Dual-screen development

By the end of the year, I have worked hard for a year. I would like to buy a wide-screen display to reward myself. I can use an old display to play with double-screen development. The following are 13 types of patterns used to build a development environment with dual-screen or wide-screen display. Visual Studio is used as an example to help you build a happyProgramLife.

Test environment:

Hardware:
(1) Asus vk266h display, 1920x1200 resolution
(2) Asus vh242h 9 display, 1920x1080 resolution
(3) Dual-screen video card

Software:
(1) Windows Server 2003 r2 + Visual Studio 2008
(2) Windows Server 2008 r2 + Visual Studio 2010
(3) Dual-screen Assistance software ultramon v3.0.10

 

 

I. How to use a single wide screen display:

Method 1.-view the msdn library online in Chinese and English

For example, online msdn allows us to set the rendering method by ourselves. If the screen is large enough or the resolution is high enough, you can read the screen in Chinese and English. Because msdn mostly uses machine-based automatic translation, and a few are supplemented by real-person verification, there are often translation errors.

Method 2.-Visual Studio 2008/2010-Code(. CS)/image (aspx), Code (. CS)/image (XAML) tied

For example, if the screen is large enough or the resolution is high enough, you can enable the Visual Studio built-in function "new vertical tab group" to enable the IDE editor to display the parallel layout, front-end design and background code, to facilitate development, you do not need to use Ctrl + TAB to switch the tab.

Ii. Dual monitor:

Method 3: Execute Visual Studio on screen A and query msdn or network on screen B.

This allows data development and query operations to be split into two monitors to avoid frequent screen switching.

Method 4: screen a executes Visual Studio and screen B displays the execution result.

Let the development work and execution results be split into two monitors to avoid frequent screen switching. This can be applied to ASP. NET, WPF, Silverlight, mobile,..., and other projects.

Method 5.-screen A shows the Visual Studio editor or designer, and screen B shows other "Windows/pane (PANE)" of Visual Studio )」

Let the development work, and the secondary pane (such as: Property pane, Class View pane), split in two display. For example, the mouse drag function is provided in vs 2008.

You can drag the. CS or other code editing files in vs 2010, or the properties, Class View, and other panes to any location on screen a or screen B. Visual Studio remembers the last screen position when the file is saved. When we close the project and open it again, the file will still be automatically restored to the layout when it was last saved.

Reply position teaching in the pane

To automatically return to the original position of the Visual Studio Editor, press Ctrl and double-click the title bar of the pane. or, for example, right-click the title bar of the pane and choose dock with option-style document 」.

Method 6.-The editor or designer of Visual Studio is displayed on screen A, and other code files are displayed on screen B.

Similar to Method 5, screen B only displays a code file instead of a pane (this function is supported only by vs 2010, but not by vs 2008 ). For example, we put the. aspx file in the main ide window, and move one. aspx. CS background code file and another. CS class file to another screen.

Unfortunately, vs 2010 still cannot split two projects in the same solution to different screens.

Method 7: screen A: Develop the server-side project, and screen B: Develop the client-side project.

Such as the WCF server project and the client project that calls this service. Some may like to split these projects for development, rather than integrating them into the same solution of Visual Studio.

Method 8: Execute Visual Studio on screen A, and execute SQL Server and other databases on screen B.

Database management tools, profiler monitoring tools, SQL statement execution tools, iis... to test SQL statements, search for records, and maintain indexes....

Method 9.-screen a executes Visual Studio and screen B executes report development tools

For example, the design of Crystal Reports can be separated from Visual Studio. Let the two sides design their respective screens with different screens, and merge them into one at last.

Method 10.-Visual Studio is executed on screen A, and UML tool is displayed on screen B.

Write code while browsing or designing the sequence digoal and class digoal of UML.

Method 11.-screen a executes the shared class library project of Visual Studio, and screen B executes the main project that calls this class library

The two projects have different properties and different functions and maintenance requirements. Splitting may be a good practice.

Method 12.-screen A: Read the ebook and check the English words on screen B.

Method 13.-Getting Started

If you spend money on double screens, the real purpose is of course entertainment. The dual screen allows you to access the Internet and watch videos at the same time, or play games and watch stocks at the same time.

Iii. Dual-screen auxiliary software ultramon:

The display setting function provided by the Windows XP/2003/2008 operating system supports dual-screen display. For example, we can drag the icon with the mouse to adjust the corresponding positions and heights of the two screens, you can also switch the main screen and secondary screen to avoid the inconvenience caused by the height or size of the two monitors.

In addition, I recommend a software-ultramon that can enhance the dual-screen function. For example, in addition to setting different wallpaper and screen saver for two screens, it can also set various hot keys related to screen switching, making it easier for us to use the keyboard to achieve many functions, for example, you can drop a window to another screen, enlarge the window to span two screens, or move the mouse to the center of the other screen... and so on. The software supports control of at least 10 monitors.

Postscript:

The screen height of a 24-inch display is one centimeter lower than that of a traditional 19-inch 4-3-inch display, the screen height is four centimeters higher than the 24-inch 16-9 display. If you want to write code, you are advised to buy a or a traditional 4-3 display to reduce the number of times the vertical scroll bar is pulled up and down; while the 16-9 wide screen display, although the mainstream in the future, but it is only suitable for games, movies, and entertainment.
 
LCD screens for computers are getting cheaper and cheaper. I still saw 32-inch ultra-large displays in the mall last week. However, a large screen may only be suitable for entertainment and not programming.

Related information:

[1] multi-monitor support in vs 2010 and. Net 4.0 Series
Http://kb.cnblogs.com/page/55537/

[2] Download ultramon
Http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/download.asp

[3] dual-screen output and video card
Http://changyang319.pixnet.net/blog/post/13074745