Thinking about what to write this month on my blog, it came to my mind I could probably write about the tools I use in my day to day development projects.

1. A MAC with OS X 10.5

Well to start I use a MAC BOOK PRO with OS X 10.5.7. This laptop has been with me for over a year and a half and is still as fast as the first time I turned it on.

2. Firefox 3.5B99 (yes the BETA versions, helping the community to debug)

In my point of view, this browser is the best out there. I’ve been using it since Mozilla started developing it.

2.1. Firefox Plug-ins

• Web developer toolbar
• Firebug

2. Parallels 4.0

Well, since most of you out there still using Internet Explorer 6,7 and hopefully 8. My projects need to be “re-created” so they work on those versions of Internet Explorer, and to make sure that’s the case I have a copy of Windows XP running with Parallels. That’s why I’m giving the credit to Parallels and not Windows.

3. Cyberduck

So far, its been working great this little yellow duck. Not just capable of connecting to my S3 account, but making SFTP and  regular FTP connections to my hosting and client’s hosting servers.

4. iTerm

Well iTerm is another MAC OS X tool that I keep it handy in my dock. I’m not sure if I’ve told you but I do a lot of LINUX admin at work, at home, etc. So if you like to get into the command line and play with your fav *nix distro and why not you MAC as well. I would recommend iTerm.

5. Mail/Ical ( not a development tool, but comes handy to keep organized)

Of course I use them to get data out of my GMAIL/CALENDAR  accounts, but they do their work. Helping me to schedule meetings, reminders, etc.

6. Zend Studio

Zend, it’s been in my tool box since version 1. It is by far one of the best IDE out there that works for MAC, WINDOWS and best of all, LINUX.

With Zend I can keep my projects organized, connect via SFTP or FTP, use the subversion feature when I don’t use the command line and also the auto-complete.

Those are my TOP 5. Probably I will write more about each one and how I use them in my next blogs.

For now. Happy summer.

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