What do you do when coding?

**dhtmlgod** · Sep 4, 2001, 03:02

didnt know what exactly to have as the subject line as... its jus what you do when your working, what programs youve got open

when i code at work: i've got my trusty Profesinal ASP 3 Refernce Book to my left (which is gathering dusk) and a cup of coffee (and a pot sitting warm). ive usually got my minidisc with me so i can ignore everyone

. Ive usually got open
1 - HomeSite - The greatest ASP editor

2 - Access97 - For making database, duh
3 - Access2002 - Yeah, i got them both open,i prefer 2002's interface, but i do still have to work with the design functin in Access97 on 97 databases
4 - FlashFXP - My FXP (and FTP) program.
5 - 4 instances of IE6 which have loaded:
1) Sitepoint
2) What I'm working on for work
3) What i'm working on for me and jeremy
4) theregister.co.uk
6 - that UD Agent thing for the cancer thing for sitepoint

at home: loads of coffee, a overflowing ashtray, beer, feeder usually playing in CD player (i lke coding to them for some reason

), i used to have my cat sitting on my lap untill he went AWOL, and the programs i have open;
1 - HomeSite - The greatest ASP editor

2 - Access97 - For making database, duh
3 - Access2002 - Yeah, i got them both open,i prefer 2002's interface, but i do still have to work with the design functin in Access97 on 97 databases
4 - FlashFXP - My FXP (and FTP) program.
5 - 5 instances of IE6 which have loaded:
1) Sitepoint
2) Surfing stuff
3) What i'm working on for me and jeremy
4) theregister.co.uk
5) usually looking at something my gf sent me
6 - that UD Agent thing for the cancer thing for sitepoint

7 - MSN - to talk to my gf and jerry
8 - CheetaChat - for yahoo, i hate using the java version and i dont like the yahelite interface yet

there ya go

**iTec** · Sep 4, 2001, 04:27

well im coding now hehehe kinda heres whats open

Dreamweaver (4 windows)
IE 2 with my site, this one with sitepoint
Access
Winamp
ICQ
UD Agent
Paint shop
Windows explorer

ive also got

VBscript programers reference open (pg 521)
A notepad (drawing flow charts)
Printouts off all the field names in the access db

and thats it!

p.s: anybody that codes ASP should take a look at the book i mentioned above!! its realy realy usefull

**TheOriginalH** · Sep 4, 2001, 05:45

php editor ( www.soysal.com/PHPED )
DW 4
photoshop 6 or Fireworks 4, depending on circumstances
coffee cup free ftp
Topstyle 2
ns 4.7
ns 6
opera
ie 4
ie 5.5
ie 6 (beta)
putty (for ssh connection to MySql)
er - and often notepad as a sort of code "desktop".....

Slightly different set up and music when coding at home

---- and tons of coffee at both

**Jeremy W.** · Sep 4, 2001, 05:58

-photoshop
-quark
-illustrator
-notepad
-UltraEdit
-Advanced Find and Replace (this is so great for "instant updates" across sites)
-Access
-Frontpage
-playing some kind of music
-some chat/messaging app
-3 instances of IE open with:
|sitepoint
|what I'm working on @ work
|what I'm working on @ home

I'll also have about 6 bottles of water kicking around the desk and a set of blank project management docs just in case.

**icehousedesigns** · Sep 4, 2001, 06:04

LOL. Ok:

----On the computer-----

Outlook express
ICQ
Sitepoint UD Agent
At LEAST 3 instances of IE ( CNN / Wired news / What I'm doing for home / work and Sitepoint )
Dreamweaver 4
notepad / wordpad
About 4 Secure CRT SSH telnet sessions to various servers ( including my domain, our core router, our main UNIX box..etc )
Photoshop 6
WINAMP usually playing some Joe Satriani, 3 Doors down..Creed...etc.

