Nice Dev Tools

Nice software to have for development

This is a list of nice software for developing on headless single board linux machine. this guide is currently written for development on a Mac, but other OSs will be added if others have specific tools that aren't platform independent.

Text Editor - Atom

I really like using Atom for my text editing because it is very extensible with many packages that can enhance the software.

Specifically, I use the remote-edit package to access the RPi's file system and work on files remotley using SFTP.

Basically, you can edit file located on the RPi from your PC, which is a lot easier for long editing sessions as opposed to using nano or vi and prefer a GUI environment.

https://atom.io https://atom.io/packages/remote-edit

Remote file transfer - Cyberduck

While you can use scp to transfer files, I find it a lot easier to use a GUI tool. Fetch is a nice, tool to allow you to remotely connect to and browse the RPi's file system. You can also easily copy and paste file using drag n drop. It isn't free, but sometimes you need to pay for nice software.

http://fetchsoftworks.com

Cyberduck looks like another nice option. I haven't used it, but it looks pretty good. Seems like it is free to use an unregistered version.

https://cyberduck.io/?l=en

Finding and setting up your Pi - PiFinder

Adafruit's PiFinder software makes setting up headless RPi's a little easier and allows you to change the hostname, set wifi settings, and install lots of developer tools on the RPi with a fresh OS install.

https://learn.adafruit.com/the-adafruit-raspberry-pi-finder/overview