Every developer has its tool box grown over the years – same with me. Some the tools became quite worn but very convenient. Here are some of my favorite tools.

TextMate

This is one of my central apps – always at hand. After testing Eclipse PDT, Zend Studio, NetBeans more than one time, I always returned to it. It’s fast, powerful, easily extendable. (There is also a port for Windows users called E-Texteditor. So, no excuses!)

git

It’s good practice to keep track of the development using a version control system. I use svnX git to manage my code (with git-svn as a frontend for svn).

Transmit

I use Transmit to access my servers via (S)FTP. It’s not perfect, but it works well with TextMate.

Sequel Pro

I often have to check and change database entries while developing an application. Sequel Pro is really a convenient front end for SQL databases-and it’s free!

Merlin

Merlin is a native Mac OS X project management tool. It’s much better (in sense of efficiency for the common developer) than MS Project, which I also know very well.

Billings

At the end of the day, I have to write an invoice (or statement ;-)). I do that with Billings.