Useful development tooling

This page lists some software we consider useful. Tool usage hints are provided at the FAQ page.

Browser plugins

• (strongly recommended) Refined GitHub - GitHub on steroids
• (recommended) GitHub Issue Link Status - proper coloring of linked issues and PRs.
• (optional) Codecov Browser Extension - displaying code coverage directly when browsing GitHub
• (optional) Sourcegraph Browser Extension - Navigate through source on GitHub

Drawing diagrams

• A free tool to make UI mockups: https://draw.io with Software -> Mockups shapes.

Screenshots

• We recommend Flameshot and Greenshot to enable proper annotation of screenshots. GitHub allows direct paste of images from the clipboard. Thus, copy the annotated image and paste it directly in your PR description.

Tooling for Windows

Better console applications: Windows Terminal plus clink

• Install Windows Terminal
• Install clink, to enable mise support and to have Unix keys (Alt+B, Ctrl+S, etc.) also available at the prompt of cmd.exe
• Install mise support for cmd.exe
  • Pre-condition: Install mise
  • Find out script directory: clink info | findstr scripts
  • Place the clink_mise.lua script from mise forum into that directory.

Tools for working with XMP

• Validate XMP: https://www.pdflib.com/pdf-knowledge-base/xmp/free-xmp-validator