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    A curated list of "What are the best..." questions related to development.
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What are the best...

Quality Assurance


...continuous integration tools

Jenkins
CircleCI
TeamCity


...configuration management tools

Ansible
SaltStack
Chef


...free bug tracking tools for programming

Github Issues
Bitbucket's Bug Tracker
Phabricator


...Python unit testing frameworks

pytest
nose
unittest


...test automation tools for web apps

Selenium
Watir
Windmill


...JavaScript client-side error logging services

TrackJS
Atatus
Rollbar


...code coverage services

Codecov
Coveralls
Code Climate


...website speed profilers

Google Pagespeed Insights Online
Webpagetest
GTMetrix


...solutions for mobile error tracking

Crittercism
Exceptional
BugSense


...unit testing frameworks for .NET

NUnit
xUnit.NET
MSTest


...Java continuous integration tools

Jenkins
Bamboo
Circle CI


...test management tools that support automatic unit testing

XQual XStudio
Meliora Testlab
Klaros TestManagement


...Continuous Integration services with Docker support

Shippable
Drone.io
Bamboo


...open source Python static analysis tools

Pylint
flake8
mypy


...open source continuous integration tools

Jenkins
Concourse CI
Buildbot


...self-hosted bug trackers

JIRA
Fossil
Redmine


...JavaScript unit testing frameworks

Mocha
Jasmine
tape


...JavaScript libraries for testing common browser behavior

PhantomJS
CasperJS
Zombie.js


...cross-browser live-update / synchronization tools

BrowserSync
LiveReload
CodeKit


...multi-browser testing tools with synchronized interactions

BrowserSync
Ghostlab
CasperJS


...user support & feedback services

Uservoice
Freshdesk
Zendesk


...JavaScript linting tools

ESLint
JSCS
JSHint


Javascript


...full-stack isomorphic JavaScript frameworks


Meteor


Derby


Catberry


...node.js build systems / task runners

Gulp
Grunt
Pint


...full-stack Node.js frameworks

Meteor
Sails.js
FeathersJS


...JavaScript unit testing frameworks

Mocha
Jasmine
tape


...real-time JavaScript frameworks

FeathersJS
Meteor
Derby


...JavaScript unit testing frameworks for frontend applications

Mocha
Jasmine
Jest


...JavaScript client-side error logging services

TrackJS
Atatus
Rollbar


...Node.js-based CMS

KeystoneJS
Ghost
Calipso


...IDEs for Node.js

WebStorm
Codenvy
Atom


...resources to learn AngularJS

John Lindquist's video tutorials on egghead.io
AngularJS - O'Reilly book
AngularJS Fundamentals In 60-ish Minutes - video


...open source static site generators built on Node.js

Hexo
Metalsmith
DocPad


...JavaScript libraries for building a UI with data binding support

Marko Widgets
Riot
React


...JavaScript charting libraries

D3.js
Chart.js
Shield UI


...RequireJS alternatives

Webpack
Browserify
qoopido.demand


...Javascript UI Widget Toolkits

Kendo UI
Sencha Ext JS
jQuery UI


...resources to learn D3.js

Treehouse D3.js course
D3 Tips and Tricks
Scott Murray Tutorials


...frameworks for developing cross-platform mobile apps with JavaScript

React Native
Onsen UI
Ionic Framework


...JavaScript documentation tools

JSDoc
YUIDoc
apiDoc


...JavaScript IDEs and editors

WebStorm
Sublime Text
Atom


...resources to learn JavaScript

Codecademy - Javascript Track
exercism.io
JavaScript: The Good Parts


...websites to learn jQuery

Codecademy
Code School
Treehouse


...databases to use for Node.js applications

PostgreSQL
RethinkDB
ArangoDB


...resources for learning Javascript and the DOM API

JavaScript & jQuery - Jon Duckett
Khan Academy - HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive
Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript - Treehouse


