🛠️ Development Environment
💻 Visual Studio Code
The go-to code editor for React development, offering a perfect balance of performance and functionality. Essential extensions enhance the development experience with features like IntelliSense, debugging, and Git integration. The extensive marketplace of extensions makes it highly customizable for any workflow.
⌨️ Terminal (Zsh with Oh My Zsh)
A powerful command-line environment that streamlines development tasks. Oh My Zsh adds helpful aliases, Git integration, and autocompletion features that make command-line operations more efficient and enjoyable.
🔍 Debugging & Development Tools
🔧 Chrome DevTools
An indispensable suite of web debugging tools built into Chrome. Essential features include real-time DOM inspection, network monitoring, performance profiling, and JavaScript debugging capabilities.
⚛️ React Developer Tools
A browser extension that adds React debugging tools to Chrome DevTools. Enables inspection of React component hierarchies, props, state, and hooks in real-time, making debugging React applications significantly easier.
📡 Postman
The industry standard for API testing and documentation. Simplifies the process of testing REST APIs, managing environments, and collaborating with backend teams during frontend integration.
🎨 Design & Collaboration
🖌️ Figma
The modern standard for UI/UX design collaboration. Enables seamless communication between designers and developers, with features for inspecting designs, extracting CSS, and maintaining design system consistency.
📋 Notion / Linear / Jira
Project management and documentation tools that keep teams aligned. Track tasks, maintain documentation, and manage sprints effectively while ensuring clear communication across team members.
🔄 Version Control & Collaboration
📚 Git + GitHub
Essential version control system and collaboration platform. Enables efficient code management, branch strategies, and pull request workflows while maintaining a clean, documented codebase.
⚡ Build Tools & Data Management
📦 Vite / Webpack
Modern build tools for JavaScript applications. Vite offers lightning-fast development server and build times, while Webpack provides robust bundling capabilities for complex applications.
🔄 SWR / React Query
Advanced data fetching libraries that simplify state management. Provide powerful features like caching, background synchronization, and automatic revalidation for optimal data handling.
🧪 Testing & Quality Assurance
✅ Jest + React Testing Library
Comprehensive testing framework for React applications. Enables writing maintainable tests that focus on user behavior rather than implementation details.
📚 Storybook
Component development environment for building and testing UI components in isolation. Facilitates component-driven development and serves as living documentation for the UI library.
🎯 ESLint + Prettier
Code quality tools that ensure consistency and catch potential errors. ESLint enforces best practices while Prettier maintains consistent code formatting across the team.
