Is Ubuntu Good for Programming?

If Ubuntu has the tools for programming.

Source Code Editors 🔗

• code : VS Code.
• vim
• neovide : The snappiest vim editor you are likely to find.
• text editor gedit
• PyCharm-Community : The most intelligent Python IDE.
• Sublime Text : Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.
• notepad-plus-plus : a free source code editor.
• Android Studio : The IDE for Android.
• phpstorm
• Eclipse
• IDEA Community
• notepadqq
• IDEA Ultimate
• webstorm
• CLion
• PyCharm EDU
• RubyMine
• Rider
• Apache NetBeans
• goland
• code-insiders
• tpad : Terminal text editor with GUI-like user interface.
• QML Creator : A lightweight QML IDE.
• BlueJ : A free Java Development Environment designed for beginners, used by millions.
• GNU Emacs : the extensible self-documenting text editor.
• Qt Creator : Qt Creator with ROS plugin.
• micro : A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.
• Neovim : Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.
• VS Codium : Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VSCode.
• remarkable editor.
• arduino : Write code and upload it to your Arduino-compatible board.
• Pcynlitx Intelligent IDE : An intelligent IDE that is special to the multithreading applications.
• cevelop : The C++ IDE for professional developers.

Compilers & interpreters 🔗

• C compiler
• C++ compiler
• Python interpreter
• Go compiler
• C# compiler
• node
• Julia
• Kotlin
• ruby
• Flutter
• Groovy
• .NET core SDK
• snapcraft
• gradle : An open-source build automation tool.
• OpenJDK
• Idris 2 : A purely functional programming language with first class types.
• XML Toolkit from the GNOME Project : XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.
• ubuntu-make : Setup your development environment on ubuntu easily.
• protobuf : Protocol Buffers compiler.
• clash : A Haskell to HDL compiler.
• zephyr-crosstool-xtensa-intel-apl-adsp : Zephyr Xtensa Intel APL ADSP Cross Compiler Toolchain.
• ngs
• Deno : A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Zig : Zig Programming Language.
• Nim : Nim programming language, compiler, and other tools.
• olang : System Oriented Functional Programming Language.
• dub Package and build manager for D applications and libraries.
• dmd Reference compiler for the D programming language.
• dscanner : Developer tool for analyzing D source code.
• dfix : Developer tool to auto-upgrade D source code.
• gum is a Gradle/Maven wrapper written in Go.
• rustup - The Rust Language installer.
• Bash Language Server
• Docker container runtime.

and too many other compilers and interpreters.

User Interface Design 🔗

• Glade : Create or open user interface designs for GTK+ applications.
• Cambalache : create GTK user interfaces.
• KUIViewer : Qt Designer UI File Viewer.

Database tools 🔗

• DataGrip : intelliJ-based IDE for databases and SQL.
• Sequeler : Friendly SQL Client
• RESP.app - GUI for Redis
• Bluedis : An elegant Redis interface.
• Antares SQL Client : A modern, fast and productivity driven SQL client with a focus in UX.
• Another Redis Desktop Manager : A faster, better and more stable redis desktop manager.
• dbtarzan : Database browser.
• liquibase : Source control for your database.
• flaarum : A database that enforces structures.
• mysql-query-profiler
• p3x-redis-ui
• Redis is used as a database, cache and message broker.
• cass : A database GUI.
• DynamoDB GUI : GUI client for DynamoDB.
• sqlitebrowser : DB browser for Sqlite.
• SQuirreL SQL : A Java SQL client for any JDBC compliant database.
• DbGate : Opensource database administration tool.

API Testing 🔗

• postman : API Development Environment.
• Insomnia : Open Source API Client and Design Platform for GraphQL, REST and gRPC.
• Insomnia Designer : Collaborative API design tool for designing and managing OpenAPI specs.
• HTTPie
• httpie : human-friendly CLI HTTP client for the API era.
• adtl : API Development and Testing Tool.
• Altair GraphQL Client : A beautiful feature-rich GraphQL Client for all platforms.

Game Engines 🔗

• Godot : Godot game engine editor.
• Unity Hub : Real-time game engine.
• gamecake : GameCake is a single exe cross platform game engine, a command line build of Lua(JIT) with embedded bindings to many libraries.

templates and code generator 🔗

• Valdo GTK : Create new Vala projects from templates.

Other software tools 🔗

• circleci
• jenkins : Jenkins automation server.
• E-tools : A toolbox for developers. Color picker, code formatter, and more.
• linode-cli : linode-cli allows you to manage your Linode account from your terminal.
• cobalt : A straightforward static site generator written in Rust.
• flow : DevOps CLI.
• laravel-docs-app
• mOAuth : OAuth 2.0 Authorization and Resource Server.
• Scrumsheet : A full Scrum workflow that syncs to Google Sheets.
• ngrok : ngrok secure introspectable tunnels to localhost
• terraform : build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently.
• valgrind : A programming tool for memory debugging, leak detection, and profiling.
• goreleaser : Deliver Go binaries as fast and easily as possible.
• Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer
• Packet Sender - Free utility to for sending / receiving of network packets. TCP, UDP, SSL.
• jbang : run java as scripts with a bang.
• cdbc : C library providing simple and easy to use interfaces to the ODBC API.
• plenti : Dead simple SSG with Svelte frontend and Go CLI.
• beautysh : A Bash beautifier for the masses.
• gotham : An awesome and super fast Static Site Generator.
• Boxy SVG
• bower : A package manager for the web.
• JReleaser : Release Java projects quickly and easily with JReleaser.
• gocreate : Create .go Application Structure.
• snapdiff : Compare two snaps in the style of debdiff.
• serve starts a simple temporary static file server in your current directory.
• sFTP Client : Transfer files with FTP, FTPS, SFTP and Cloud Services (Including SSH Terminal).
• Stubb : A Docker utility by CircleCI.

Conclusion 🔗

All software tools you need are available for Ubuntu via Ubuntu Software Center which helps you install apt packages and snap packages. So, Ubuntu is good for programming.