I know that some developers flourish with a neat and tidy work area while others (myself included) don't mind a build up of chaos as long as work is getting done. It's not that I like a mess, it's just that I prefer to clean when there aren't more pressing matters at hand - usually at the end of a big push or as a way to relieve the mind...
If you could upgrade one piece of hardware on your coding machine what would it be? ...
Mostly while studying CS, or at work. ...
When I'm hacking at home, I use a really cheap Ikea chair. My chair at work isn't much better. I don't think I can persuade the boss to get me an Aeron, unless I get a doctor's note saying I have a back problem (I don't). So, what are some good recommendations for programming chairs? Break it down into price ranges (e.g. under £50, £50-...
I have this workspace downloaded off the web and I try running it on a tomcat server from a fresh installation of Eclipse Ganymede. This particular project came with its own workspace. When I select Tomcat v6.0 I get a message Cannot create a server using the selected type Older tomcat versions are available, though. I guess I...
What would you say is the idea size physical work area per developer? Not the size of the desktop :-) ...
What are people's experiences with osmotic communication (as recommended by Alastair Cockburn as part of Crystal Clear) as opposed to giving developers individual offices with doors (as recommended by lots of people; for instance, Joel Spolsky. Joel comes back to this here ) Has anyone found the learning-by-osmosis approach to work well...
Is there a way to get the directory of a project in Eclipse? We are writing a plugin that will allow the user to select files, and then run some processes on those files. I would ideally like to be able to get all the files with a certain extension, but that is not necessary. ...
One of my co-workers has resigned and was made to leave the premises before checking in all of his code to TFS. I have access to the physical files. Is there a way for me to access his workspace and check in some of the changes that are still left unchecked in? From tfs I can see which files he has checked out but no way of seeing the ex...
In your experience, what is the optimal monitor specs for your primary programming monitor? Of course this is subjective, but in my search for the ideal programming monitor, it helps to know what peoples' experience is. Aside from a specific monitor, what lessons have you learned about monitor specs?: Size/Resolution: Which size and r...
Hi All, I am thinking about adding a third monitor to my coding station. I currently run 1600x1200 on a dell 20.1", which is ok, but I am thinking to move to something that will do 1920x1200. I'm doing the purchase on eBay, so can't really see the monitor beforehand. Last time I bought a "Widescreen" (I read "ShortScreen") monitor, I...
what tool do you use if you want to synchronise a workspace between two PC's? For example you have a work PC and a laptop and would like to switch easily between working on one and the other at the end of the day. The Work PC has network (subversion) access, and the laptop does not so I am looking for some way to synchronise files betwe...
I am wondering what is the best way to use workspaces in visual studio. We have 150+ webservices that are all part of the same team project $/MyTeamProject without being related at all. The reason for them all being part of the same team project as they are all maintained by the same group of people within our organization. Each webser...
Is there a (good) documentation about the format of the eclipse workspace files (.location, x.tree, ...)? I need this to programatically create a workspace for automated builds. Unfortunately I have to do this job from a .NET program, so I can't use any Eclipse classes to do this! (We manage our Linux C++ projects using Eclipse + CDT). ...
I want to set up a personal workspace on my home machine. I mainly intend to use it for Java development on home projects. Which tools do you recommend me to use? (I prefer free tools, since this is just for home use.) I hope you could recommend some tools for me, and I'd be grateful if you could give me a brief comparison of some tools...
The company I work for has had about 10 of us in a conference room pushing for a deadline. Maybe it's just me, but I just can't get any work done in that sort of environment. It seems as though I'm not the only one who has issues with this kind of work space (citing that Australian study at http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,...
We're reorganizing our workspaces at work, and are individually being given the choice of working in a more open space with a few other developers, or a more closed off space by ourselves. Which should I choose? ...
We're using Visual Studio 2008/TFS 2008. We have a small team of developers and for some reason, periodically, when any of us "Get Latest," one of our paths remaps to a different path on it's own. This causes the "Get Latest" to start deleting files, because the path has changed. It's the same path every time that gets remapped to the w...
I have one workspace A with files checked out on computer A. Now I want to continue development on computer B. I copy the files from computer A and creates a new workspace B with mapping to the copied files. Now Visual Studio wont allow me to check in the files since they are already checked out in workspace A. How can I resolve this w...
I'm currently transfering some source code from a Subversion (SVN) repository to my client's Team Foundation Server. One of the things I stumbled upon is that there seems to be no way to edit the repository without first pulling all files in that repository to a local working folder in the local workspace. I'm using Visual Studio 2008 Te...