What is the optimal performance level for developers?
What is the optimal performance stack for developers?
When deciding what to include in your personal performance stack, what criteria do you use?
I have never thought about it so formally. The mine includes:
- Fast printing.
- IDLE for Python. DrScheme for schema.
- For other code: TextPad on Windows, gedit on linux. I don't like vi or emacs. I just love the editor that I can use to highlight things.
- Command line on Linux.
Of course, I haven't worked on large projects recently, so I haven't needed anything more powerful yet.
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There is no optimal stack for developers, mainly for the simple reason that different developers will need different tools, eg. a WinForms developer may not need the same material as a web developer.
My main criteria would be a combination of how well I know how to use it, how well people around me know how to use it, and how long it takes me to learn how to use it. If all the other developers on my team are using X, then there is a good chance that I can learn X and ask them questions when I have them. Likewise, there may be tools that I learn on my own when I stumble over things that have been talked about over and over again.
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