In addition to ability at work, work efficiency is also an important factor in determining your performance. As a programmer, how your development workstation is set up has a huge impact on your productivity. Here are 12 awesome (and awesome) Web development workstations compiled by Raygun. IO, and I’ve added some sharer profiles that might give you some ideas on how to build your own workstations.
1. Anthony Acosta
The image above was shared on Flickr by developer Anthony Acosta. Anthony works for Entravision, an American media company, where he is responsible for the development of their radio and television websites.
2. Ace r
The devices in the figure are:
- MacbookPro 13 w/ SAMSUNG B2430H.
- Mac Mini 2.4ghz 4GB Ram W/Asus VE248H
- Speakers – Harman Kardon soundsticks II
- iPad 3G 32GB on Elago P2 stand
- Apple’s Magic Trackpad
Two 24-inch LCD monitors sit in a Planar Dual Monitor Stand. It looks like this:
Here, the workstation’s owner uses software called Synergy to connect the three screens and control the MacbookPro and Mac Mini wirelessly.
I think the highlight here is Synergy. A quick search turns out to be an amazing app that can greatly improve productivity for users of multiple computers, especially those who frequently work on different platforms. This software in a few years ago seems to be open source, but it seems that the author has changed attention, the official website has now shown the charge, divided into basic version and professional version, are one-time payment, lifetime warranty!
However, you may be able to compile one directly from its Github repository.
Reference:
- Set Synergy in Ubuntu
- Synergy’s Wiki at the Github repository
- Synergy website
3. Steve Price
The workstation’s owner said his previous workstation had eight monitors, four 24 inches and four 22 inches. Above are his new ones, three 20-inch LG monitors and three 24-inch Samsung monitors. All six monitors are connected to a do-it-yourself I7 computer.
The main devices in the picture are:
- IPad, SSH into his route to display interface traffic.
- Logitech MX 5500
- XKCD mouse pad
- 3 30″ LG monitors
- 3 24″ Samsung monitors
- Logitech Performance MX
- Cisco 7940
- iPhone 3Gs
- Moto Droid
4. Pearce H. Delphin
Pearce H. Delphin is a cybersecurity consultant at Pricewaterhousecoopers.
The devices in the picture are:
- 22″ Samsung 2252LW 1680×1050 x2
- 27 “Dell U2711 2560 x 1440
- 24 “BenQ G2420HD 1080 x 1920
- Apple MacBook Air 13″
- Logitech Z906
- Logitech Performance MX
- Griffin PowerMate
Pearce and the previous device have one thing in common: the Logitech Performance MX. It’s a Logitech wireless mouse for $99.99.
But the two biggest things here seem to be something called Griffin Powermate. It looks like this:
You can’t guess what it’s for by looking at this picture.
According to the website, you can use the PowerMate USB to edit videos, view long documents, and even edit audio. Can also act as a volume button and mute button. Hey, what the hell is this?! As FAR as I’m aware, this is a very stylish (and I can’t help but advertise, though not pay for) mouse.
Why does it do so much? The official explanation is, because it provides a programmable driver. If you can, you can easily make it perform any Key Command of any program.
If you are interested, you can go to the official website to place an order [1], which supports mailing to China.
5. Dale Rutherford
This is Dale Rutherford’s workstation setup from 2014. He/she does not list specific equipment.
6. Jackson Presley
Pictured here is a Dell Studio XPS and four monitors (you name it!). . But I wonder what’s under the middle monitor.
7. Robert Freiberger
According to the workstation owner, the 15-inch monitor on the left is connected to an older PC that is now running CentOS 6. The main display is a 27-inch Asus display in the middle, and a 24-inch Asus display is on the right.
On the far right is an iPad for watching movies and listening to music.
There are so many things, I won’t go through them all.
8. abe5x
Abe5x’s workstation at home, pictured above, consists of one Mac and multiple PCS.
9. m2j2
There are so many devices in the picture. The workstation owner listed them as follows:
- Biomorph desk
- Mac Pro (2TB storage, 8gig ram, etc.)
- Powermac G5 on left (800gig storage, 4gig ram, etc.)
- A 30-inch Mac monitor in the center
- A 23-inch Mac monitor on each side
- A set of keyboards and a Logitech Revolution mouse that controls both computers through Teleport
- 5.1 Speaker system with Titanium casing
- Snowball microphone
- There is an LED light clock under the 30-inch monitor
There’s also the pale blue sphere on the right that workstation owners use to keep track of web traffic. Unintelligible li!!
Teleport is a Mac utility that allows you to control two Macs with one keyboard and mouse.
Detailed see: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14042/teleport
10. Snecx
According to Snecx, there are four computers, but it only needs three. The fourth is because the work demand increases, I try to use. One drawback of the above workstation is that due to wiring difficulties, Snecx can only transfer images from the iMac to the second monitor. The developer also uses Teleport to seamlessly control multiple machines through a single keyboard and mouse.
11. Elliot Cable
There’s a Mac Pro and three 27-inch Apple monitors. I’m running World of Warcraft.
12. Steve Price (This guy again)
This is the workstation he said had eight monitors. Here he uses a program called Ultramon, which is also a multi-screen control program. He seems to have tried Synergy as well, but failed to configure it on this workstation and had to opt for Ultramon.
These workstations should be good! Finally, I would like to summarize the useful things in it:
- Synergy is the software of choice for synchronizing multiple screens
- Teleport lets you control multiple machines with a single keyboard and mouse
- The Griffin Powermate “mouse” seems to work
Finally, multi-screen development seems to be king!
12 Amazing Web Development Workstations[2]