...hosting services for Node.js apps

Heroku
AppFog
Modulus


...Node.JS Selenium WebDriver client libraries / bindings

WebdriverIO
webdriver-sync
selenium-webdriverjs


...boilerplates for modern webapp front-end development

HTML5 Boilerplate
Initializr
Webapp generator


...open source JavaScript charting libraries

D3.js
Chart.js
Highcharts.js


...resources to learn CoffeeScript

CoffeeScript.org
CoffeeScript Ristretto
exercism.io


...Express.js alternatives

Koa
Hapi
Strapi


...cloud IDEs for JavaScript

Cloud9
SourceLair
Codeanywhere


...jQuery plugins for creating / editing spreadsheets

jQuery.sheet
Handsontable
DataTables


...Meteor alternatives for realtime JS apps

LoopBack
Firebase
Express.io


...client-side JavaScript module loaders

Browserify
Webpack
RequireJS


...Node.js backend microframeworks

Express.js
Sails.js
Koa


...JavaScript libraries for building a UI

React
Riot
Vue.js


...front-end package managers

npm + Browserify
Bower
JSPM


...workflow wrappers for front-end development

Yeoman
CodeKit
Slush


...open source front-end package managers

npm + Browserify
Duo
Bower


...open source JavaScript GUI/widget frameworks

React with pre-made components
Dojo Toolkit
Bootstrap


...JavaScript libraries for testing common browser behavior

PhantomJS
CasperJS
Zombie.js


...git repository managers with built-in bug tracker

GitLab
Bitbucket
GitHub


...JavaScript libraries for file uploading

Shield UI Upload
Resumable.js
DropzoneJS


...Angular.js alternatives

React
Mithril
Vue


...languages that compile to JavaScript

Dart
Scala.js
Haxe


...JavaScript templating engines

Handlebars.js
Jade
Marko


...frontend JavaScript module bundlers

Webpack
JSPM
Browserify


...JavaScript linting tools

ESLint
JSCS
JSHint


Python


...Python microframeworks

Flask
Bottle
Falcon


...Python full-stack frameworks

Django
TurboGears
web2py


...Django based CMSes

Django CMS
Mezzanine
Wagtail


...free IDEs for Python

PyCharm Community Edition
Vim
Sublime Text 3


...general-purpose Python web frameworks usable in production sites

Flask
Django
web2py


...Python IDEs

PyCharm
Vim
Sublime Text


...open source Python static analysis tools

Pylint
flake8
mypy


...drawing libraries for Python

pyglet
pygame
PyCairo


...Python unit testing frameworks

pytest
nose
unittest


Languages


...Functional languages to learn for web-frontend development

ClojureScript
Elm
Purescript


...scheme implementations

Chicken
Racket
Guile


...languages that compile to JavaScript

Dart
Scala.js
Haxe


...programming language to learn first

Python
C#
Ruby


...languages for learning functional programming

Haskell
Clojure
F#


...languages that run on the JVM

Clojure
Scala
Java


...concurrent languages to write P2P Twitter

Golang
Haskell
Erlang


Stylesheets


...CSS preprocessors/postprocessors

Sass
Stylus
Less


...resources to learn Sass

Sass and Compass in Action
Treehouse
Pragmatic Guide to Sass


...Bootstrap alternatives

Foundation
Semantic UI
Materialize


...fully-featured responsive CSS frameworks

Bootstrap 
Semantic UI
Foundation


...tools for building and generating css living styleguides

SC5
Hologram
Knyle Style Sheets (KSS)


