I am a software developer, and during my daily work time I use a DELL laptop with Win7. Since I have used windows for a long time, and used and am using a lot of awesome tools, below is the list of tools I recommend.
Basic(must have)
IDE
- Intellij: [The community version is free] I used eclipse before, but after I use Intellij, I fall love with it
- PHPStorm: for PHP
Text Editor
- Sublime Text 3: faster than Atom
- Atom
- Text Editor Anywhere: Edit Text Anywhere with Your Favorite Editor
- MarkdownPad 2: bought before, but not used so much
- Brackets: Just use this for front-end development
Tools
- WinSCP + Putty: the best SFTP(SSH) combination so far in my mind
- ConEmu: a cmd tool
- Gow(Gnu On Windows): lightweight alternative to Cygwin
- PC Hunter: A poweful windows system tool(hasn’t been updated for a long time)
- Wox: An effective launcher for windows, like Alfred in Mac
- Zeal: Zeal is an offline documentation browser inspired by Dash
- Q-Dir: Another Windows Explorer
- virgo: Virtual desktops for Windows
- jd-gui: Standalone Java Decompiler GUI
- Virtual CloneDrive
- ADSafe净网大师: a client which can remove ads
- Rapid Environment Editor: an environment variables editor
- Foxmail: I use this both in Windows and Mac
Intellij Plugins
- CodeGlance: Embeds a code minimap, not very stable, sometimes crashes
- MyBatis plugin: Useful for MyBatis related operations, not free
- VisualVM Launcher: Launches VisualVM from within IDEA
- [JRebel]: myJRebel, a free version for personal usage