Best dev tools on Reddit

39 reviews from r/webdev, r/macapps, r/PlaydateConsole and 2 more subreddits

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#1

Mozilla

4.1
(16)
"Firefox Developer Edition offers great features for web developers."
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"Firefox Developer Edition offers great features for developers."
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"Firefox has the best dev tools."
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"Firefox has my favorite dev tools for everyday development."
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"Firefox has excellent developer tools."
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"Firefox has some great dev tools."
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"I'm glad it's still around as a realistic alternative to Chrome/Chromium monopoly."
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"As a backend engineer, I appreciate the performance and features of Firefox Nightly."
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"It's pretty good, but I'm not a true developer."
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"For CSS, FF is mostly the best."
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#2

Google

4.6
(7)
"I ALWAYS use chrome and have zero issues with their dev tools."
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"Chrome is the most popular browser."
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"Chrome is still the best."
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"Chrome is still the best browser for web dev IMO."
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"Chrome makes it easy to clear cookies and local storage with just a button press in dev tools."
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"Chrome and related are mostly better for JS."
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"Chrome is great for checking code compatibility."
#3

Homebrew

5.0
(3)
"Homebrew is an excellent tool for managing packages on macOS."
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"Homebrew"
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"Brewfile managed by chezmoi, installing as many apps from casks as possible"
#4

Microsoft

4.3
(3)
"I use Edge for devving."
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"I use Edge 3D DevTool sometimes to deal with dumb UI problems."
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"Edge has the best DOM map display."
#5

Panic

5.0
(2)
"A game-dev tool specifically for novices and lightweight game development."
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"Lua is a pretty approachable language, and the Playdate SDK has a Lua API similar to 'Lua Löve'."
#6

Polypane

4.5
(2)
"It’s literally built specifically for web development."
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"Polypane is incredibly useful for responsive design, checking meta SEO and OG data, and more."
#7

Laravel

5.0
(1)
"Laravel Herd."
#8

FLEX

4.0
(1)
"There was another app called FLEXible that let you use it in pretty much any app."
#9

Jarosław Wiśniewski

4.0
(1)
"For Android there is an app called "Developer Assistant". You can find it in the Google Play... It allows inspecting quite a lot of app's UI when launched on the device."
#10

Archive.org

4.0
(1)
"They integrated with Visual C++. You may need to figure out which MSDN discs had some of them."
#11

Arc

4.0
(1)
"Arc is a more enjoyable experience with nice features, though a little resource heavy."
#12

Apple

1.0
(1)
"Safari is awful."

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