...resources to learn CSS

Codecademy
HTML & CSS - Jon Duckett
Treehouse


Templating


...client side templating libraries

Jade
Handlebars.js 
Mustache.js


...Ruby templating languages

Slim
ERB
Haml


...JavaScript templating engines

Handlebars.js
Jade
Marko


HTML

...HTML preprocessors

Pug (previously Jade)
HAML
Slim


Ruby


...server provisioning tools for Ruby Ops

Puppet
Chef
Ansible


...Ruby templating languages

Slim
ERB
Haml


...Ruby static site generators

Jekyll
Middleman
Octopress


C/C++

...XML parser/generator libraries for C++

Xerces-C++
RapidXML
pugixml


Haskell

...Haskell web frameworks for building RESTful web services

Yesod
Spock
Servant


PHP


...PHP microframeworks

Slim
Fat-Free Framework
Lumen


...MySQL admin PHP interfaces

Adminer
phpMyAdmin
SQL Buddy


...full-stack PHP frameworks

Symfony
Yii
Zend Framework


...PHP IDEs

PhpStorm
NetBeans
Atom


...PHP frameworks that support PHP 5.3+

Lithium
Phalcon
Symfony


...PHP CMS

Joomla!
Drupal
WordPress


Java & JVM


...open source IDEs for Java

IntelliJ IDEA (Community edition)
Eclipse
NetBeans IDE


...Java web frameworks

Spring MVC
Spring-boot
Play 2


...IDEs for Grails/Groovy

IntelliJ IDEA
Netbeans IDE
Groovy/Grails Tool Suite


...Java IDEs

IntelliJ IDEA
NetBeans
Eclipse


...Java MVC frameworks

Play 2
Spring MVC
Ninja


...Java continuous integration tools

Jenkins
Bamboo
Circle CI


...Java build automation tools

Apache Maven
Gradle
Apache Ant


.NET

...unit testing frameworks for .NET

NUnit
xUnit.NET
MSTest


Embedded systems

...drones for hacking

Build your own
Parrot AR Drone 2.0
DJI Phantom 2


Email


...transactional email services

Mailgun
Mandrill
Postmark


...alternatives to Mandrill

SendGrid
Mailgun
Amazon SES


Logging

...log aggregation & monitoring tools

LogEntries
Logstash
Sumo Logic


Analytics

...analytics tools for a SaaS web applications

Mixpanel
KISSmetrics
Heap


Misc


...system rescue discs for Windows

Hiren's Boot CD
System Rescue CD
The Trinity Rescue Kit


...job boards to find remote work for webapp frontend developers

Stack Overflow Careers
No Fluff Jobs
Reddit


...alternatives and lossless compressors for JPEG

BPG - Format
WEBP - Format
Adept - Compression Technique


...board games for software developers

Space Alert
Robo Rally
Settlers of Catan


...cluster managers

Kubernetes
Apache Mesos
Nomad


Virtualization


...approaches to OS virtualization

Hypervisor + Unikernel
Hypervisor + Container
Container


...unikernels

Mirage OS
Rumprun
OSv


...Linux platforms/tools for virtualizing GUI apps and viewing them remotely

ssh -X or ssh -Y
guacamole
TightVNC


Docker


...Docker cluster managers

Kubernetes
Docker Swarm
Nomad


...resources to learn about Docker deployment

Pluralsight
Docker for Beginners
Official Docker Training


...Continuous Integration services with Docker support

Shippable
Drone.io
Bamboo


OCR

...Linux OCR programs

Cuneiform
GOCR
Tesseract OCR


Package Management


...front-end package managers

npm + Browserify
Bower
JSPM


...workflow wrappers for front-end development

Yeoman
CodeKit
Slush


...open source front-end package managers

npm + Browserify
Duo
Bower


Mobile


...IDEs for Android development

Android Studio
IntelliJ IDEA
Xamarin.Android


...open source Parse alternatives

Couchbase
Baasbox
kinto


...Approach to mobile app development

Native
Mobile Web
Hybrid


...frameworks for developing cross-platform mobile apps with JavaScript

React Native
Onsen UI
Ionic Framework


...resources to learn Android development

Udacity
Treehouse
Lynda.com


...Android BaaS (Backend as a Service) providers

Back4App
Firebase
Kinvey


...build tools for Android applications

Gradle
Apache Maven
Apache Ant


...tools for prototyping mobile interactions/animations

Framer Studio
Pixate
Invision


...Parse alternatives for Android app development

Kinto
Firebase
Kumulos


...IDEs for Android development in Java

Android Studio
Eclipse + Android Development Tools plugin
