Do you use a Mac for development? If so, these tools, while not directly being "Dev Tools" in many cases, are a great support to your productivity to get development work done. A video course that is similar to this presentation is available from O'Reilly at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/110000007.do

1. on Mac OSX
Developer Productivity
Power Ups
by Matthew McCullough, Ambient Ideas, LLC

2. Matthew McCullough
@matthewmccull

3. Who’s This?
• Matthew McCullough
• Mac OSX user for 5 years
• Productivity aficionado

4. Who’s this for?
• Mac OSX users
• Developers asking if there are any
more ways to increase their
productivity

5. http://delicious.com/matthew.mccullough/macosx

6. Cloud
services and sync

7. GitHub
• Social coding
• GitHub for Mac desktop app
• Private and public repos
• Post-receive hooks for email
notification, bug tracking updates
and build triggers

12. Hub Gem
• Productivity gem on top of Git CLI
• GitHub specific web service calls
• Install from Brew or Gem

13. Gist Gem
• Share snippets of code
• Put resultant URL on clipboard
• Share code samples, snippets

14. CloudApp
• Command line for the cloud
• Like DropBox in some ways
• URLs
• Automatically copied to clipboard
• Just added to oh-my-zsh

19. Dropbox
• Simple file sync
• It just works
• Understands Mac OSX resource
streams
• Permits symlinks & hardlinks

22. Links
• On first machine
• ln -s <ORIGINAL> <DROPBOX>
• On second machine
• ln -s <DROPBOX> <MIRRORED>
• Treated differently than Mac OSX
shortcuts (Alt+Cmd+drag)
• Linked .bashrc, other shell configs

23. EC2
• For any remaining Windows needs
• Running QuickBooks
• Small instance is now free

25. CLI Tools

26. iTerm2
• Better terminal
• Full screen
• Easier tabs
• Split Panes
• Hotkey Window
• Search
• Autocomplete
• Mouseless Copy
• Paste History
• Instant Replay
• Configurability
• 256 Colors
• Growl Support
• Exposé Tabs
• Tagged Profiles

32. pbcopy
• pbcopy
• pbcopynn
• alias pbcopynn='tr -d "n" | pbcopy'
• pbpaste

34. cd -
• Change directory back to last folder
• Like a cheap pushd popd

36. zsh
• Like an improved Bash shell
• First class functions
• Modular enhancements
• Already installed on Mac

38. OS

39. OS

40. Terminal

41. oh-my-zsh
• Zsh plugin framework
• Git repo info
• Right side prompt
• Gradle plugin
• Themes
• Autojump
• Pushd stack persistence
• Remember-folder

42. oh-my-zsh
• Middle-of-name completion
• cd is the assumed command
• Wildcard expansion happens in the shell, not the tool
• Option-switch completion for hundreds of tools

46. XCode
• A means of obtaining cc and gcc
• Used to compile MacPorts and
Brew packages

48. MacPorts
• Package manager for Mac
• Requires sudo access
• /opt/local/bin

50. Homebrew
• Package manager for Mac
• Backed by a Git repo
• Works with user level access
• /usr/local/bin

52. lftp
• Scriptable ftp client
• Install from MacPorts or Brew
• Recursive sync with lftp mirror -R

54. TMUX
• Better than screen
• tmux
• tmux attach
• Ctrl-B help

56. TextMate
• Copy-as-rtf Plugin

58. File Management

59. Path Finder
• The original tabbed Finder
• Standalone app

61. TotalFinder
• Tabbed Finder
• Plugin to core OS Finder
• Cut and paste

63. Quicklook Plugins
• Extensions for code
• Extensions for markdown
• Extensions for zips

66. Quicklook CLI
• Command line script
• #!/bin/bash
qlmanage -p "$@" >& /dev/null &

68. Launch Bar
• Competitor to QuickSilver
• Custom searches
• Easy file navigation
• Easy emailing
• Skype calling

70. Proxy Icon
• Drag to select
• Drag to copy

71. Capture

72. KeyCastr
• Shows keystrokes on screen
• Great for pairing
• Excellent for presentations

74. LittleSnapper
• Screenshots
• Blurring
• Tagging
• Web page capture

76. iShowUHD
• Screen capture recording
• Straight to rendered file format
• Selective region capture

78. ScreenFlow
• Premier screen capture app
• Records all layers for later selection
• Annotations
• Trimming, splicing

80. youtube-dl
• Capture YouTube videos for
presentations
• Install from Brew
• youtube-dl "<theurl>"

82. Productivity

83. Window Toggle
• LiteSwitchX
• Command-Tab replacement

85. Window Size
• BetterSnapTool
• Window Sizes

87. Window Size
• Divvy
• Draw the new window Sizes

89. TextExpander
• Expands text snippets
• Syncs via DropBox to desktops
• Syncs by WiFi to iOS
• Trumped on mobile by iOS 5 snippets?
• Works for coding and communications

92. System Key Mapping
• Make a global shortcut for any
menu item
• Turn one key into another

95. Things
• ToDo manager, deeply linked to
apps on OSX
• Alt+Cmd+T
• Create task with context (links)

96. Emacs Shortcuts
• Emacs shortcut keys work across
Mac OSX

97. Emacs Shortcuts
• `C-a` Go to Beginning of line
• `C-e` Go to End of line
• `C-u` Delete from cursor to beginning of line
• `C-k` Delete from cursor to end of line
• `C-w` Erase word to the left
• `C-t` Transpose characters around cursor
• `C-f` Forward a character
• `C-b` Back a character
• `M-f` Forward a word
• `M-b` Back a word
• `C-d` Delete character to the right
• `M-DEL` Delete word to the left

99. Marco Polo
• Location aware settings
• Set confidence and triggers

102. Growl
• Pop-over notification framework
• Works with
• Marco Polo
• Skype
• Twitter
• Mail
• iTerm2
• Gradle

105. 1Password
• Syncs via DropBox to desktops and
mobile devices
• Manages my 1400 passwords
• AES 256 bit hashed password
encryption
• Random password generator

110. Web

111. TypeToNavigate
• Safari Plugin
• Keyboard navigation of links

113. Glims
• Safari Plugin
• Enhanced search box
• Restore tabs on re-launch

115. Delicious
Bookmarks
• Tagged bookmarks

118. Delish
• Visual Delicious bookmarks

120. Safari Bookmarks
• Numbered bookmarks on bar
• Useful for bookmarklets

122. Information
Management

123. ReadItLater
• Web service for quick bookmarking

126. Pinboard.in
• Anti-social bookmarking
• Bookmark aggregator
• Full text search

128. DevonThink
• Information management central
• Collects all my RSS feeds
• A.I. full text search

130. System
Maintenance

131. Applejack
• Boot-time system utilities

133. Lingon
• Launchd maintenance GUI

135. Keyboard Shortcuts

136. OS Shortcuts
• fn⌘ F1
= Mirror screen
• ⌃⌥⌘ 8
= Invert colors
• ⌘⌥ ⏏
= Turn off screen

137. OS Shortcuts
is called “mash” because
you mash all the row of
modifier keys
⌃⌥⌘

138. OS Shortcuts
• ⌘⇧Q
= Logout
• ⌘⌃⏏
= Reboot
• ⌘⌃⌥⏏
= Shut down

139. on Mac OSX
Developer Productivity
Power Ups
by Matthew McCullough, Ambient Ideas, LLC
Get going with your
new skills!

140. Credits
• Asphalt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansik/2469225118/
• Skateboarding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10789042@N07/968520138/
• Cement
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaireproductions/4270505958/