Tools (updated)

Editor / IDE
Vim plugin manager
Vim plugins
Terminal
Shell
ZSH manager and plugins
Mux / Multiplexer
Tmux plugin(s)
Dotfiles manager
Web browsers
Music daemon and player
Webservers
Others

This is an update to an old article Tools I use.

Editor / IDE

vim: I have been a vim user for 7 years. I started in 2014.

Vim plugin manager

Vundle: Vundle is short for Vim Vundle.; A former colleague said he is using pathogen, so I have decided to use an alternative.

Vim plugins

For comprehensive list, see my vim rc file.

As of posting, the last update of my vim rc file, was 2 years ago. There are changes on my local that weren’t pushed to the repository; and I also have different versions of vim rc file depending on the host operating system.

As of now, they will stay on my local.

Here are some plugins that I use:

easymotion

This provides a much simplier way to use some motions in vim.

fugitive

This is a git wrapper for vim.

nerdtree

I seldom use this but this provides a sidebar directory structure in vim.

syntastic

I use all the time with vim, passively. This checks code syntax of what I write when I save it. See the following screenshot:

Img src: https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic

ctrlp

This I use all the time. This is a full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, ... finder for vim.

delimitMate

I also use this all the time, passively. This plugin provides automatic closing of quotes, parenthesis, brackets, among others.

tabular

I use this when needed especially with tables. See vimcast.

tagbar

I seldom use this when needed. This provides a sidebar to vim for all tags in the current file, among others.

indent-guides

Indent guides for vim.

markdown

A markdown highlighter in vim.

emmet

A support for expanding abbreviations.

Example: type in html:5 and press Ctrl y and ,

The above will become

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en>
<head>
  <meta charset=UTF-8>
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>

sparkup: Similar to emmet but can do more. For examples, see here.
YouCompeleteMe: A code completion engine for Vim. See animated screenshot below:; Img src: https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe
Powerline: This is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awsome and Qtile.
gist: A vimscript in creating gists in gist.github.com. To create gist, one can just :Gist and ENTER. Then, it will return the link to your gist. This however, requires webapi for this plugin to work.

Terminal

iTerm 2: When in Mac, I use iTerm 2.
guake: When in Linux, I use guake.

Shell

zsh: zsh is a shell designed for interactive use.
Bourne-again shell: Bash is a Unix shell as a free software replacement for Bourne shell.
fzf: This is a plugin.; It is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.; Img src: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf; When I am lost where I am with vim, I just use fzf’s plugin for vim with :FZF. This does not create vim buffer, so as much as possible, I stick with ctrlp vim plugin.

ZSH manager and plugins

oh-my-zsh: A community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 180+ optional plugins (rails, git, OSX, hub, capistrano, brew, ant, php, python, etc), over 120 themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.
z: Jump quickly to directories that you have visited frecently.; A native zsh port of z.sh.
git, git-*: The git plugin provides many aliases and a few useful functions.

Mux / Multiplexer

Screen: In remote servers, I use screen to manage my sessions.
tmux: In my local desktop environment, I use tmux to manager different sessions and projects.; It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.

Tmux plugin(s)

tmux-mem-cpu-load: CPU, RAM memory, and load monitor for use with tmux.

For my .tmux.conf file, please check my dotfiles.

Dotfiles manager

rcm: rcm is a management suite for dotfiles.; My dotfiles can be found here.

Web browsers

Chrome / chromium: I use, for regular browsing.
Firefox: I use, for development, theming, and debugging.

Music daemon and player

mpd: mpd stands for music player daemon.
mpc: mpc is a command line for mod.
ncmpcpp: Featureful ncurses-based MPD client inspired by ncmpc.

For installation, see installation guide article.

Webservers

Nginx: I use now in my remote server as well on my local, when setup manually.
Apache2: Mostly used and is the default web server for my docker containers and docksal projects.

Others

console: I use console all the time. I have crazy plans to do everything on console.
bash: I just love writing bash scripts.
docker / docksal: I use docker all the time.; I use docksal with my Drupal projects.
Synology: I just have synology at home where my CCTV is sync’ed into 24/7/365 and at the same time syncs to my google suite’s drive.; I also use it to manage local DNS.; I also use docker in it to launch applications such as jellyfin.
TrueNAS SCALE.: TrueNAS SCALE is a free and Open Source Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solution.; Built on TrueNAS CORE, SCALE adds Linux Containers, KVM, and scale-out ZFS storage capabilities.; This is similar to Synology, only way way faster.; I also use docker in it for my heavy duty LAN-wide applications.
Caprover: CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc…) applications!; I also use docker in it for some of my applications that can be accessed over the internet.