IntelliJ IDEA


Hosting


...hosting solutions for personal websites/blogs

GitHub Pages
Heroku
Bitbucket Pages


...hosting services for Node.js apps

Heroku
AppFog
Modulus


...cloud hosting services for small businesses

DigitalOcean
Linode
RamNode


...alternatives to SourceForge

Bitbucket
GitLab
GitHub


...git hosts that also provide web hosting services

GitHub Pages
GitLab Pages
Bitbucket Pages


...alternatives to GitHub for Open Source projects

GitLab
Bitbucket
Phabricator


...free dynamic DNS services

Dynu
FreeDNS 
Duck DNS


Databases


...DBaaS for Event Sourcing

DynamoDB
Cloudant
Google Cloud SQL


...open-source relational databases for high performance web applications

PostgreSQL
MariaDB 
MySQL


...open-source Relational Databases

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite


...MySQL client applications for Windows

HeidiSQL
Navicat for MySQL
MySQL Workbench


...NoSQL databases for web applications

RethinkDB
ArangoDB
CouchDB


...Mac OS X GUIs for PostgreSQL

Postico
pgAdmin III
DataGrip


...MySQL admin PHP interfaces

Adminer
phpMyAdmin
SQL Buddy


...databases to use for Node.js applications

PostgreSQL
RethinkDB
ArangoDB


Gamedev


...Haxe IDEs

FlashDevelop
Sublime Text
IntelliJ IDEA


...2D skeletal animation tools

Spine
Spriter
Demina


...ways to promote an indie game

IndieDB
TIGSource
Kickstarter


...game programming tutorials for beginners

Khan Academy
Unity Scripting Tutorials
Scratch


...scripting languages for game development

Lua
C#
JavaScript


...hype-building communities for independent games

IndieDB
TIGSource Forums
Greenlight Concepts


...UV mapping software

UVLayout
Ultimate Unwrap 3D 
Blender


...2D pathfinding algorithms

A* Algorithm
Dijkstra's Algorithm
Breadth-first search


...programs to create procedural textures

Neo Textures
MapZone
Filter Forge


Unity


...tilemapping tools for Unity

2D Toolkit
AutoTileGen
Tiled


...2D animation tools for Unity

2D Toolkit
Unity 2D
SmoothMoves


...tools to create sprite atlases for Unity 2D

TexturePacker
2D Toolkit
Unity Sprite Packer


...third-party IDEs for Unity

Visual Studio
MonoDevelop
Vim


CMS


...CMS for building a multilingual website

Django CMS
Wordpress
Drupal


...Django based CMSes

Django CMS
Mezzanine
Wagtail


...Node.js-based CMS

KeystoneJS
Ghost
Calipso


...Open source alternative to WordPress for web-publishing

Ghost
Jekyll
Django CMS


...Ruby static site generators

Jekyll
Middleman
Octopress


...open source static site generators built on Node.js

Hexo
Metalsmith
DocPad


...PHP CMS

Joomla!
Drupal
WordPress


VCS


...git repository managers with built-in bug tracker

GitLab
Bitbucket
GitHub


...hosted version control services

GitHub
Bitbucket
GitLab


...self-hosted web-based Git repository managers

GitLab
Bitbucket Server
Gogs


...Git web interfaces

Gogs
GitLab
Bitbucket


...Git clients for Windows

Git BASH
SourceTree
SmartGit


...merge applications for Git

Meld
Beyond Compare 
P4Merge


...git hosts that also provide web hosting services

GitHub Pages
GitLab Pages
Bitbucket Pages


...GitHub clients for iOS

iOctocat
CodeHub
Working Copy


...diff tools for Git

Meld
Kdiff3
P4Merge


Game Engines


...game engines for beginners and non-programmers

GameGuru
Construct 2
GDevelop


...3D C++ game engines with full source code access

Godot
Unreal Engine 4 
Panda3D 


...2D game engines for Android

Monkey X Pro
libGDX
Godot


...2D game engines for iOS

Oxygine 2D C++ Game Framework 
libGDX
Unity3D


...game engines for Virtual Reality development

Unity
CryEngine
CopperCube


...2D game engines for low end machines

Godot
libGDX
LÖVE


...2D game engines for beginners

GameMaker: Studio
Stencyl
Construct 2


...2D game engines for creating simple multiplayer webapps

Construct 2
GDevelop
GameMaker: Studio


...2D game engines

libGDX
Construct 2
Monkey X


...2D (non coding) game engine

Construct 2
RPG Maker
GameMaker: Studio


...100% free 2D game engines

Godot
LOVE  
