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Rubyists - what are your "tools of the trade"?

Posted by PeterCooper on October 11, 2009 — 25 comments
Today Mike Gunderloy posted about his "tools of the trade" that he uses for his Ruby and Rails development. I thought this would make an interesting post on Ruby Inside - linking to all of your similar blog posts about what kit you use. So, if you want to be featured, make a similar post on your own blog (or in comments here) and we'll do a post in a week or two!

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“” Hardware
Quad-core Xeon that RubyMine is pushing to its limit
7GB of RAM... wish I had the 32GB max. Believe me, it's never enough
21" monitor (had a second 19", but for now it serves as my laptop's, since I broke its screen)... wish I had two 24"
daskeyboard - I'm still not sure it's worth the money, but it sure beats all other keyboards I've tried
Kensington Expert Mouse - Had a Revolution MX that lasted about a year, loved it but I wanted to try a trackball. After getting used to it, I won't go back to a mouse unless I need very precise work
iRiver H10 w/Rockbox - To catch up on audio books or podcasts when I'm out wasting my time with government/admin stuff... 5+ years and still works better than your darned iPod
Cheap mountain bike - To go to work :)
Amazon Kindle/upcoming Apple reader - I wish, I wish

Software
Ubuntu - Awesome balance of power and yes, usability
Google Chrome - Leaves everyone else in the dust. The amount of attention to details makes it feel very "unbeta". I only go back to Firefox when I need LastPass or Firebug, as I've learned to live without all the other extensions (for now anyway)
VMware Workstation - Mainly for IE testing (although with IEs4Linux I use it very seldom)
GIMP - I despise this program, so sometimes I'll go into VMware to use something better
RubyMine - I thought NetBeans was needy... well, RubyMine is like one of those room-filling computers, but it's navigation shortcuts rock
thwirl - I don't tweet much, but this is nice
Gnome-Do - Simple launcher
LastPass - I used KeePassX before, and I still use it mainly to store secure attachments, but LastPass rocks
Dropbox - I hope these guys don't go under, the service is amazing
Zim - A desktop wiki I use to store ideas, reference, TODOs, everything. I'm glad I discovered it. I tried using Google Sites, but given Zim uses plain text files, Dropbox awesomeness, and gSites suckyness, I dropped it
Gwibber - Collaborative editor. Simple but works
Dia - Sometimes I want to record a nicer version of my paper diagrams
Inkscape/Xara - For more detailed UI work
Gcolor2 - Linux seriously lacks a Meazure equivalent
NoMachine NX - I used this often to do stuff on my main workstation when I stayed at home for long periods
SMPlayer - Custom compiled so it can handle FullHD. Cuz sometimes it's the only way to unfry my brain
Gnome Terminal - With global shortcuts and custom startup scripts to open/switch-to a project with multiple tabs for Rails console, server, testing, git, etc.
Personal finance software - I've yet to find a good one, on any platform. I hear Mint rocks, too bad they think only the US is a worthy market

And I use several boring web apps too, from Google and others. No 37signals apps do. I've tried them all, but I use none. I must be a heretic.

Hosting
DreamHost - I don't know why so many people complain, it's dirt cheap and their support is superb (in my experience)
SliceHost - For bare-bones DIY servers
GoDaddy - Yeah, I know... but if you know how to navigate their site and avoid the upsells, nothing beats their prices. Plus I like Bob.
DynDNS - I've been using them for years to provide reliable DNS hosting, MX backup, and recursive DNS
@ivanyv - October 11, 2009 19:04
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Here are my tools of the trade. This is a "life in a backpack" style.hakunin - October 12, 2009 02:13
“” Nice oneGen - October 12, 2009 10:11
“” Here are my tools of the trade and Ruby development setup.Brooke Kuhlmann - October 13, 2009 01:56
“” Sweet. Who doesn't like showing off their toys? Here's my list of tools of the trade.Travis Dunn - October 13, 2009 11:46
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Elad Meidar has posted his tools of the trade post here.PeterCooper - October 13, 2009 16:01
“” Here's my post on the subject Running on Fumes: Why Less is MoreKevin Gisiq - October 13, 2009 17:38
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Another one, here's my tools of the trade post.jschoolcraft - October 14, 2009 02:12
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What I UsePistos - October 14, 2009 05:57
“” Here is my tools of trade post Tools of trade on notgeeklycorrect.Nicolas Alpi - October 14, 2009 09:02
“” I would not suggest you to get 2 x 24" monitors really just get one 24" and one 19 or 21". But you for sure need two monitorsandhapp - October 14, 2009 09:05
“” My list... http://blog.dudeblake.com/2009/10/tools-of-trade.htmlKarmen Blake - October 14, 2009 16:34
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I am pretty simple here just rocking a macbook with a 18" monitor hooked up. I do keep a second macbook up and running right next to me, for music, monitoring, email, etc...danmayer - October 14, 2009 22:01
“” My laptop setupEthan Gunderson - October 15, 2009 03:40
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Larry Wright has put his up too.PeterCooper - October 15, 2009 11:51
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@danmayer: 18"? Interesting - not heard of that size before :) (I had a 16" back around 2002 and that was a weird size as well :))PeterCooper - October 15, 2009 11:51
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Cool idea Peter! Here's my development setupsolnic - October 18, 2009 08:16
“” You can find few setups descriptions in developers interviews at my site. Anonymous Coward - October 18, 2009 17:47
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Here are mine:

* Original article (Spanish): Herramientas de Trabajo.
* Translated by Google: Tools of the Trade.manuelmorales - October 19, 2009 10:40
“” Tools we use at Brightbox - http://blog.brightbox.co.uk/posts/the-brightbox-toolkitCaius - October 21, 2009 08:55
“” http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2009/10/23/tools-of-my-trade/digitalsanctum - October 23, 2009 23:31
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Whoa, I forgot all about this! I need to get working on that Ruby Inside article!!PeterCooper - November 04, 2009 19:53
“” And another one...

http://effectif.com/articles/tools-of-the-tradeAnonymous Coward - November 12, 2009 12:32
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