Supercharge Your Toolbelt

Every developer got their toolbelt at hand when it comes to coding. And everyone knows little tricks how to solve things. What about putting some nice little tools into your toolbox? I give you a brief introduction how I solve things. May or may not include neat aliases, dotfiles, OS magic and a grain of JavaScript. Speed up things and be more efficient to have more time for things you love.

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1. supercharge your toolbelt Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 1
2. Who am I Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 2
3. Hi, I'm Arnd Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 3
4. Señor Product Engineer @SinnerSchrader Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 4
5. and I wear fancy shirts Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 5
6. ⾠ Warning this talk contains some contrast changes from dark to white background Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 6
7. ⾠ Warning as well as some animations Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 7
8. This talk? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 8
9. well.. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 9
10. I love my work environment Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 10
11. my colleagues Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 11
12. and my MacBook Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 12
13. And I love tools Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 13
14. I love scripting Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 14
15. I like to get the most out of my day Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 15
16. essentials ingredients for my productive day Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 16
17. I replaced the default shell Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 17
18. I'm using ZSH with tons of plugins Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 18
19. the shell is good, but for me ZSH adds some key features, like auto expansion Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 19
20. as setup, I have used Oh-My-ZSH zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions git Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 20
21. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 21
22. ease up installation with HomeBrew Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 22
23. I replaced cat with bat Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 23
24. and I use diff-so-fancy Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 24
25. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 25
26. as well as tldr Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 26
27. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 27
28. I also replaced the Terminal with iTerm2 Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 28
29. okay Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 29
30. some of you already know about all this (so nothing new here?) Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 30
31. let's supercharge your terminal Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 31
32. looks familiar? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 32
33. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 33
34. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 34
35. sorry Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 35
36. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 36
37. Trigger color text color background notifications trigger a script Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 37
38. That's cool. What next? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 38
39. Shortcuts Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 39
40. are a key feature for productivity Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 40
41. you might think O RLY Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 41
42. That's what I'm using in my IDE Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 42
43. every. single. day. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 43
44. but there's more. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 44
45. learn shortcut navigation for your IDE your OS your daily websites Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 45
46. Within the IDE In VS Code I use frequently 4 find usages ([SHIFT] + [F12]) 4 jump to symbols ([CMD] + [SHIFT] + [O]) 4 go to definition ([F12]) 4 navigate backwards ([CONTROL + [-]) Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 46
47. In macOS I make heavy use of 4 capture screenshots ([CMD] + [SHIFT] + [4]) Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 47
48. beside this I'm using Alfred Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 48
49. and only some essential tools password manager, todo list and cloud syncing tools, Duet Display - add second screen while on the go, HyperDock & HyperSwitch - improve window management, Dash - for reading offline MDN, ControlPlane - for managing contexts Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 49
50. daily website navigation Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 50
51. ? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 51
52. some websites support shortcuts, just press [?] Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 52
53. examples Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 53
54. Gitlab In a project [g][i] Go to issues [g][m] Go to merge requests [g][f] Go to files [g][c] Go to commits Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 54
55. Twitter [g][h] Go to home [g][n] Go to notifications [g][r] Go to mentions [g][m] Go to messages [o] open media/expand photo [j] next tweet [k] previous tweet Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 55
56. Jira On a board [g][d] Go to dashboard (global) [g][i] Find an issue (global) [o] View the selected issue [j] Got to next issue [k] Got to previous issue Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 56
57. GitHub [g][c] Go to code [g][i] Go to issues [g][p] Go to pull requests [g][w] Go to wiki [o] Opens the selection [j] Move selection forward [k] Move selection backward Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 57
58. There's a pattern [g][...] navigates [o] opens a selection [j] moves it forward [k] moves it back Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 58
59. It's worth to have a look at this. You ask for more? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 59
60. Automation Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 60
61. when it comes to scripting Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 61
62. there's Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 62
63. shell scripting or npm scripts Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 63
64. but did you know, that your macOS is scriptable? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 64
65. AppleScript tell application "Finder" -- what to do empty trash end tell JavaScript var Finder = Application("Finder") Finder.empty(); Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 65
66. Neat. (that was the JS part) Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 66
67. You can script pretty much everything Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 67
68. Example: open Google in Safari and enter <3 tell application "Safari" set myURL to "https://google.com" activate reopen tell window 1 set the current tab to (make new tab with properties {URL:myURL}) delay 3 tell application "System Events" to keystroke "<3" end tell end tell Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 68
69. Example: create a "Hello!" reminder in AppleScript tell application "Reminders" make new reminder with properties {name: "Hello!"} end tell Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 69
70. I created a script for short-term reminders < 24h check <whatever> in 15 minutes check "Give a talk" at 17:50 Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 70
71. Putting it together Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 71
72. Remember that iTerm2 has triggers? Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 72
73. I wired up my script up with a trigger in iTerm2 Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 73
74. Auto-reminds me of merge requests Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 74
75. Wrap Up Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 75
76. to be more productive Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 76
77. you may not need fancy apps Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 77
78. know your tools and connect them Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 78
79. but... Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 79
80. the best productivity hack ever Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 80
81. switch off your computer Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 81
82. and meet people Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 82
83. Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 83
84. You just survived 86 slides Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 84
85. tools used to make this talk npm Deckset VS Code caffeine Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 85
86. tools which I referred to within this talk Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 86
87. 4 iTerm2 | https://www.iterm2.com/ 4 HyperDock | https://bahoom.com/hyperdock 4 HyperSwitch | https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch 4 Duet Display | https://www.duetdisplay.com/ 4 ControlPlane | https://www.controlplaneapp.com/ 4 Dash | https://kapeli.com/dash Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 87
88. 4 VSCode | https://code.visualstudio.com 4 Alfred | https://www.alfredapp.com 4 HomeBrew | https://brew.sh/ 4 OhMyZSH | https://ohmyz.sh/ 4 zsh-autosuggestions | https://github.com/zsh- users/zsh-autosuggestions 4 zsh-syntax-highlighting | https://github.com/zsh- users/zsh-syntax-highlighting Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 88
89. 4 tldr | https://tldr.sh/ 4 bat | https://github.com/sharkdp/bat 4 diff-so-fancy | https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so- fancy 4 Deckset | https://www.deckset.com/ 4 caffeine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine 4 Scripts can be found on my GitHub page Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 89
90. Find me on Twitter @arndissler GitHub https://github.com/arndissler/ Supercharge Your Toolbelt // @arndissler // SinnerSchrader Offsite 2018 90