Flixel


...3D game engines

Unreal Engine 4
Unity
Panda3D


...3D C# game engines

Unity
Paradox 3D
Wave


...3D game engines for iOS

Unity
jMonkey3
libGDX


...beginner game engines for making a top-down JRPG

GameMaker: Studio
RPG Maker
EasyRPG


...2D C++ game engines with a GUI and full source code access

GDevelop
Godot
Polycode


...2D Lua game engines

LÖVE
Corona
Moai


...FOSS cross-platform 3D game engines

Godot
Panda3D
libGDX


Learning resources


...resources to learn CoffeeScript

CoffeeScript.org
CoffeeScript Ristretto
exercism.io


...books on web design

Don't Make Me Think
The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald A. Norman
Digital Design Essentials


...resources to learn AngularJS

John Lindquist's video tutorials on egghead.io
AngularJS - O'Reilly book
AngularJS Fundamentals In 60-ish Minutes - video


...in-person boot camp programs for learning how to code in the US

Dev Bootcamp
Hack Reactor
App Academy


...online coding bootcamps for web development

Free Code Camp
Hack Reactor - Remote
Bloc


...books on technical leadership in software projects

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
The Mythical Man Month
Managing Humans


...resources to learn CSS

Codecademy
HTML & CSS - Jon Duckett
Treehouse


...resources to learn D3.js

Treehouse D3.js course
D3 Tips and Tricks
Scott Murray Tutorials


...resources to learn R

Udacity - Data Analysis with R
Code School - Try R
Udemy - R Basics


...resources to learn Scheme

The Little Schemer
Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days
The Scheme Programming Language


...resources to learn about compilers

Coursera - "Compilers" by Stanford
Engineering a Compiler, Second Edition
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)


...resources to learn Sass

Sass and Compass in Action
Treehouse
Pragmatic Guide to Sass


...resources for a beginner to learn C

The C programming language (AKA: K&R)
Learn C the hard way
C Porgramming: A Modern Approach


...online resources for learning SQL

SQLBolt
Treehouse
SQLZoo


...resources to learn about Docker deployment

Pluralsight
Docker for Beginners
Official Docker Training


...websites to learn jQuery

Codecademy
Code School
Treehouse


...books to learn C# web development

C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
Head First C#
C# Programming for Beginners: An Introduction and Step-by-Step Guide to Programming in C#


...resources to learn JavaScript

Codecademy - Javascript Track
exercism.io
JavaScript: The Good Parts


...websites to learn about web design

Smashing Magazine
A List Apart
Awwwards


...resources to learn Android development

Udacity
Treehouse
Lynda.com


...programming language to learn first

Python
C#
Ruby


...beginner resources to learn Unity

2D Space Shooter
Hack & Slash RPG
Unity Learn


...websites to learn to code

Codecademy
Free Code Camp
Code School


...online resources to learn swift development

exercism.io
Code School
Treehouse Swift course


...resources to learn Common Lisp

On Lisp
Practical Common Lisp
Land of Lisp


...game programming tutorials for beginners

Khan Academy
Unity Scripting Tutorials
Scratch


...resources to learn Twitter Bootstrap

Free Code Camp
Treehouse
Code School


...online resources to learn data visualization

Free Code Camp
Udacity
Lynda Data Visualization Fundamentals


...resources to learn Unreal Engine 4

Learning C++ by Creating Games with UE4 
Shooter Game Tutorial
Unreal Engine Official Tutorials


...books to read on user experience and design

Don't Make Me Think
The Design of Everyday Things
The Elements of Typographic Style


...resources to learn WordPress

Udemy
Lynda
Treehouse


...online resources for learning Java

exercism.io
Learn Java
Treehouse


...resources for learning Javascript and the DOM API

JavaScript & jQuery - Jon Duckett
Khan Academy - HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive
Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript - Treehouse


