winfiles

Dotfiles variant for Windows

Software

• Notepad++

  • Setup:
    • Theme: Black board with modifiications (darker background, Courier New 10, modified search results)
    • Tab size: 2
    • Convert tabs to spaces
    • New Document -> Encoding (UTF-8 without BOM + Apply to opened ANSI files)
  • Common features used:
    • Find in opened files
    • Find in files (huge fan of layout/interactivity of bottom panel)
    • Alt+shift+s Trim trailing and save macro
    • Alt+shift+arrow keys for multi-line editing
  • Extensions:
    • File Switcher (ctrl+alt+o) to switch between open files
    • Explorer (right side)
      • Use to browse, rename, open, and delete files in project
      • Jump to current file
      • Open command prompt (opens git variant of command prompt which occupies different dock spot)
      • Find in files (searches folder without needing to specify)

• MinGW32

  • Use this inside of command shell via path
  • Allows for usage of UNIX comands from command prompt (e.g. ls, rm)

• PowerCMD

  • Used
  • The only piece of software I am not a huge fan of

• WinSCP

  • Synchronized directory browsing
  • Bookmarks for local/remote directories
  • Automatic uploads (after first password entry)

• PuTTY

  • Agent forwarding (woo woo!)

• Pageant

  • Add SSH keys once and forget about it

• Explorer

  • Shift+right click -> Open commad prompt here

• WindowPad

  • Caps Lock + (Q-E, A-D, Z-C) for snapping windows onto sides, half-sides, tops, half-tops, and corners of screen

• Windows 7

  • AeroSnap (Windows Key + arrow keys for left/right snapping and min/max of windows)
  • Stacked dock icons (so great)

• IronKey

• PasswordSafe

  • Lots of room for information about keys
  • Bunch of options for configuring key generation

• TortoiseGit

  • Context menu allows for quick and easy access to Git actions
  • tortoisemerge is a robust merge tool
    • Use entire ours/theirs file
    • Use our/their block
    • Use theirs then ours block and vice versa

• MSysGit

  • Installs MinGW32 and makes me very happy

• Unlocker

  • Perform file operations on any file even when it is in use
    • Kills file handles but not processes to make this happen

• TreeSize Free

  • Quickly determine what folders and files are taking up the most space

• OpenSSL

• 7-zip

• Command prompt

  • Not as good as gnome-terminal but it works
  • Quick edit mode for the win

• xampp

• nginx

• EASEUS Partition Master - Home Edition

  • Easy to use interface for managing partitions and drives

• Sexy Windows prompt (not yet used) https://gist.github.com/4198468

  • Get more info about your current location in a clutter-free way

• Chocolatey

  • Great package manager for Windows
  • Install Adobe Reader, Sublime Text, Cmder easily

• Cmder (not yet used)

  • Terminal replacement for Windows that is much closer to gnome-terminal

Non-Windows specific

• Charles

  • Extremely powerful proxying tool
  • Map local files to URLs
  • Map URLs to different URLs
  • Watch and record traffic for sites
  • Set up breakpoints to force order of requests (and catch race conditions)
  • Throttle to simulate a slow connection

• finder

  • Not Windows specific but only cross-platform solution for this

• File-Watcher and its vairants (e.g. Health Watcher)

  • Not Windows specific but only cross-platform solution for this

• nodemon

  • Watch folders and files for changes then restart node process on change
  • Customizable with .nodemonignore

Non-work related

• ManyCam

• Camtasia

  • Easy to use recording software for screencasts with great results