Where is the editor, the console, the browser, team chat apps, etc.? Do you have a consistent routine, or do you have flexibility here?
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Where is the editor, the console, the browser, team chat apps, etc.? Do you have a consistent routine, or do you have flexibility here?
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I'm using a Mac with 2 externals monitors (left and right):
Macbook pro (late 2016) on the left with two HD Dell monitors (center and right). MBP for iTerm, center is browser, right is Atom editor. Most everything else hangs out in the background of center.
My IDE/Editor on the left monitor, browser on the center monitor and I have found it helpful to have an extra monitor for RDP or Database although not necessary.
At home I use one massive 34" curved monitor and typically have PyCharm, console and GitHub on either side.
At work I have three 28" monitors and typically have PyCharm, console, Swarm+Jira, and Perforce.
All of them are virtual. So IDE is in the center, and two others are left or right of IDE.
And I prefer single screen setup same way as Cory House.
hackernoon.com/why-i-stopped-using...
Similar setup here
IDE in the middle, browser to the left, miscellaneous apps to the right.
I summon the terminal from whichever screen I'm on with ctrl+`
My setup is like so:
My external screens are raised 20cm in comparison to the level of my laptop. Usually I have the browser on external screen 2, IDE on external screen 1 and my terminal and miscellaneous stuff on my laptop.
Wesley gets it. Same arrangement here.
I have one 4K monitor and usually have terminals along the bottom (single window, multiple panels), text editor in the left and browser to the right. Slack and everything else in the background or another desktop
I work with a 24" screen and multiple workspaces (Ubuntu Gnome):
1 - Browser (with multiple pinned tabs like Inbox and Github )
2 - Terminal (Terminator with column/row splitter)
3 - Sublime Text(two column mode)
4 - Slack
5 - Spotify
Two monitors, larger 23" is the primary, smaller display secondary on left.
And terminals everywhere. I had a drop down terminal in my primary but for some reason that now does not want to move away from my secondary.
Three virtual desktops on the Mac:
Either looked at on the internal macbook screen (like now, while I'm typing this) or mirrored to an 24" monitor sitting on my desk.
Just curious — anyone using a vertical monitor orientation to write code?
I did for a while and liked it but never formed the habit, and I set my next monitor up horizontally without thinking about it much. Would be interested to hear what others prefer here.
A coworker who tried it had similar feedback. He's not a developer per se, but someone who occasionally writes prototype code. One large, wide monitor with multiple columns in Sublime etc was his choice.
I'd love to be able to get something wide enough that I can comfortably do 3-4 columns in Sublime.
I tried but could not get used to having one monitor vertically and one horizontally.
I used vertical setup more for reading documentation more than coding itself.
I have a similar setup as Wesley. Two 22 inch monitors, one each side of my mac book.
Browser and evernote goes to the external monitor-1 (To the Left). I don't keep any other windows besides the work(mostly Android studio) that I'm currently working on my MacBook screen.
External Monitor 2 is set vertically which I use it for terminal primarily for the purpose of logs. I do open the terminal in my MacBook Screen, If I'm writing any script. But usually my terminals are in the vertical monitor.
@taylor Initially it was little weird to look at vertical monitor. But I got used to it. Been using it for 4 months now.
One person I know who did used vertical for email. It was a narrow screen though. But, it got it off your main screens.
I used it for a few days. Could not get adjusted to it, as all other applications, other than the IDE, felt out of place on it.
Pair of matching 22" screens: One directly in front of me; the other just to the right and angled toward me.
Active work goes on the forward screen: Editor, browser, terminal, email, etc. Passive/Reference stuff goes on the right: Skype, browser inspector, virtual machine sessions, database tools, etc.
I also run with a virtual workspace as well. It's not used all that often, however, if I have too many windows open, or need to spend some distraction-free time in a virtual machine; I'll jump over to a second dual-screen workspace.
Currently I have my laptop on the left side of my Dell U2515H monitor. But I am going to build a little mount to place my laptop in. And then I want to buy a second monitor.
It depends on the future, but a vertical oriented monitor would be great for possible logging/system monitoring from a command line: using tmux to multiplex.
I just have a laptop, so no problem here.
I have 3 monitors at work. The right monitor is the main display and I hide my taskbar over there.
The left monitor is in portrait orientation and holds my console/terminal. That's my only consistent window placement. Everything else floats or moves around as needed.
It's funny to watch people try and use my computer