I've been a Windows user for as long as I've used computers. I've also been a Windows hater for that amount of time. I'm no stranger to Linux and always have a linux machine to hand for various tasks and tinkering but I've never actually moved my workload over to it.
Well, I've decided it's time to give the big W a big fat L and go full-time with Linux. I'm using a soft distro called Elementary OS which is based on Ubuntu 18.04. I've been tinkering away all day and I'm very happy so far. Now it's time to dive into my web development setup. I've install my usual suspects like node, Atom, a Markdown editor and such, but I'm wondering: How do I take my Linux webdev station to the next level?
What are some of the key packages, software and tweaks that will send my web development into orbit?
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Quick list of things that come to mind include:
Also if a11y testing for Windows users is something you have to do, setting up a windows VM with JAWS and NVDA (most used screen readers on Windows, JAWS is really present on mostly enterprise computers since NVDA is largely better) is the way to go.
Did you think this through? You'll not be able to test in IE during development. :-)
And ironically Microsoft comes to the rescue with VM images to test different IE and Edge versions, so it is a non-issue :)