The Productive Programmer

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The Productive Programmer; Preface; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Safari® Enabled; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Firefox; What This Book Is About; Part II: Practice (Philosophy); Where to Go Now?; I. Mechanics; Creating a Windows Launching Pad; Mac OS X; Launching in Linux; Accelerators; Mac OS X Finder; Clipboard(s); Remember History; There and Back; Command Prompts at Your Fingertips; Here!; Development Accelerators; Search Trumps Navigation in Tools, Too; Macros; Key Macro Tools; Summary; 3. Focus; Turn Off Needless Notifications.;Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford details ten valuable practices that will help you elude common traps, improve your code, and become more valuable to your team. The Productive Programmer Preface Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples How to Contact Us Safari® Enabled Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Firefox What This Book Is About Part II: Practice (Philosophy) Where to Go Now? I. Mechanics Creating a Windows Launching Pad Mac OS X Launching in Linux Accelerators Mac OS X Finder Clipboard(s) Remember History There and Back Command Prompts at Your Fingertips Here! Development Accelerators Search Trumps Navigation in Tools, Too Macros Key Macro Tools Summary 3. Focus Turn Off Needless Notifications. Create Quiet TimeSearch Trumps Navigation Find Hard Targets Use Rooted Views Rooted Views in OS X Use Sticky Attributes Use Project-Based Shortcuts Multiply Your Monitors Segregate Your Workspace with Virtual Desktops Summary 4. Automation Cache Stuff Locally Automate Your Interaction with Web Sites Interact with RSS Feeds Subvert Ant for Non-Build Tasks Subvert Rake for Common Tasks Subvert Selenium to Walk Web Pages Use Bash to Harvest E.