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 find useful too. I use this list when setting up a new VM or workstation.</p><h2 id=browser>Browser</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.google.com/chrome>Google Chrome</a><ul><li>It&rsquo;s most people&rsquo;s default browser although Edge has a better performance in
 Windows.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://brave.com>Brave Browser</a><ul><li>I use this personally for browsing.</li><li>It has a lot of default privacy features.</li><li>Can be used to test if a website will continue to function if all the
-security and privacy features are enabled.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=editor>Editor</h2><ul><li><a href=https://code.visualstudio.com>VSCode</a><ul><li>Basically an editor on steroids.</li><li>Can function as an IDE through extensions.</li><li>List of extensions<ul><li>Vim by vscodevim</li><li>C/C++ Extension Pack by Microsoft</li><li>CMake by twxs</li><li>Python by Microsoft</li><li>C# by Microsoft</li><li>Extension Pack for Java by Microsoft</li><li>Intellicode by Microsoft</li><li>GitLense by GitKraken</li><li>Git History by Don Jayamanne</li><li>Remote - SSH and Remote - WSL by Microsoft</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href=https://notepad-plus-plus.org>Notepad++</a><ul><li>Handy windows notepad editor.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=ide>IDE</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.jetbrains.com/idea>Intellij</a><ul><li>Probably the best IDE for Java development.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://www.eclipse.org>Eclipse</a><ul><li>Not the best IDE but I&rsquo;m keeping it here since there are limitations in the
+security and privacy features are enabled.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=package-manager>Package Manager</h2><ul><li><a href=https://brew.sh/>Homebrew</a><ul><li>Homebrew initially started as a MacOS package manager but is now available
+for Linux distros. It&rsquo;s a good package manager if you want to always have
+the latest version of the software you need. Otherwise, it&rsquo;s hard to keep
+older versions as the philosophy of Homebrew is to only maintain the latest
+versions.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=editor>Editor</h2><ul><li><p><a href=https://code.visualstudio.com>VSCode</a></p><ul><li>Basically an editor on steroids.</li><li>Can function as an IDE through extensions.</li><li>List of extensions<ul><li>Vim by vscodevim</li><li>C/C++ Extension Pack by Microsoft</li><li>CMake by twxs</li><li>Python by Microsoft</li><li>C# by Microsoft</li><li>Extension Pack for Java by Microsoft</li><li>Intellicode by Microsoft</li><li>GitLense by GitKraken</li><li>Git History by Don Jayamanne</li><li>Remote - SSH and Remote - WSL by Microsoft</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><p><a href=https://notepad-plus-plus.org>Notepad++</a></p><ul><li>Handy windows notepad editor.</li></ul></li><li><p><a href=https://neovim.io/>neovim</a></p><ul><li>This is a very extensible successor to vim. The are a lot of plug ins
+available to give it the IDE experience. I&rsquo;m currently using
+<a href=https://www.lazyvim.org/>LazyVim</a> setup. I keep my current configuration
+<a href=https://github.com/donfiguerres/donfiguerres-neovim-config>here</a>.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=ide>IDE</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.jetbrains.com/idea>Intellij</a><ul><li>Probably the best IDE for Java development.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://www.eclipse.org>Eclipse</a><ul><li>Not the best IDE but I&rsquo;m keeping it here since there are limitations in the
 community edition of Intellij.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=file-explorer>File Explorer</h2><ul><li><a href=http://multicommander.com>Multi Commander</a><ul><li>Far Manager alternative.</li><li>Useful when opening a lot of directories simultaneously.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=process-manager-and-monitoring>Process Manager and Monitoring</h2><ul><li><a href=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer>Process Explorer</a><ul><li>A superuser alternative to Task Manager.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/>Process Hacker</a><ul><li>A much more modern alternative to Process Explorer.</li><li>Note: This tool has been flagged recently as malware by antivirus softwares
-because malicious actors have used it in some attacks.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://htop.dev/>htop</a><ul><li>A great process manager for Linux.</li><li>A modern alternative to top.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=terminal-emulator>Terminal Emulator</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.putty.org>PuTTY</a><ul><li>Remote connection to *nix and IBM i machines.</li><li>WSL can basically replace this tool but I&rsquo;m keeping it here just in case.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://winscp.net>WinSCP</a><ul><li>File explorer to a remote machine.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=remote-desktop>Remote Desktop</h2><ul><li><a href=https://mremoteng.org>mRemoteNG</a></li><li>Remote desktop connection manager where you can connect to multiple remote
+because malicious actors have used it in some attacks.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://htop.dev/>htop</a><ul><li>A great process manager for Linux.</li><li>A modern alternative to top.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=terminal-and-terminal-emulator>Terminal and Terminal Emulator</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.putty.org>PuTTY</a><ul><li>Remote connection to *nix and IBM i machines.</li><li>WSL can basically replace this tool but I&rsquo;m keeping it here just in case.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://winscp.net>WinSCP</a><ul><li>File explorer to a remote machine.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://github.com/tmux/tmux/>tmux</a><ul><li>Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that helps you to manage multiple terminal
+sessions.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=remote-desktop>Remote Desktop</h2><ul><li><a href=https://mremoteng.org>mRemoteNG</a></li><li>Remote desktop connection manager where you can connect to multiple remote
 desktops and the connections are arranged via tabs.</li><li><a href=https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv>VcXsrv</a><ul><li>X11 Window server</li><li>More actively developed than Xming.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=virtualization>Virtualization</h2><ul><li><a href=www.virtualbox.org>VirtualBox</a><ul><li>For hosting virtual machines</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=containerization>Containerization</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.docker.com>Docker</a><ul><li>Modern day containerization.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=version-control>Version Control</h2><ul><li><a href=https://git-scm.com>Git</a><ul><li>Need I say more? Even this website version controlled with Git.</li><li>Follow <a href=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-git>this guide</a>
 for setting up in WSL especially for credential management.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=api-platform>API Platform</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.postman.com/>Postman</a><ul><li>Postman is described in its website as &ldquo;an API platform for building and using APIs&rdquo;.
 It is something I often use for testing REST API endpoints. Currently, it
 can also support websockets.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=ldap-browser>LDAP Browser</h2><ul><li><a href=http://jxplorer.org>JXplorer</a><ul><li>Free LDAP Browser</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=database>Database</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/appdev/sqldeveloper-landing.html>SQL Developer</a><ul><li>No longer bundled with Oracle database starting from version 19.</li></ul></li><li><a href=https://www.ibm.com/ph-en/products/ibm-data-studio>IBM Data Studio</a><ul><li>DB2 development studio</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=ibm>IBM</h2><ul><li><a href=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-access-client-solutions>IBM i Access - Client Solutions</a><ul><li>5250 terminal (green screen) emulator is handy when connecting to IBM i
-machines.</li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="row pl-3 pr-3"><div class="col-md-6 share-buttons"></div><div class="col-md-6 btn-improve-page"><a href=https://github.com/donfiguerres/donfiguerres.github.io/edit/main/content/posts/software-development/common-tools/index.md title="Improve this page" target=_blank rel=noopener><i class="fas fa-code-branch"></i>
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+machines.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id=meeting-tools>Meeting Tools</h2><p>Developing software requires a lot of collaboration so minimizing noise coming
+into your microphone is also essential.</p><ul><li><a href=https://github.com/werman/noise-suppression-for-voice>Real-time Noise Suppression Plugin</a><ul><li>This is a noise suppression plugin that filters out non-voice sound from
+your microphone. I currently use it as a plugin for <a href=https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/>Equalizer APO</a>
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