azure cloud

Hands down, the easiest Cloud hosting service to get up and running. Paying for what you use is great and at the some time making sure your data is safe and secure.

microsoft Visual studio 2019

The epic IDE for Windows...because what real Microsoft developer cares about the Mac.


That is correct, I said it Fanboys. We only let Mac users into the party so you feel like real programmer. Just kidding...or am I?

xamarin

The best cross platform development IDE hands down. Using Xamarin Forms you can have a single code base for iOS and Android but if you need to write platform specific code, drill down and use custom renders for that level of control you need.

blazor.net

Build a SPA without Java? Hell to the yeah!

Drop in SignalR and you can build some of the sweetest UIs this side of Atlanta, GA.

postman

API testing, JSON parsing, security and sharing between machines....need I say more?

An API developer cannot live without this amazing tool.

twilio

Send and receive SMS as easily with your own private numbers and as cheap as pie....almost. I used this to build a sweet chat bot.

sendgrid

Send emails using their API and templates. Super easy and cheap. The web hooks are unbelievably useful.

You can be notified via webhook :

  • when an email is delivered

  • when it is opened

  • if it bounces

  • the end user clicks on the links

Hook it up to webhooks.site and boom you have a super easy way to debug and track your emails.

ngrok

It is truly a work of art. Tunnel into your machine for API and website access to debug and watch as your testers break stuff.

Free: The free version is good enough for day to day development but the paid plan has a useful static domain name for letting your UAT testers do their business.

webhook.site

Testing your callbacks has never easier...or cheaper. This is a super sweet tool is perfect for debugging your outgoing integration points and notifications.

Webhook.site is kind of like the antithesis of NGROK. Instead of tunneling in, this tests your out going POSTS/GETs.

iisexpress-proxy

Debug your API while running your Azure Functions in Visual Studio on your Windows machine. Next best thing to NGROK for testing your API hosted inside the built in IIS Express.


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jwt.io

Decode that JWT and trouble shoot your AD connectivity, audiences and other user IAM issues.


appcenter.ms

The best build and deploy tool for your mobile apps. Easy to integrate with Azure DevOps with YAML also.

azure devops

Git, Code Repositories, Agile Boards, CICD, Burn down charts! Why would you use any other DevOps tool? I cannot think of a reason...

envato assets

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bootstrap

Make your sites look good with minimal effort.

fontawesome

Icons for use in Blazor, Bootstrap and Xamarin apps

draw.io

Visio? Who needs it...

matrix.org

Send messages to any platform with their sweet gateways

Azure storage explorer

Whether you need to debug, generate SAS tokens or backup your home movies and photos, there is not better UI into Azure Storage than the Storage Explorer

appscreens.com

Making your app look good on the app store is the most important factor when you need to get users to download and use your app. This is one of the best tools I have used for app screen shots. As a matter of fact, I paid for this because I liked it so much.

gitkraken

Easy to use with Git and Azure DevOps. The branch management and merging is effortless and you can easily see all of your check ins and outs.

SonarQube.org

Does you code stink? Of course it does, that is why there is SonarQube. And it integrates with Azure DevOps!

synfusion community version

Xamarin and Blazor support. There is nothing else you will need because it is FREE if you make under $1M. And come on, if you are grossing $1M then you can cough up some cash to keep this company in the red.

gitflow

A way to keep your code organized and viable. This

Hardware

raspberry Pi

Did someone say Pi? Man, this is fun to play with.