OzRamos Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'm curious to know what your complete dev environment is like. I have a weird obsession with development speed and am always trying to figure out new ways to code faster. At this point, I can almost code faster than I can talk Here's my physical setup at work (which is similar to what I have at home): I use two monitors, one dedicated to my editor which is further broken down into multiple views, one for photoshop/illustrator, and then I have a Galaxy Note that streams live video from my desktop to runs a web browser. The last bit lets me install livereload, so anytime I save in my editor the tablet automatically refreshes without me having to Alt-Tab, refresh, Alt-Tab. At work I'm on Windows and at home I'm on Mac, but my actual environment is basically the same: Code Editor - Sublime Text, loaded with:- Advance New File: Let's me use a keychord to create/load a file and supports tabbing, so can create directories too.- Emmet: Let's me do insane HMTL expansions, like ul.slideshow>li.slide*3>a+div.content would expand into a <ul> element with three <li>, each containing a link and a div that I can then tab through to add content! lol- Origami - Let's me create all sorts of crazy views and move tabs between them- PlainTasks - Creates todo lists that let you check off items, right inside the editor- Sidebar Enhancements - Just makes the sidebar MUCH more useable LiveReload with chrome extension (PrePros for windows)- Automatically compiles SASS, CoffeeScript, minifies JavaScript and CSS, gives you a back massage, and reloads browser when you save. Instantly and without Alt-Tabbing. And if you have a dual monitor setup, you never have to leave your code editor. TextExpander (PhraseExpress for windows)Let's you expand short characters/keychords into text you can tab through, macros, and a bunch of other magic. This is my number one time saver. I use a lot of Lorem Ipsum at work, so I have lorem automatically expand into a 5 paragraph block of dummy text. Tower (GitHub client for Windows)- My favorite GUI's for revision controlling dev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AAG- Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Gamemaker: Studio on a really old Acer Arpire One with windows XP. Other than GM I sometimes use Inkscape, paint.net, and even ms paint. Pen and paper are also a most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowren Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Acer aspire 2010 laptop with Windows 8, my TV used as a second screen, Construct 2, pen & paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Labs Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 541460_10200621007182997_1705817473_n2.jpg Acer aspire 2010 laptop with Windows 8, my TV used as a second screen, Construct 2, pen & paper.I pretty much have the same setup, I even use the same laptop, the only difference is I use Game Maker and have a different tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalfluff Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I turned my dev screen to vertical. I found that to be helpful with code editing as well as spreadsheet based systems like C2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I use a macbook pro with sublime text for programming, photoshop cc for drawing, spine for animations, sourcetree for version control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzRamos Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Haha yea pen and paper is so much easier sometimes, I used to use stickies a lot too before smart phones. I keep telling myself to try using a vertical screen, would especially be useful when editing CSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaronWilhelm Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Pretty fancy setups, just a laptop for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdy Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Acer Aspire -i7, 128ssd, 8gb Ram- at home just that- at coworking office: Two 22" HD monitors. Code: Flashdevelop - best support for HaXeArt: Flash - use custom scripts to output movieclips on a PNG spritesheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePhaze Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 No pics to share, but here is my current environment: Desktop: Alienware Area 51 (Water Cooled with Quad Crossfire/Crossfire-X Radeons)Laptop: ASUS G73JW Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012/2013Construct 2Adobe Creative Cloud (illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, etc...)Spriter (by Brashmonkey - for Animations)Microsoft Blend for VIsual Studio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enpu Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Hardware:MacBook Pro Retina Software:Google ChromeSublime Text 3Adobe PhotoshopAdobe FlashAdobe IllustratorLogic Pro XTexturePackerbmGlyphMediaHuman Audio ConverterSpineSourceTreeParallels DesktopFlowdockMAMP AhmedElyamani, dev, ozdy and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborned Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I want this HTML5 shield! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overloaded Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hardware:I only have a laptop where I code, play games, watch videos etc (pretty much everything). I also have an Android smartphone and my father's Android tablet, which are both awful... I wish I had a second monitor too... Soon I'm going to buy a Wacom Intuos Touch S drawing tablet. Software:OS: Windows 7 64-bitGameMaker: Studio Professional + HTML5 ModuleSublime Text 2 (Free version) and Notepad++ mostly for website coding, since I make my games with GameMaker.GIMP 2 for graphic stuff.FL Studio 11 (Free version) for music composing.Synfig Studio for animations (although I don't use it, I don't even know how it works yet, I plan to learn more about it in the future)Every major browser (Internet Explorer 11, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome (my main one), Opera and Safari) for HTML5 testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leolrrj Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Lol! OzRamos is a crazy guy... Well, I'm starting with that game developing hobby since last week so I didn't decide ter my complete environment... But by now I've:Sony VAIO NotebookUbuntu/Windows 8Jetbrains Intellij IDEA as IDEPHASER as my HTML game frameworkNode.JS as webserverGrunt as my webserver task managerInkscape to play a little with art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe091 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I dream of having an awesome set up like that one day. Right now I am working off a laptop that I can't use for more than a few hours at a time because the screen starts flickering like crazy(anyone have any idea what could cause that? It also flickers whenever it's not plugged into a charger). I plan on having a PC with 2 big monitors, a decent laptop on the side, and a tablet I use to look things up while I'm coding so I can easily access api docs/stackoverflow/google. And of course the most comfortable chair money can by, considering that's where I'll spend most of my time. For now I'm lucky I have somewhere to live for the time being though, hopefully I'll get some sponsorship money for my game that's almost done and I can start working on my setup InvisionUser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewRobot Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 A laptop (Pavilion dv7), my Samsung Tab 2, and my Iphone4. I have a generic drawing pad that I use every so often. Programs I use are Graphics Gale for pixel art, Flash for vector art, trying to decide between Easeljs and Phaser for my framework ,and Aptana Studio 3 for programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Very good setup, only the mouse is not very suitable for high-speed gaming Is that an 13" air? Enough for two big monitors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logicking Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Am I the only one to use Eclipse for dev? I use Win8 and Win7 with my PC and a laptop.I finally have an ultrawide monitor from LG and it's great. Very comfortable. So, as told before, I use Eclipse with Ant builder, bitBucket for version control (moved there not long ago), Pain.NET, Photoshop. All sorts of browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera... and IE in some dark corners of my OS) and some devices as Nexus4, Ipod, etc...And a greate "Pilot" chair with headrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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