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5 Tool Types Every Software Engineer Should Know
Here’s a list of basic tools that every programmer and software engineer should have at their fingertips.
John Blyler
March 10, 2020
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This list represents the basic tool types and examples that all programmers and software engineers show have readily available to them. Whether you’re a college graduate transitioning to working life, a young professional changing careers or a seasoned professional trying to stay up-do-date, you should always maintain a handy bag of engineering tools and tricks.This is a companion piece to the hardware toolkit equivalent: “What’s In Your Engineering Hardware Toolkit.”
John Blyler is a Design News senior editor, covering the electronics and advanced manufacturing spaces. With a BS in Engineering Physics and an MS in Electrical Engineering, he has years of hardware-software-network systems experience as an editor and engineer within the advanced manufacturing, IoT and semiconductor industries. John has co-authored books related to system engineering and electronics for IEEE, Wiley, and Elsevier.
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