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I don't code that much, but,
whenever i'm programming something,
i always need one of the following;

1. A GIANT glass of Sunny Delight
2. A Corndog :]
3. Cold Pizza
4. Elevator Music

Elevator music.? What?
Well if i turn on music i listen to on a regular basis,
i usually end up not paying attention, and just singing in
unison with the song.

Elevator music keeps things going at a steady pace,
but its nothing i'd get up and rock out to.
Perfection XD

Anything you need in particular?

techno helps for me. i end up typin to the rhythm...

and a direct alt+tab to either W3 schools or the Java API.
but this is mostly for homework.

i keep food away from my desktop, mostly out of habit and hygiene.

I don't need much:

1. Music (hard rock, mostly)
2. A computer
3. Notepad ++
4. A real server / wamp
5. Milk / water / coke / redbull. Any drink will do.

I need:
1) A computer.
2) A chunk of time.

At 6/4/08 08:29 PM, kernalphage wrote: techno helps for me. i end up typin to the rhythm...

and a direct alt+tab to either W3 schools or the Java API.
but this is mostly for homework.

i keep food away from my desktop, mostly out of habit and hygiene.

heh you have a point,
but luckily enough, i never spill any
food or drink near my computer.
i'm no fatass
[high metabolism]
but i cant do anything
brain-oriented on the computer
without some good food.

i'm just glad i exercise lol.

Ice cold drink, a little music, and FOCUS.

google for back up, music helps, a good IDE helps, such as JCreator Pro, unless I am game developing in flash, then i just need a good idea, and focus too like the other guy.

Notepad++
Pad of paper and pen.
Music (it varies from day to day).
Usually something to drink, either water or beer depending on the time of day.

That's about it.

i dont really code much, but when i was doing the php for a site of mine, i just had:
- Music (rock, metal)
- Snacks!
- Lots of time :P

A drink
techno/rave/DnB music
Cold room, hate the heat.
Something to distract me, if i program without stopping i start missing obvious things, if i have MSN or chat running also, i have a nice little distraction.

Motivation and Coffee.

One out of two isn't bad I guess; 's very nice coffee.

1. Beer
2. Music (black-/death-/powermetal) gets the energy kicking
3. Visual Studio
4. A keyboard.

And I'm ready to go :P

Time
Water
Something to eat
More time
Motivation

That's about it.

Computer
Glasses
Water
Music (nothing too upbeat but must have a good beat e.g. Mobb Deep - The Infamous)
A decent IDE
And NO DISTRACTIONS (e.g. I should be coding right now but the internet is a distraction so I'm not, also I don't really feel like it)

the following is a must have before I can even think about programming:

2 pounds of freshly steamed salmon
1 abacus
Any song by Johann Sebastian Bach
3 jumbo condoms
1 glass of water

programming miracles will happen with this lethal combination.

At 6/5/08 09:52 AM, Seachmall wrote: A decent IDE

I've no idea why, but reading that made me think of this: http://xkcd.com/378/.

I dont need anything except the obvious things like a computer and test enviroment.

Everything else is just nice to have and makes the job easier / comfortable.

i've noticed that i work better/faster with headphones on, so i guess you could count that?
an album to listen to, it annoys me if shuffle puts a song im not in the mood for on and i'm constantly changing while coding
motivation
dr pepper

blah

Carton of fresh fruit juice or alternatively Pepsi.
Good music (but not always, depends, something like DCFC, RHCP, Fair etc)
Notepad, Fireworks and Dreamweaver
That's about it

Oh, and:

A good keyboard.

At 6/5/08 10:08 AM, greenkube wrote: the following is a must have before I can even think about programming:

2 pounds of freshly steamed salmon
1 abacus
Any song by Johann Sebastian Bach
3 jumbo condoms
1 glass of water

programming miracles will happen with this lethal combination.

*applauds*
best answer. lol.

Heavy metal and the nesacary to program in the first place.

A keyboard with a big delete key (not backspace, that can be normal size) with a standard layout. it absolutely must have a proper num-pad, i cannot stand labtop layouts! And a good mouse, i hate navigating code solely with keys (evil labtop experiances again)

Anything extra is unnecesary, but a few nice additions is any music i enjoy listening to, and something to distract me from actually doing any work ;)

What I need:
1) Small pad of paper and pencil to brainstorm design ideas.
2) A few bottles of beer.
3) Logitech keyboard and mouse.
4) A Mac with TextWrangler, Fireworks, Firefox, and Google.
5) Some metalcore/death metal (depends on mood).
6) An AIM client open to provide that necessary distraction every once in a while.
7) A punching bag to relieve stress.

it absolutely must have a proper num-pad, i cannot stand labtop layouts

Get a proper laptop then. That's why I don't want anything under 17", they don't have a decent keyboard.

To add to my list, I've recently discovered it's handy to have my duvet.
I've been coding now for a good seven hours and have been slightly or fully covered in it for a good part of that.
It gives me warmth, and apparently motivation.

I find if I have coffee stuff goes a lot smoother.
But other wise I just need a decent editor. (Vim anyone?)

At 6/6/08 09:58 PM, RevNation wrote: I find if I have coffee stuff goes a lot smoother.
But other wise I just need a decent editor. (Vim anyone?)

A good text editor is definitely a necessity. I prefer TextWrangler for Mac, and Notepad++ when I'm on Windows.

Give me a 24 pack of Vault and 2 hours and I'll give you the best 50 line code ever conceived.

Not really; I'm not that bad at coding :P. But yeah:

24 pack o' Vault
TV off
Couch/Recliner
Light
Any music with a fast tempo
If no music, then I just listen to like the crickets and animals outside, until those damn birds come by and won't shut the hell up, then I have to go outside with a gun/ fireworks.

For me to code in PHP i MUST have these things::::

1) Small mouse
2) Logitech Keyboard
3) Cup of tea with 3 sugars
4) Itunes
5) dream weaver CS3
6) Firefox
7) Google
8) W3 Schools
9) warm-ish room
10) little distraction like Msn, but when you get into a big convo its sooooo Annoying!
11) bb-gun on my side - to relive stress also and to keep out my ANNOYING brother out lol