Uses

Volta.sh - JavaScript Tool Manager

After finding Volta.sh it completely changed how I worked with various JS tooling.

With Volta, you can select a Node engine once and then stop worrying about it. Simply pin it and you’re done!

• Ridiculously Fast, built using Rust

• Seamless, per-project version switching

• Cross-platform support, including Windows and all Unix shells

• Support for multiple package managers

• Stable tool installation—no reinstalling on every Node upgrade!

• Extensibility hooks for site-specific customization

Front-End Development does require a lot of browser testing. Like a lot of browser testing... Here's what I use.

• Sizzy App

• Default Browser: Vivaldi

• Firefox Developers Edition

• Microsoft Edge Developers Edition

• BrowserStack

Running along-side while I code can be a slew of applications to help like these listed here are some of my favourite that I use regularly!

• Devdocs.io

• DevBook

• RunJS

• SolarPuTTY

• WinSCP

• Local(WP)

• Insomnia

• GitKraken

• RegexBuddy

It's true, once you go Notion you don't go back. Who knew a single app could change literally everything for you!

• Notion

• Todoist

• Calendly

• Gmail + Streak CRM

• Grammerly

Let's face it - COVID-19 really changed the game for a lot of businesses, mine included. For video meetings and other types of communication these are my favourite platforms.

• Whereby (replaced Zoom)

• Loom (Video/Screenshare presentations)

• Slack (being freelance it’s to notify me of stuff, webhooks - rarely for actual chat)

Our personal preference is the Affinity Suite, along with Figma for wireframe & prototyping. Adobe is great and we'll happily accept Adobe file formats, but they're no longer our first choice when picking graphics editing software.

• Affinity Suite (Designer, Publisher, Photo)

• Figma