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6 Developer Tools For Mac That Aren’t IDEs
Dedicated applications for tackling a variety of software engineering tasks
IDEs are great, but they aren’t the only thing you should have in your arsenal when developing on a Mac. If you’ve been living mostly in your IDE for a long time, it's time to take a peek over the fence and look at some of the great standalone tools available.
These tools perform a small set of functions geared towards specific tasks, but they do them extremely well. Even though you might be able to bolt on a boatload of functionality within your IDE, there’s a strong chance it won’t do everything well. Third-party plugins will only go so far.
In this article, we’ll explore some lightweight, standalone applications that are great additions to any developer’s toolbox. Whether you’re testing APIs, building firmware, or plotting some data, these apps are a boon to any workflow. Let’s take a look.
1. Grapher
You already have this tool installed and you probably didn’t even know it. This tool has been bundled with macOS since 2005 and is extremely good at one job. Graphing equations.
