workstation

Advantages/Disadvantages of Heterogenous/Homogenous Developer Workstations

What arguments are there for and against homogeneous and heterogeneous development environments, especially for a Java dev shop. Is your shop and most of the shops you know about heterogeneous or homogeneous? Extended explanation. I just had a long discussion with my Manager regarding our development environment. I work at a small ...

Lock Windows workstation programmatically in C#

I ran into this example for locking Windows workstation: using System.Runtime.InteropServices; ... [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] static extern bool LockWorkStation(); ... if (!LockWorkStation()) throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()); // or any other thing Is there a pure managed alternative to thi...

What pros/cons come from using a server OS for your main .NET development machine?

I was considering using Windows Server as the OS for my main .NET development workstation. It includes the version of IIS to which I'm most often deploying, manages FIPS compliance differently, etc. I certainly don't use any of the multimedia or gaming advantages (if there are any?) of a workstation OS. What pros/cons come with using ...

What is an ideal pair programming setup?

We have the opportunity to set up a pairing workstation; I would like it to be great. What features should I look for? Monitors, keyboards, mice, furniture - all suggestions are welcome. I'm not terribly concerned with specific brands & models; I want to know what criteria to use to make the selections. ...