----On the desk---

About 4 stacks of paper server various purposes
Printed out e-mail..spam from Ingram Micro..etc
About 4 yellow pads of paper
Toshiba notebook for router configs..etc.
Approx. 8 Binders chock full of boring ISP related stuff.
2 Phones with 5 incoming lines
A D-Link 12 port hub

Hrmm..oh yeah and a Dunkin Donuts coffee

**Megs** · Sep 4, 2001, 11:41

Okay, I'll play:

** At work ***
(I develop online courses in case you want to know...)

On the computer:
- Eudora
- NS 6.1 - at least 2 windows containing various forums, arttoday, news sites, whatever else...
- Photoshop 6
- Flash 5
- SoundForge 5
- Word (containing course content files)
- Windows Explorer

On the Desk:
- glass of water and/or cup of coffee
- a bunch of stock photo CD's from PhotoDisc with corresponding thumbnail booklets all over the place
- various notes to self
- CD's of source material
- binder full of prof content/storyboards/other course info

*** At Home ***

On the Computer:
- Mozilla 0.92 - anywhere from 2-5 windows usually containing various forums, coding references, whatever I'm working on and various other sites
- Homsite 4.5.2 and/or DW 4 or Flash5
- Photoshop 5.5 and/or ImageReady or Fireworks (depends on what I'm doing...)
- WS-FTP
- Winamp
- ICQ

On the desk:
- glass of water/pop/juice/whatever
- overflowing ashtray
- smokes & lighter
- pencil holder with assorted writing utensils
- post-it notes & other paper
- various notes to self
- Various CD's and CD-ROM's
- various coding references depending on what I'm doing

**Nicky** · Sep 4, 2001, 11:50

Home = Work

You people are so meesy. I have my laptop, my TV turned on and accessible food and that is it!

**icehousedesigns** · Sep 4, 2001, 13:08

Originally posted by Nicky
Home = Work

You people are so meesy. I have my laptop, my TV turned on and accessible food and that is it!

BAH to you!

**JMulder** · Sep 4, 2001, 13:31

Well, I don't code that much but when I do I am at home and got running:

- DW4 Sitemap and HTML Source window
- Homesite v4.52 or something

- Photoshop 6.0.1 (lol, dont ask me why)
- IE5.5 with SitePoint and Network Forums.
- Apollo (cheap but good MP3 Player)
- Windows Explorer
- ICQ
- MSN
- IRC @ End Effect

Got in the room:

- 4 HUUUGE speakers with a phat amp.

- not that great comp DOH!
- TV @ MTV in case I run out of good songs
- Loads of cans of coke
- Other usual stuff

Interesting eh? NOT! lol *yawn*

**seanf** · Sep 4, 2001, 13:35

On computer:

Notepad
Apache
PHP
MySQL
Loads of IE windows
Word (spellcheck)

Around:

TV on or music
All my Cds
PHP and MySQL Web Development

Sean

**Nicky** · Sep 4, 2001, 16:11

Am I the only one that eats loads in front of the PC?

**icehousedesigns** · Sep 4, 2001, 17:59

Originally posted by Nicky
Am I the only one that eats loads in front of the PC?

hehe. I really don't eat in front of my computer. I'm afraid I'll spill something. I wait 'til after

**Nicky** · Sep 4, 2001, 18:03

Yeah I had to buy a new keyboard for my server cause it was full of food bits so I cleaned it and it stopped working!

You should see my laptop!

**Aes** · Sep 4, 2001, 18:09

I eat in front of my computer Nicky! In fact, I'm eating dinner right now.

I'm stuck on Windows 98 for the time being, so here's what I do in the order that I do it.

Open Internet Connection
Open Apache
Open MySQL
Open a couple of instances of IE and NS
Go to SitePoint
Open AIM
Open PHP-Coder
Open Sonique and listen to tunes
Finish coding a section
Windows grinds to a halt
Reboot
Open Internet Connection
Open Apache
Open MySQL
Open a couple of instances of IE and NS
Go to SitePoint
Open AIM
Open PHP-Coder
Open Sonique and listen to tunes
Continue coding a section
Windows grinds to a halt
Reboot
Open Internet Connection....

