A presentation to the django-boston meetup on 5 tools I use to be efficient in my workflow: Affordable Whiteboards, Virtualbox,
StartWork Script, 8 Million Pixels, Django Project Template Quickstarts
in-store to 4’ sections) $28 Mirror hanging sets (4) $ 8 8’ length, white plastic panel edging (8) $16 Marker shelf - 1”x2”x10’ select pine boards (4) $20 Angle brackets & misc $10 Total $82 Lower budget? Just board and plain screws = $15 Biggest downside? Have to use windex every ~3rd time you erase
to create carbon copy environments on multiple machines Remove env based differences from debugging Give design/biz people dev machines they can actually use Dev team of 5? Use vagrant to create === dev machines for everyone
to get my environment ready It’s easy to get distracted when you’re tired I wrote StartWork Switches to “desktop 2” Opens all of the programs in my workspace Positions them for me 1 click, 30 seconds, no friction
Efficient webdev requires many things running simultaneously Text Editor / IDE 2+ Browsers (1 for localhost, 1 for docs/stackoverflow) Chrome/Firefox Dev Tools 1+ Terminals 1+ File browsers
of 1.4 Automatically sets up the project the way you like Readme.md, great place for your own krib-sheet Can get up an running on a new site, including aws & first production deployment in ~ 45 minutes