Favorite tools?

What are your favourite tools (operating system, programming/scripting language, text editor, version control system, shell, database engine, other tools you can’t live without) and why do you like them more than others

[icepack]

text editor- gvim or kate.
autoindentation, syntax highlighting, pretty interfaces, makes the code looks nice(which IS nice when you have to go through it over and over again), error catching(not closing a quote or paranthesis or bracket)

and gcc, javac, perl, csc(m$ development) for programming/scripting.

the bourne again shell(bash). i've used sh and fish, but bash will always be he best for me.

[Jordan]

Linux: vim, vi, kedit, gcc
Windows: Visual Studio, Notepad2, Toad and my work tools...


icepack, I didn't know they made a gvim! I'll have to check that out.

[FlyByWire128]

For Java, Eclipse 3.2

It has all the pretty text aligns and colors, plus allows easy refactoring, debugging, reference finding, etc. Some projects for class would have killed me if it weren't for eclipse.

[Void]

I like vi and notepad.

[daniel]

Java, Flash, FireFox, and notepad

the first three i like best cause its for the internet

[Deathcry]

dev-cpp windows xp sp2 , edit pad pro

[v0id]

Operating system
Windows

Programming/scripting language
FASM, NASM, C, C++, XHTML, PHP, CSS
(The last three is only if I'm making a website, which I rarely do)

Text editor
Notepad, Notepad++, Dev-C++, WinAsm, SciTE

Other tools you can’t live without
My brain, FireFox, µTorrent, OllyDbg, Win32 API reference, Photoshop CS, MSN Messenger, WinRAR, Adobe Reader, DivX, WinAmp, Hex Editor 3, OpenOffice

Lots of stuff, there's probably more, but I don't remember 'em now.

[NeedHelp]

I've never heard of FASM or NASM. Are those assembly compilers?

[v0id]

No, those are assembly assemblers.

FASM can output directly into executables, but also a lot of other formats, including object files. The same for NASM, but NASM can't output into executable files, only objects-files, other formats, etc.

Some links:
The Netwide Assembler: NASM
flat assembler