Dev Toolbox For Linux

Appropriately named Dev Toolbox, this interesting free and open-source application aims to make the lives of developers a bit easier by providing them with all the required tools for solving the most common daily development problems under a single roof.

If that sounds a bit vague, just think of it as a replacement for most of the online tools you usually use creating web apps.

Dev Toolbox provides a nice collection of super-useful and easy-to-use tools such as a JSON to YAML converter (and vice-versa), a CRON expressions parser, fomatters for the most common languages, hash generators, regex testers, a markdown previewer, a series of image converters, and many more.

All the tools are neatly organized in six tabs: Converters, Encoders, Formatters, Generators, Text, and Graphics.

Dev Toolbox is a very young app, and there are a lot of changes that will probably be implemented in the future. Still, as it is here's a quick rundown of what tools this app provides.

In the Converters section, you can swap between JSON to YAML (and vice-versa) converter, a timestamp converter, a number bases converter, and a basic CRON parser (allows you to convert CRON expressions to tima and date).

The Encoders section is fairly similar as it provides you with access to a HTML encoder and decoder tool, a URL decoder and encoder, a Gzip compressor and decompressor, as well as a JWT tokens and decoder.

The Formaters section provides access to formatters such a JSON, SQL, and XML formatters, while the Generators section is the place where you can find a hash generator and checker, as well as a Lorem Ipsum and a UUID generator.

Dev Toolbox is a really well-thought-out application that should prove to be a worthy companion especially for web developers who are just starting out. It may not be the perfect solution for every web developer out there, but both the idea and the execution behind the app are really good.