Our pick of must-have tools for developers: IDEs, VS Code extensions, terminals, design apps and cloud services to ship faster in 2025.
The right tools make all the difference. Here is our 2025 selection. ## Code editors - **VS Code**: the standard, endlessly extensible - **Cursor**: VS Code with built-in AI - **WebStorm**: a full-featured IDE for JavaScript ## Essential VS Code extensions - ESLint / Prettier - GitLens - Thunder Client - Live Server ## Terminal - **Warp**: a modern terminal with AI - **iTerm2**: a classic and powerful choice - **Oh My Zsh**: shell configuration ## Design tools - **Figma**: design collaboration - **Arc**: a modern browser - **Raycast**: a productivity launcher ## Cloud services - **Vercel**: frontend deployment - **Railway**: backend made simple - **Supabase**: an open-source Firebase Invest in your tools and they will pay you back.
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