I don't mind working on one monitor sometimes but I'm definitely more efficient with two (usually one external monitor and my laptop screen). After that, though, I've found adding more monitors just adds distraction and it's too much moving my head back and forth to see things.
That said, the main reason I find two monitors to be more productive is because I mostly work on the front end. I find it super annoying to have to switch back and forth between screens just to see a UI change, so if I keep one monitor open with the UI and another with the code, it's just far more convenient to see changes quicker.
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After that, though, I've found adding more monitors just adds distraction, and it's too much moving my head back and forth to see things.
That's what I am trying to convey in this article.
I find it super annoying to have to switch back and forth between screens just to see a UI change
That's what I have realized from most UI folks over here. They opt to work on multiple screens to see how the changes reflect on the front-end. However, I worked before on the frontend side of projects, and I used an editor called bracket, which has a built-in feature called live preview that allows you to observe the changes while coding. I think VS code has this feature if you install the live preview extension.
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I don't mind working on one monitor sometimes but I'm definitely more efficient with two (usually one external monitor and my laptop screen). After that, though, I've found adding more monitors just adds distraction and it's too much moving my head back and forth to see things.
That said, the main reason I find two monitors to be more productive is because I mostly work on the front end. I find it super annoying to have to switch back and forth between screens just to see a UI change, so if I keep one monitor open with the UI and another with the code, it's just far more convenient to see changes quicker.
That's what I am trying to convey in this article.
That's what I have realized from most UI folks over here. They opt to work on multiple screens to see how the changes reflect on the front-end. However, I worked before on the frontend side of projects, and I used an editor called bracket, which has a built-in feature called live preview that allows you to observe the changes while coding. I think VS code has this feature if you install the live preview extension.