Tools#

This is a collection of some of the academic staff’s favourite tools.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Tools#

IDEs#

IDE

Development Type

VSCode

Web

IntelliJ

Java

PyCharm

Python

Webstorm

Web

Eclipse

Java

Android Studio

Android

XCode

iOS

VSCode Plugins#

Plugin

Description

Prettier

Code formatting.

Gitlens

Git visualisation.

Bracket Pair Colorizer

Colours brackets to more easily distinguish.

Live share

Great for pair programming.

ESLint

Linting.

Spell checker

Spell checker that works with camel case.

IntelliJ Plugins#

Plugin

Description

Code With Me

Rainbow Brackets

Colorises brackets to easily distinguish.

PlantUML integration

A plugin to create diagrams.

One Dark Theme

Communication Tools#

Slack Plugins#

Tool

Description

Geekbot

Virtual stand-ups within slack.