Some Useful Tools for Coding

kdiff和p4merge

  1. kdiff可以用来比较文件和文件夹的不同，也可以集成到Mac的Terminal中。
  2. 相比于kdiff， p4merge的界面更友好，也一样可以集成到Terminal中。唯一的不足是不能比较两个folder的不同。

node版本管理

使用nvm管理node的版本非常方便。

python版本管理

用pyenv管理python的不同版本，并在不同版本之间自由切换。使用方法和nvm类似。

也可以参照Installing multiple versions of Python on Mac using Homebrew。虽然说运行source ~/.bash_profile可以使配置生效，但是我这边还是没有办法切换成功。最后还是重启了Terminal才成功切换python版本。

Debugging Network

Charles

用Charles设置代理，抓取数据包。

Network Link Conditioner

设置网络状态，比如Edge，3G，wifi等。设置界面： network_link_conditioner.png

Goagent for VPN

For Mac, refer to this post.

If you meet with httplib.BadStatusLine error while running python uploader.py, refer here (tricky here, as the link need vpn to get):

  • 关闭谷歌账户的两部验证功能。
  • 并且到 这里 确认"不够安全的应用的访问权限"已启用。

Using Plugins for Xcode

[2020.05.22 Update]自从XCode 8.0开始，Apple就禁止了插件的使用。

Using Alcatraz to manage plugins in Xcode.

Some recommended plugins:

  • ColorSenseRainBow

    A plugin for Xcode that shows colours and allows you to modify them. It works for both UIColor and NSColor in Swift and Objective-C.

  • AutoHighlightSymbol

    Xcode can highlight instances of selected symbol, but what it does is to add dash lines under the instances, which is hard to be noticed.

    AutoHighlightSymbol is a plugin for Xcode, it adds background highlight color to those instances. It’s super useful while you’re tracing codes, especially when you want to figure out where a specific variable is used in a certain method.

  • Backlight-for_Xcode

    Highlights the current editing line in Xcode.

  • VVDocument-Xcode

    Use this plug-in for xcode to enable xcode support automatically adding comments to our code, using Javadoc style. With these comments, we can alt+click a used function to see some useful info.