I use Eclipse as IDE.On my Dell Inspiron laptop computer,I often have to hide some windows to see the debug information properly..I have heard that many programmers use multiple monitors -one to code and another to view docs while coding.Sometimes I think I should use a bigger screen.. but this is less practical when you move from one place to another.How do you guys deal with this?(ie,if you think this affects your performance)
AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
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Re: AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
#2Use two monitors and you will never go back
Re: AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
#3Night and day. Vim on one screen and a multitude of things on the other: Matlab, a Windows VM, Web Browser, Terminal, etc. Combine dual screens with a tiling window manager (XMonad, Awesome) and you're laughing.
As far as physically managing two screens: I have a laptop dock at my desk which has a display port. Drop my laptop in and instant additional screen. Come home and sit on my couch, plug in HDMI and use my TV as a monitor, really great for web development.
Re: AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
#4Using Eclipse, having a second screen is almost a requirement.
You get surrounded by so many windows!
So I use my laptop screen for all those windows, and my 24' is dedicated to the actual code.
I always work with two tabs of code, simply because a class is rarely interacting with itself so you want both sides of the pipe :).
Without Eclipse, It's a linux, terminator with 4 terminals in there and a two-paneled sublime text. I don't need my second screen for that, alt tab does the job. :)
I tried to work on Eclipse with a 9' laptop in an airport once, thought I would die before the plane take off :).
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#5Not having to Alt-Tab to see code and browser really improve my workflow. I have set the tilde key to show terminal so that's to my benefit as well. I just hope tilde (the terminal that I use) can have multiple viewport in it like terminator.
Re: AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
#6I absolutely recommend it. A big screen or double monitor is a must. And much better if you use live refresh stuff while coding.
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#7If you get paid to code then invest in your tools.
I use a 50" 4k monitor and a 42" 1080p monitor.
The time it saves easily covers the cost.
Re: AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
#8I'm a big fan of two screens, but do make sure they're positioned well and have windows sensibly arranged to minimise repeated small corrections of your head/neck. I'm no occupational therapist/ergonomist (if that's even the correct term), but anecodatally, if I have a busy IM day on my 'side' screen, I can feel it when by the end of the day.
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#9On a laptop I can never work efficiently on anything with less than FHD resolution.
Re: AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?
#10Two screen increase performance dramaticaly.
At work i use a laptop with a 24 inch display. I have the laptop to display Eclipse debug and other info that i might need and have Eclipse mainly on my 24inch.
At home, doing web dev i have a 27 and a 22. It is a lot more usefull there as i have my eclipse on the larger screen and have the browser and shell on the 22 inch. No need to switch between windows and tabs.
It safes a lot of time and increases performance drastically.