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Toolbox #\r\n\r\nA little compendium of tools, references and resources for web development in a mostly windows environment\r\nThese are windows, or cross platform tools\r\n\r\n## Development ##\r\n- [.Net core](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core)\r\n    Cross platform runtime environment and compiler for .Net\r\n- [Python](https://www.python.org/)\r\n    Python programing language and runtime environment.\r\n- [NodeJs](https://nodejs.org/)\r\n    JavaScript runtime environment.\r\n\r\n## Applications ##\r\n- [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/)\r\n    Google chrome web browser.\r\n- [FireFox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/)\r\n    Mozilla FireFox web browser.\r\n- [InkScape](https://inkscape.org/)\r\n    Vector graphics editor.\r\n- [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/)\r\n    Source code editor and Notepad replacement.\r\n- [Paint.net](http://www.getpaint.net/)\r\n    Image and photo editor.\r\n- [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/)\r\n    Tor based web browser for anonymous communication and browsing.\r\n- [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)\r\n    General-purpose virtualizer to host other operating systems.\r\n- [VisualStudio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)\r\n    VisualStudio Code IDE.\r\n\r\n## Utilities ##\r\n- [7zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html)\r\n    Compression and archive manager\r\n- [ConEmu](https://conemu.github.io/)\r\n    Tabbed console replacment.\r\n- [Fiddler](http://www.telerik.com/fiddler)\r\n    HTTP debugging proxy.\r\n- [Git for windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win)\r\n    Git distributed version control system.\r\n- [KeePass](http://keepass.info/)\r\n    Password manager\r\n- [Putty](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)\r\n    SSH and Telnet client.\r\n- [WireShark](https://www.wireshark.org/)\r\n    Network packet analyzer.\r\n- [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/)\r\n    SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client.\r\n- [WinMerge](http://winmerge.org/)\r\n    diff, merge and comparison tool.\r\n- [VLC](http://www.videolan.org/)\r\n    Media player.\r\n- [SysInternals Handle.exe](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx)\r\n    Displays information about open handles.\r\n- [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html)\r\n    Infrastructure as code.\r\n\r\n## PowerShell ##\r\n- [PsGet](http://psget.net/)\r\n    Search and install PowerShell modules.\r\n- [Posh-Git](http://dahlbyk.github.io/posh-git/)\r\n    PowerShell module which provides Git/PowerShell integration.\r\n\r\n# Configuration #\r\n\r\n## SSH ##\r\n\r\nPosh-Git makes working with git in powershell much easier so install that.\r\n\r\n### Option 1. ssh-agent ###\r\n\r\n- Use `puttygen` to create your SSH key.\r\n- Save your key (in OpenSSH format) as `~/.ssh/id_rsa` and `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`\\\r\n  - puttygen produces keys in different format to OpenSSH, use *Conversions* \u003e *Export OpenSSH key* to get the OpenSSH format.\r\n- Add your keys to GitHub, AWS, VisualStudioOnline, etc online.\r\n\r\n#### 1.1 If you have multiple different ssh keys ####\r\n\r\nAdd keys to the `~/.ssh/` directory the filenames in the format `~/.ssh/id_rsa-*keyname*` and `~/.ssh/id_rsa-*keyname*.pub`\r\n\r\nFor each remote ssh host add the following structure to the `~/.ssh/config` file\r\n```\r\nHost *.example.com\r\n  User exampleuser\r\n  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa-*keyname*\r\n```\r\nFor AWS IAM, User is the **SSH Key ID**\r\n\r\n- You will be prompted for the passphrase for your key each time it's used if you don't add it to the ssh-agent.\r\n\r\n  - You could modify your Posh-Git profile (at `%USERPROFILE%\\Documents\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules\\posh-git\\profile.example.ps1`)\r\n  to add the keys to the ssh agent so you dont need to keep providing the passphrase.\r\n```\r\nAdd-SshKey ~/.ssh/id_rsa-*keyname*\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Option 2. KeePass + KeyAgent ###\r\n\r\nKeeAgent is a plugin for KeePass that acts a pagent alternative for putty/plink\r\n\r\n- Install [KeePass](http://keepass.info/) and [KeeAgent](http://lechnology.com/software/keeagent/).\r\n- Install [Putty](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)\r\n- Use `puttygen` to create SSH key pairs and save them securly somewhere.\r\n- Add your private keys to your KeePass database (and, optionally, delete them off the file system).\r\n- Modify your profile ($profile)\r\n  - Add the following lines to set the GIT_SSH environment var to plink\r\n    ```\r\n    # Use KeeAgent\r\n    $env:GIT_SSH = \"plink\"\r\n    ```\r\n\r\nWhen you next use git to interact with your remote git the key should be provided by KeePass (which will need to be running)\r\n\r\n## Azure ##\r\n\r\nDownload and install [language-specific SDKs and tools for your platform of choice.](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/downloads/).\r\nFor .Net development Azure libraries [come through NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages?q=windowsazureofficial) now.\r\nManage azure resources on the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/)\r\n\r\n## AWS ##\r\n\r\n### AWS Command Line Interface ###\r\nWith Pyton (and pip) installed, install the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)\r\n```\r\npip install awscli\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Elastic Beanstalk ###\r\n\r\nInstall the Elastic Beanstalk Command Line Interface (EB CLI)\\\r\nWith Python (and pip) installed, install the EB CLI with pip\r\n```\r\npip install --upgrade --user awsebcli\r\n```\r\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fzapthedingbat%2Ftoolbox","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fzapthedingbat%2Ftoolbox","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fzapthedingbat%2Ftoolbox/lists"}