GITKRAKEN – A REALLY GOOD GIT GUI TOOL
I’ve been using version control systems for almost as long as I have been programming professionally. I started with Visual SourceSafe (VSS) which was Windows based. I haven ended up with using Git for the last few years exclusively. While I enjoy the power I get on the CLI, there are times it would be nice to have a UI tool in order to see some of the features that Git has to offer. That is where GitKraken came to help.
GitKraken is easy to use. Some of the features that come in handy are checking out branches, fast forwarding different branches, submitting pull requests and commits.
You can do the typical functions of other GUI Git clients, but merging two branches is so easy! You just drag the branch you want to merge to the other and it’s done. Voila!
Gitkraken also allows edits in the app. This is a nice feature to have when you have to make quick changes.
The diff tool is great to have in the GUI and helps to see the changes as well as get to the differences.
Staging is easily seen with this GUI client. Merging conflicts becomes a bit easier when you are able to visualize them and make selections easily.
GitKraken connects to many of the Git products out there such as GitHub, and GitLab easily. You can also be connected to multiple sessions simultaneously.
If you are thinking of looking at GitKraken, here is a link to it.
GitKraken
SURVEY TOOL – SURVEYMONKEY
SURVEY TOOL – SURVEYMONKEY
SurveyMoneky allows you to create simple surveys easily. It is one of the most popular available becasue of the ease of use. The functioanlity is limited on the free version though. If you have a short and simple survey and you plan on asking fewer tahn 100 people, SurveyMoneky should work for you on the free plan.
You are not able to export the data for use from SurveyMonkey.
Some of the features on the free plan:
- Can use up to 10 questions or elements (question types, descriptive text, or images)
- Ability to view up to 100 responses per survey
- Easy setup of surveys
- Unlimited number of surveys
SURVEY TOOL – GOOGLE FORMS
Google Forms lets you collect online survey responses easily. It’s completely free. it also does not have a restriction on how many surveys you can create. The numbers questions in the survey is also not restricted. Also, the number of responses a user can collect is unlimited.
You can also export the results to Google Sheets for sharing and access to data.
Some of the features:
- Lots of themes
- Ability to add your own logo
- Can add images
- Can add videos
- Has Skip Logic
- Has branching
- Ability to embed surveys into emails