There are now lot of tools available for Mac OS X that will definitely help you to do the development work on Mac Platform. Here I have reviewed 10 development tools that are quite useful for getting a web developer’s job done on Mac OS X.

TextExtender:

It allows you to customize abbreviations for your frequently used text strings and images, so that you don’t have to re-write the same code again, which definitely saves precious time.

http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander

TextMate:

A popular text-editing tool for Apple Mac OS. It offers number of useful features, like search and replaces text, clipboard history, file tabs when working with projects, recordable Macros etc.

http://macromates.com

LittleSnapper:

More of a designer tool that allows you to take screenshots of websites that inspires you.

http://www.realmacsoftware.com/littlesnapper/

Coda:

It is a complete web development solutions that fulfills all your coding needs, you will love to use its code editor that has support for various programming languages like HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Ruby, Java and XML etc. Code has a built-in FTP app, a browser to let you view the site you are developing, Subversion support and other numerous features that are basic needs of a developer.

http://www.panic.com/coda

Flow:

An excellent workflow manager, which helps to organize things related to your project more easily. It shows Workflow maps of your projects, it allows you to track the connections between project files etc.

http://www.gridironsoftware.com/products/flow.html

Snippet:

Snippet is a little utility to let you easily create Snippets from selected text or code. It has capability of syncing with MobileMe so that you always have your snippets with you.

http://fuelcollective.com/snippet

Komodo Edit:

A powerful and robust open-source text editor offers many advanced and attractive features for the developers who have to work on dynamic web programming languages.

http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/

MAMP:

Now you can have your own web server running on Mac OS X. MAMP (stands for: Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP) allows you to run Apache web server, PHP and MySQL database on your Mac OS X.

http://www.mamp.info

Versions:

Subversion client that enables you to manage different versions of your development work on Mac OS X. Whether you are an expert user or a newbie, Versions is an excellent tool to have in your development toolbox.

http://versionsapp.com

Cyberduck:

An excellent open source FTP software that can help to upload/manage your web based work.

http://cyberduck.ch