Boost your productivity as you’re coding with the help of Devbook, an app that acts as a search engine for developers
Devbook is an Electron-based app created for the sole purpose of helping you, as a developer, increase your productivity.
What exactly is Devbook?
Devbook is a simple app that aims to act as your very own programming-focused search engine.
It allows you to quickly and efficiently search for all the resources you need, be it finding how to fix a bug or solve various other coding-related tasks.
In short, its mission is to cut out the browser from your programming work. It provides a fast way to search for documentation by relying either on its built-in database and/or StackOverflow (the popular question and answer website for programmers).
Instead of leaving your IDE and going to the browser to find your answers, simply hit a shortcut (of your choosing) to show Devbook, get your answers (or copy snippets), and quickly switch back to the IDE.
If you’re familiar with macOS, think of Devbook as the equivalent of “Spotlight” but for programming purposes.
Why Devbook really works as intended
For starters, Devbook supports a plethora of documentation for a wide range of programming languages such as Python, React, Rust, Rails,TypeSCript, Golang, HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and others.
Secondly, it’s easy to access via a global shortcut, which allows you to cut down on context switching (from code editor to the browser and so forth).
Last but not least, Devbook was designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. Just press the shortcut and Devbook appears on top of your editor/IDE.
Better yet, almost every action on Devbook has a specific keyboard shortcut and, if it doesn’t, then you can create a custom one in seconds.
Conclusion
Regardless of what you consider Devbook to be, either a simple documentation app or a search engine for developers, it gets the job done valiantly.
It’s modern-looking, quite competent in terms of how much documentation it can actually provide, easily accessible, and fully controllable with just a keyboard. In short, everything a developer might need to ensure that his or her workflow remains unaffected.
