11 online tools mobile developers love using
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11 ONLINE TOOLS MOBILE DEVELOPERS LOVE USING
TABLE OF CONTENTSHow we chose the tools
And these are the tools:
Conclusion
Basecamo
Asana
Trello
Hansoft
Sublime Text
Paint.NET
TinyPNG
JSON Editor
Vitamin-R
Postman
Adobe Illustrator CC
HOW WE CHOSE THE TOOLSAlmost everyone we know from the mobile industry have a set of tools they work with and just can’t do without.
Mobile Apps Developers are No Exception.
we’ve asked app developers:
which tools you love using the most and would happily recommend to colleagues
We posted this question in various forums and groups
We wanted app developers to feel free to list every tool that they love using, as long as it is related to their day-to-day work.
Many developers shared their insights, disclosing which tools make their lives easier.
AND THESE ARE THE TOOLS…
Leading web-based project management and collaboration tool with over 15 million users.
HIGHLIGHTS
Organized “to-do” listsSet due datesAssignment of tasks to peoplePrioritization of tasksMessaging board to keep team communication at its best
PAYMENT
Paid or free: PaidFree trial: 30 daysMonthly recurring payment: $29.00 per
month for internal teams, $79.00 per month to share with clients, and $3,000.00 per year for enterprises.Price range: $29.00 – $250.00 per month
Basecamp
HIGHLIGHTS
A number of high-profile clients, such as Dropbox, Airbnb, Pinterest, Stripe, and Uber.Combines tasks and messages together.
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Free for teams of up to 15 people onlyFree trial: 30 daysMonthly recurring payment: $8.33 per
member per monthPrice range: $0.00 – $8.33 per member
per month
A communication project management tool
Asana
HIGHLIGHTS
Trello’s power is in its simplicity
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Free, but advanced features cost moneyMonthly recurring payment: $8.33 per
user per monthPrice range: $0.00 – $20.83 per user per
month
A project and task management tool, currently supporting over 12 million users, that helps make collaborations easy
Trello
HIGHLIGHTS
This solution is meant to support the scaling up of agile development teamsAlso good for smaller teams and startups
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Free for up to nine usersMonthly recurring payment: $28.00 per
user per monthPrice range: $0.00 – $28.00 per user per
month and $36.00 – $290.00 per server per month
It is a planning and collaboration tool for agile product development
Hansoft
HIGHLIGHTS
Ability to adapt to any kind of environmentVisually supports a huge variety of programming languages make this one a favorite among manyKnown for being fast (important!) and
very versatile
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Paid (Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is no enforced time limit for the evaluation)Free trial: YesMonthly recurring payment: $70.00 for
one licensePrice range: $50.00 – $70.00 per license,
depending on the number of licenses required
A popular feature-packed text editor for markup, code and prose
Sublime Text
HIGHLIGHTS
A nice and easy tool to help you out when you’re in a graphical jamDoesn’t require any license
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Free
A free and easy-to-use image editing software for Windows
Paint.NET
HIGHLIGHTS
You can specify a URL for the image you would like to compressUpload the images directly onto the websiteAbility to upload images in a bulk (which is very important, trust me)Preserves the image transparency (if one exists)
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Free for the first 500 imagesMonthly recurring payment: $0.009 per
imagePrice range: $0.002 – $0.009 per image
per month
Optimizes PNG images, using smart compression techniques
TinyPNG
HIGHLIGHTS
Helps developers create, view, edit, and format their JSON filesThe ability to edit code inside a browser (it opens a text editor), instead of switching applications
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Free
Every developer needs a tool to format and edit JSON. Mobile developers are no exceptions as they need to send some data back home
JSON Editor
HIGHLIGHTS
Solves the problem of long task motivationStructures the work into distraction-free, highly focused activities by dividing them into short time chunks of 10 – 30 minutes.
PAYMENT
Paid or free: PaidFree trial: 14 daysMonthly recurring payment: $24.49
A ‘time boxing’ productivity app for Mac users
Vitamin-R
HIGHLIGHTS
REST oriented GUI for sending HTTP queries and viewing their response thus making the process of
developing a Restful API become simplerEasy, fairly intuitive UI and a history of previous requests so you can rerun them later
PAYMENT
Paid or free: Both free and paid plans are availableFree trial: 30 daysMonthly recurring payment: $6.10 per
user per month
Helps developers test their APIs faster.
Postman
HIGHLIGHTS
Helps you create icons, logos, typography, sketches, and complex illustrations for web, print, video, interactive, and mobile.It is known to be the best solution for
professional image editing and objects composition.
PAYMENT
Paid or free: PaidFree trial: 30 daysMonthly recurring payment: $9.99 per
monthPrice range: $9.99 – $74.99 per month
A vector graphics editor
Adobe Illustrator CC
IN CONCLUSIONTools are fun! Productivity tools supercharge our efficiency. There are endless tools and many of them are brilliant.
These are just the tools we've picked, you are welcome to add to the list.
Drop us a note to [email protected] we will look at adding them!
Yes, it’s hard to start working with new tools, as there’s a learning curve, but some of them are totally worth it.
