Some basic applications to improve the productivity of a researcher

• Post by: U Meenu Krishnan
• October 6, 2020
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This is purely based on my experience. I am listing some of the basic applications which may help the new researchers:

• Slack – New way to communicate with your team. It’s faster, better organized, and more user friendly.
• Gmsh – FE mesh generator.
• Paraview – Post-processing, results visualization
• Zotero – a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
• Affinity – Vector graphics editor.
• Veusz – A scientific plotting and graphing program with a graphical user interface.
• Sublime text – An excellent text editor, by installing some packages we can also use this as LaTex editor.
• Notion – A knowledge management, note taking, data management, project management when working in a team.
• LaTeXiT – To write scientific presentations with nice looking equations.
• Anaconda (Jupyter Notebook) – A free and open-source distribution of the Python.
• Mathpix – To get latex for any symbol, equations effeciently.
• Sourcetree – A Git GUI that offers a visual representation of your repositories.
• GitHub – It offers the distributed version control and source code management.
• Dropbox – A file hosting service.
• Clockify – A simple time tracker and timesheet app that lets you track work hours across projects.
• Whimsical – Communicate visually at the speed of thought – collaborative flowcharts, wireframes, sticky notes, and mind maps.
• StackEdit – Open source markdown editor.
• Grammarly – Correct All Grammar Errors And Enhance Your Writing.
• Speed Dial 2 – It is a new tab page extension for google chrome.