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Re: Ask HN: What is your development setup?

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Post by geekam »

drglitch wrote: post #33
drglitch wrote: post #27

Custom 'ultraquiet' box with: 32GB, i7, SSD as primary/active projects disk, backups/cold storage on spinning raid 1, key things backing to cloud, plus external drive for cold backups. Monitors: 2x24" IPS dells vertical, with 30" dell IPS horizontal in center. And of course a Das Keyboard for the hands and a HM Aeron rescued for $175 from a dead '99 internet startup! I found this setup to be perfect for two-up window…

Replying to myself, but for those who haven't tried Python Tools for Visual Studio - http://pytools.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=PTVS%20Installati... - take a hard look at it. Once you get it working (which is a bit annoying with flask), its a beauty for debugging complex object mutation/state problems, etc

Thanks for mentioning the "Python Tools for Visual Studio". We are working to establish Django+Python environments and needed suggestions for good IDE's since majority of the devs are on Windows.

How do you compare Python Tools for Visual Studio to PyCharm?

Re: Ask HN: What is your development setup?

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Post by shocks »

geekam wrote: post #31
shocks wrote: post #15

Work: Macbook Pro, 15" retina, 2.7Ghz i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD. Home: i7 3770k@4ghz, 16GB RAM, 2x GTX 670, 512GB SSD, 7TB hdd Monitors: 2x 27" Dell IPS for work and 1x 24" TN, 2x 17" at home. OS: Everything. Keyboard: Kinesis Advantage Pro at work, Ducky Shine I at home. SVC: git. :) Editors: vim, with my vim config found here: https://github.com/wridgers/vimto Env: Virtual machines (VirtualBox) managed by Vagrant and…

So you have a PC at home? Those Dell LED monitors are really nice.

Also, one of those 27" Dell monitors is in portrait and the other landscape. Perfect for coding. Love them!

Re: Ask HN: What is your development setup?

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Post by Su-Shee »

PC specs: anything which can run ssh and is at hand when I need it

OS: Any Unix/Linux will do

Source/Version Control: Whatever is used where I have to do some work

Editors: vi(m), no plugins

At the end of the day, I really only need some ssh, screen, a halfway decent shell, any versioning and a vi.

Also: Pen and paper to take notes and ANY simple GUI to run a browser is appreciated.

If I can have it, I'll take it all in UTF-8, please. :)

Re: Ask HN: What is your development setup?

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Post by geekam »

mentos wrote: post #34

Retina Macbook Pro - Objective-C/Javascript - Git - Xcode/Sublime2 - Parse/Firebase If I could investigate one thing it would probably be an external display but I haven't found anything thats retina and affordable.

>> but I haven't found anything thats retina and affordable.

Not even those high-end LED backlit monitors? What about Apple's own cinema displays?

Re: Ask HN: What is your development setup?

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Post by romanovcode »

imwhimsical wrote: post #41

MacBook Pro, 13", Late 2011. Basic model (no upgrades done), 4 GB, 500 GB HDD, i5 OS X Mountain Lion (Mavericks won't install for some weird reason) Python, HTML, CSS, JS, C Sublime Text 2

I never understood how can one write anything on 13" screen.

Re: Ask HN: What is your development setup?

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Post by deckiedan »

Work: Home built standing desk, Kensington Trackball w/scrollwheel, MS Ergonomic 4000 keyboard, second el cheapo screen, iMac 27" (2008), Mavericks. Latest Vim, git, and virtualbox. Virtualbox machines all provisioned w/ ansible, and simply rolled back manually rather than futzing around with anything more complex.

Home: Second hand ikea desk, Samsung chromebook running Chrubuntu/awesomewm. TypeMatrix Keyboard, wowpen-joy vertical mouse. latest vim. git.

Mostly all coding in python/flask. Also plenty of BASH, JS, and the usual HTML/CSS.

At home, I'd really like a more powerful computer & bigger screen. One day. Perhaps soon.

At work, I'd really like a TypeMatrix Keyboard, or a TruelyErgonomic (Or Kinesis Advantage...).

At home and work, I'm using the 'Workman' keyboard layout.

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