Sometimes I'll have Micrografx Picture Publisher and The GIMP running as well....

**MPK** · Sep 4, 2001, 18:22

Hi again Aes

Whats PHP-Coder?

I don't run MySQL / PHP on my main (w98) box at the moment, I think the server program I got is a bit dodgy. As soon as I tried to customise it, it got angree. Also, as I have lots o information on my computer don't really want any servers running.

Normally I have Outlook open but if I'm coding I might close that. Lots of IE windows. SSH program, editpad, thats about it

I used to have MTV on, but allways got destracted! Sitepoint is enough of a distration

Meant to be coding now! oops.

As for food with computer. Yeah I too had to get a new keyboard, but not nearly as bad as "an associate" he was having his dinner by the computer and dropped his fork as he had the side of his computer open he just picked it up though! He was a nutter, he also tried to take out a hard drive when his computer was still on! Anyways

best get back 2 it.

**iTec** · Sep 4, 2001, 21:31

Originally posted by Nicky
Yeah I had to buy a new keyboard for my server cause it was full of food bits so I cleaned it and it stopped working!

You should see my laptop!

hahaha sounds like somebody gets more food in the keyboard then there mouth....

is chocolate really that messy???

**TWTCommish** · Sep 5, 2001, 07:32

I eat at my desk all the time. French bread pizza, frozen pizza, hot pockets (with pizza-like ingredients), Combos...all that stuff. Plenty of Diet Pepsi/Pepsi One, too.

Anyway, I have all kinds of things opening, but I primarily use TextPad. If I'm uploading the edited files as well, I'll probably have WS_FTP open. Of course, I'll alos have a browser window open, and perhaps Eudora in the background, and Winamp playing while I type. It depends.

**dhtmlgod** · Sep 5, 2001, 07:37

twt, you eat frozen pizza? i thought you had to cook it first

**TWTCommish** · Sep 5, 2001, 07:39

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaad joke.

**davedibiase** · Sep 5, 2001, 08:10

7 - MSN - to talk to my gf and jerry

Well what I can to you is BAHH...how about me

...

lol

This is what I have open:
[list=a][*]Access Database (2000)[*]Either Notepad or FrontPage (Dont like frontpage though becuase it messes things up)[*]Browser (For Testing)[*]FTP[/list=a]

I am simply...anyways dhtml what do you think about HomeSite is it good or bad?

**Seer** · Sep 5, 2001, 08:15

Here we go...

Well, here's what I work with anyway. I'm also guilty of eating in front of the computer. Just gotta shake the crumbs out of the keyboard and mouse once in a while. I've got a nice big wrap around type desk, so I can kind of eat off to the side.

Dreamweaver 4
Metapad - Trying out PHPedit today.
PHP.net - Just realized how useful that site really is.
WS_FTP
Apache
MySQL
PHP
UltraPlayer
"Sort" folder, holds all my scripts, incomplete stuff, clips, images, etc. Never got around to sorting it.
AOL Instant Messenger
IE for each page that i'm working on.
Colorpad - Very useful little program.
Photoshop 5.5 - Always open for those quick changes.

**dhtmlgod** · Sep 5, 2001, 08:20

daivd homesite rules! i really couldnt imagine doing asp without it!

seer, whats colorpad? im at work, 2 busy to check the link

**Seer** · Sep 5, 2001, 08:22

Originally posted by dhtmlgod
seer, whats colorpad? im at work, 2 busy to check the link

It's a color picker, gives the color code of anything you point it at. Useful for matching colors or finding a different one to use. It's also nice because it's a small program that doesn't get in the way, can be minimized to the system tray too.

**dhtmlgod** · Sep 5, 2001, 08:27

cool, ill look into it when i get home

**Michel V** · Sep 5, 2001, 10:36

I code.

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