Useful dev apps

hamcha/stuff

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The followings are useful apps for developers available on choco (Windows) and other package managers (probably):

Tools

App	What	How to install
ChocolateyGUI	GUI for `choco`	`cinst chocolateygui`
AutoHotKey	Programmable hotkeys and shortcuts	`cinst autohotkey`

App	What	How to install
webp	Convert images to WebP	`cinst webp`
youtube-dl	Download videos from youtube and other websites	`cinst youtube-dl`

App	What	How to install
ngrok	Reverse proxy for exposing local services	`cinst ngrok`
protoc	Protocol Buffer compiler	`cinst protoc`

App	What	How to install
fzf	Fuzzy finder, see better-cli	`cinst fzf`
jq	Query JSON using selectors	`cinst jq`
pandoc	Convert between markup/doc formats	`cinst pandoc`
sudo	"sudo"-like shell helper	`cinst sudo`

App	What	How to install
Docker CLI	Docker CLI for remote docker	`cinst docker-cli`
Docker Compose	Docker Compose CLI	`cinst docker-compose`
Kubernetes CLI	kubectl CLI for remote k8s	`cinst kubernetes-cli`
Helm	Kubernetes package manager	`cinst kubernetes-helm`
Kustomize	K8S templating	`cinst kustomize`
Minikube	Run kubernetes locally (on HyperV or VirtualBox)	`cinst minikube`
Skaffold	Kubernetes dev and deploy tool	`cinst skaffold`

Package management is not just convenient for installing, you can also upgrade all your packages with choco upgrade PACKAGENAME!

If you use ChocolateyGUI, you can check see all your installed packages, which ones have upgrades available and update all of them with one click!

Some packages (like php) have special flags (like /DontAddToPath).