Editors and IDEs


...open source IDEs for Java

IntelliJ IDEA (Community edition)
Eclipse
NetBeans IDE


...IDEs for Node.js

WebStorm
Codenvy
Atom


...IDEs for Android development

Android Studio
IntelliJ IDEA
Xamarin.Android


...IDEs for Android development in Java

Android Studio
Eclipse + Android Development Tools plugin
IntelliJ IDEA


...free IDEs for Python

PyCharm Community Edition
Vim
Sublime Text 3


...free Cloud IDEs with SSH access to the workspace

Koding
Cloud9
Codeanywhere


...Python IDEs

PyCharm
Vim
Sublime Text


...IDEs for C on Windows

Code::Blocks
Eclipse CDT
KDevelop


...JavaScript IDEs and editors

WebStorm
Sublime Text
Atom


...hex editors for Mac

Hex Fiend
Synalyze It!
HexEd.it


...programming text editors

Vim
Spacemacs
Sublime Text


...Java IDEs

IntelliJ IDEA
NetBeans
Eclipse


...cloud IDEs

Codeanywhere
Codenvy
Cloud9


...programming text editors for a Mac with a GUI

BBEdit
Sublime Text
Atom


...terminal editors

Vim
Neovim
Emacs


...online collaborative programming editors

CodeBunk
Stypi
Codassium


...cloud IDEs for JavaScript

Cloud9
SourceLair
Codeanywhere


...open source programming text editors

Vim
Atom
Spacemacs


...third-party IDEs for Unity

Visual Studio
MonoDevelop
Vim


...Haxe IDEs

FlashDevelop
Sublime Text
IntelliJ IDEA


...IDEs for the Go programming language

Atom + go-plus
Vim
Emacs


...IDEs for Grails/Groovy

IntelliJ IDEA
Netbeans IDE
Groovy/Grails Tool Suite


Productivity


...Linux terminal emulators

Terminator
rxvt-unicode
Gnome Terminal


...UNIX shells

zsh
fish
bash


...terminal multiplexers

tmux
screen
abduco + dvtm


...GUI grep implementations for Windows

PowerGREP
BareGrep
AstroGrep


...Linux stacking window managers for developers

Openbox
twm
KWin


...Linux package managers

Pacman
DPKG family (apt, aptitude, synaptic)
Portage


...Linux twin-panel file managers for developers

Midnight Commander
Double Commander
Worker


...laptops for programmers who travel/digital nomads

MacBook Pro 13"
Lenovo ThinkPad T450s
HP Spectre x360


...window managers for Linux

i3
Gala
XMonad


...Linux desktop environments

Xfce
KDE Plasma Desktop
Gnome 3


...Mac OS X GUIs for PostgreSQL

Postico
pgAdmin III
DataGrip


...laptops for programming under $1,500

13" MacBook Air 2015
13" MacBook Pro 2015
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition 2015


...FTP clients for Windows

WinSCP
FileZilla
SmartFTP


...laptops for Linux

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition 
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch
Lenovo ThinkPad T440s


...grep implementations for Windows

dnGrep
PowerGREP
GrepWin


...Linux terminal emulators that are dropdown or can be configured as such

Yakuake
Guake
Terminator


...Linux distributions for a backend developer

Arch Linux
Debian
Ubuntu


...Mac package managers

Homebrew
Homebrew Cask
Nix package manager


...Bash replacements

zsh
fish
sh


...VM applications for Mac

Parallels Desktop
VMWare Fusion
Veertu


...Linux tiling window managers for developers

i3
Awesome WM
Bspwm


...Linux platforms/tools for virtualizing GUI apps and viewing them remotely

ssh -X or ssh -Y
guacamole
TightVNC


...Linux terminal emulators for low-resource machines

rxvt-unicode
st
Eterm


...wireless mice for programmers with small hands

Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Wireless Mobile Mouse
Logitech Wireless Marathon Mouse M705
Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball