Software Engineer Workflow

This is a collection of resources and my general workflow for Software Engineering. Note: workstation is running MacOS.

Dependencies/Libraries:

• Homebrew — package manager for linux-based OSs.
• Git — version control, manage files during project development
• Node.js + Nvm — runtime for javascript without a browser
• Npm — large organization of libraries/packages available to use in projects.
• Python 3 — python language interpreter for python ^3.0.0.
• MySQL — SQL database software for development
• Redis — real time data storage with different data structures in a cache
• Heroku CLI — manager for Heroku apps from the command line
• Amazon CLI — manager for AWS services from the command line

Communication:

• Slack
• Zoom

Recording:

• OBS
• Zoom Meeting Recording

Other Software:

• Chrome — main browser with debugging tools
• Postman — API platform for easy endpoint testing
• Flux — screen eye strain assistance
• GIMP — photo editing software

Toy problems:

• ExcaliDraw
• LeetCode
• CyberDojo
• TopCoder
• Coderbyte
• HackerRank

Note taking:

• Notion

IDE:

VSCode:

• MacOS Quick Action: Open Folder from finder -> Configure Quick Action
• ESLint Extension — Integrates ESLint JavaScript into VS Code.
• Bracket Pair Colorizer Extension — A customizable extension for colorizing matching brackets
• Open In Default Browser Extension: A VSCode extension to fast open html file in browser
• Stylelint Extension: Modern CSS/SCSS/Less linter
• Settings.json:

VSCode Settings Configuration

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