Posts by Kevin Cupp

Tools of the Trade - Development

"Every craftsman starts his or her journey with a basic set of good-quality tools. A woodworker might need rules, gauges, a couple of saws, some good planes, fine chisels, drills and braces, mallets, and clamps. These tools will be lovingly chosen, will be built to last, will perform specific jobs with little overlap with other tools, and, perhaps most importantly, will feel right in the budding woodworker's hands ... the tools become conduits from the craftsman's brain to the finished product—they have become extensions of his or her hands." – Excerpt from The Pragmatic Programmer

The development team (geeks) at NewCity is always on the lookout for the best tools to get the job done. And since geeks like to know what other geeks are using, I thought I'd share our top development tools we use every day.