I am a former Windows-only developer happily using my iMac and running OS X all the time, rarely booting into Windows anymore. Here is a list of software and services that I use to do my day-to-day development, besides Mail.app and Terminal.app which seem too obvious to include:
- Komodo Edit 5.0: Good cross-platform IDE, was using Aptana Studio and Eclipse too
- Smultron: quick plain text editor
- Cyberduck: FTP and then some
- 1Password: $ manage all the passwords to all the sites
- Pixelmator: $ great Mac-only image editor
- MacPorts: for everything not already in OS X
- MAMP, which includes Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin
- Firefox + Firebug + YSlow: for web debugging. All other surfing through Safari
- Skype: video conferencing
- Chicken of the VNC: VNC client
- Snapz Pro X: $ screencasts and screenshots
- iWork: $ Pages and Numbers work great – who needs MS Office?
- VMWare Fusion: $ emulator for booting into Windows occasionally
- MediaTemple.com: $ hosting
- Unfuddle.com: Subversion hosting and issue tracking for my own projects
- WordPress: you are here
$ = commercial software/service that I paid for
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