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**Best Software Development Tools to Lookout for in 2019**

Software developers use different programs for software maintenance
and customization, taking into consideration the project requirements as
well as personal preference and training. Added to this, software
development itself isn’t a single task process and involves a number of
tasks like creation, editing, debugging, and maintenance.

The
tools and programs used to accomplish these tasks and provide software
development services are called programming tools or software
development tools. In order to create modern and efficient software,
improvements are made to existing programs while new tools are also
introduced to the industry. Using the best software tools has many
advantages for [companies like CodeLantic](/content/site-root.html), especially when building modern, high quality, and feature-rich software.

One of the most anticipated reports related to software development
solutions and sheds light on the best tools of the year is the software
development tools market research report by Market Study Report, LLC.
The report looks at the industry’s biggest names as well as distribution
and sales, cost prototypes, revenue margins, and profit.

According
to the latest report, which reviews the software development tools
market for 2019 with industry outlook to 2024, there are a number of
trends worth paying attention to this year. The highlights of the report
include the fact that the software development tools market has divided
into two segments with regard to product landscape. These segments are
cloud-based and on-premise.

The report also divides the industry
into two categories, large enterprise and SMEs, and looks at the
industry’s competitive spectrum. The companies mentioned under this
spectrum are some of the best software development tools of 2019 and
providers of [software development services](/content/services/software-development/index.html), CodeLantic, for instance, would benefit greatly from looking out for these programs.

#### 1. GitHub

A
subsidiary of Microsoft, GitHub provides hosting for software
development version control using Git. With a community of over 40
million developers, GitHub allows software developers to host and review
code, manage projects, and build software.

#### 2. Microsoft Azure

Agile
planning tools (Azure Boards), CI/CD for any platform (Azure
Pipelines), free private repos (Azure Repos), manual and exploratory
testing (Azure Testing), and package repository (Azure Artifacts) are
the programs that fall under Microsoft Azure.

#### 3. AWS Cloud9

A
cloud-based integrated development environment, AWS Cloud9 includes a
code editor, debugger, and terminal. It also comes with essential tools
for popular programming languages like JavaScript, Python, and PHP.

#### 4. Atom

With
cross-platform editing, a built-in package manager, smart
autocompletion, multiple panes, and file system browser, Atom is one of
the best software development tools of 2019 that companies like
CodeLantic should watch out for.

#### 5. NetBeans

Providing a
development environment, tooling platform, and application framework,
NetBeans allows software maintenance and customization through fast and
smart editing, wizards, and templates to create applications in Java,
PHP and other languages, and cross platform usage.

#### 6. Linx

A
low code development tool for software development solutions providers
like CodeLantic, Linx provides application integration, web services,
automated data transfers, business process management, and features to
extract, transform, and load.

#### 7. CodeLobster

A free
cross-platform integrated development environment for PHP, HTML, CSS,
and JavaScript, CodeLobster offers a number of services under their free
version and professional version.

#### 8. Zend Studio

An
application development and deployment platform built for performance,
scale, and security, Zend allows users to develop, deploy, and manage
their PHP application. It is one of the best tools for software
maintenance and customization as it ensures reliability, performance,
and scalability, provides the highest level of security through PHP
long-term support, increases developer productivity by automating the
release cycle and building a CI/CD pipeline, and understands and
resolves problems quicker with deep diagnostics.

#### 9. Bootstrap

A
popular tool used to build responsive and mobile-first projects;
Bootstrap has the world’s most popular front-end component library. The
open source toolkit allows users to prototype their ideas and build
their app using various Bootstrap features like responsive grid system,
extensive prebuilt components, and powerful plugins.

#### 10. Codenvy

Providing
a cloud workspace, Codenvy is a software development tool that allows
users to develop code with one-click Docker environments, team
onboarding and collaboration, and programmable and customizable
infrastructure for managing workspaces at scale.

These are ten of
the best software development tools for 2019 and companies like
CodeLantic are bound to benefit greatly from them with efficient and
feature-rich software maintenance and customization services.