testing.

  • Install: npm install -g jest

• xUnit/NUnit: For .NET Core testing.

  • Comes with .NET SDK.

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Miscellaneous Tools

• Postman: For API testing.

  • Download: https://www.postman.com/downloads/

• FileZilla: The free FTP solution for both client and server. Filezilla is open source software distributed free of charge.

  • Download: https://filezilla-project.org/

• Notepad++: Lightweight text editor for quick edits.

  • Download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

• 7-Zip: For file compression and extraction.

  • Download: https://www.7-zip.org/

• Cygwin: a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.

  • Download: https://www.cygwin.com/

• MSYS2: MSYS2 is a collection of tools and libraries providing you with an easy-to-use environment for building, installing and running native Windows software.

  • Download: https://www.msys2.org/

• Mingw-w64: Mingw-w64 is a collection of header files, import libraries, libraries and tools that, when combined with a compiler toolchain, such as GCC or LLVM, provides a complete development environment for building native Windows applications and libraries.

  • Download: https://www.mingw-w64.org/

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12. Productivity Tools

• Todoist/ClickUp: For task management.

  • Download: https://todoist.com/ or https://clickup.com//

• OBS Studio (Optional): For screen recording (useful for tutorials or demos).

  • Download: https://obsproject.com/

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