Sometimes I am amazed that not all IT professionals have a set of tools that they know how to install and use. The tools I list below are all free. Some are open source. Many of these are portable (or have a portable version) as well.
My current Windows-based toolset includes (but is not limited to):
Eclipse - Not my favorite Java IDE, but *the* standard Java IDE.
Swiss File Knife (sfk) - a command line tool that does all kinds of file search/grep tasks and much more.
SynWrite - a free text editor that provides all the basics (syntax highlighting, code folding, code navigation, etc)
MDB Viewer Plus - lets you manipulate MS Access database files w/o having MS Access installed.
dbeaver - Java based "universal database manager". Download the JDBC drivers you need, create a connection in dbeaver and query away. Import and export data as well.
TreeSheets - structured information manager that I use for organizing my thoughts and tasks.
Console2 - better command line interface for windows. Much better cut & paste, buffering, etc.
FreeCommander - Great fast file manager for windows.
Kitty - ssh client based on Putty but stores encrypted passwords if you chose for it to do so.
Komodo Edit - Heavier weight code editor that has great support for Perl and Python as well as snippets, extensions, source browsing, projects and more.
CSVedit - nice CSV file viewer/editor - quicker than importing CSV data into Excel, supports different delimiters, fielded searches.
7zip - good zip file manager/unzipper.
Source Gear Diff Merge - good source code diff/merge utility.
KeePassX - cross platform password manager.
MremoteNG - Remote Desktop client that nicely supports RDP, VNC, SSH and a tree structure of remote hosts (unlike Putty).
There are many other tools I have used. My current projects determine what tools I need or look for. What tools do you use?
My current Windows-based toolset includes (but is not limited to):
Eclipse - Not my favorite Java IDE, but *the* standard Java IDE.
Swiss File Knife (sfk) - a command line tool that does all kinds of file search/grep tasks and much more.
SynWrite - a free text editor that provides all the basics (syntax highlighting, code folding, code navigation, etc)
MDB Viewer Plus - lets you manipulate MS Access database files w/o having MS Access installed.
dbeaver - Java based "universal database manager". Download the JDBC drivers you need, create a connection in dbeaver and query away. Import and export data as well.
TreeSheets - structured information manager that I use for organizing my thoughts and tasks.
Console2 - better command line interface for windows. Much better cut & paste, buffering, etc.
FreeCommander - Great fast file manager for windows.
Kitty - ssh client based on Putty but stores encrypted passwords if you chose for it to do so.
Komodo Edit - Heavier weight code editor that has great support for Perl and Python as well as snippets, extensions, source browsing, projects and more.
CSVedit - nice CSV file viewer/editor - quicker than importing CSV data into Excel, supports different delimiters, fielded searches.
7zip - good zip file manager/unzipper.
Source Gear Diff Merge - good source code diff/merge utility.
KeePassX - cross platform password manager.
MremoteNG - Remote Desktop client that nicely supports RDP, VNC, SSH and a tree structure of remote hosts (unlike Putty).
There are many other tools I have used. My current projects determine what tools I need or look for. What tools do you use?
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