Coders, what is your workflow on Linux

Hello,

I installed Ubuntu a few months ago on my work laptop and I’ve been running and loving it since.

However, I am used to VsCode, so this is what I am using in Ubuntu as well.

So I am curious, what kind of coding so you do? And what is your workflow.

I am an embedded firware developper and mainly use C. I am cross compiling my code in VsCode for a FPGA from Xilinx (dual core arm + PL)

Never dove into make files and cmake more than what I needed in the past, but I had an opportunity to learn CMake and build a project from it.

So my workflow is :

  1. Code in VsCode
  2. Build in CMake
  3. Transfer the app through scp on the target with a custom script (target is running petalinux, which is yocto + Xilinx recipes)
  4. Use gdb server to debug the code.

It’s a pretty simple workflow, but I’d like to know what you guys are running so that I can maybe upgrade my workflow.

why,

I mainly write C. I really like Intellij Clion because it uses CMake as project files. It also makes tools like valgrind, perf and gdb available without having to go to the terminal.

andruid,

I do DevSecOps/SysAdmin type stuff mostly so vscode with devcontainers being pushed into gitlab-ci for checks and deployments (Ansible, terraform, k8s manifests, helm charts, docker files and occasionally back to my roots with sh and python scripts as needed).

Sometimes though I just toolbox my devcontainers and work client out of there and vim, when I’m just trying stuff out.

nitefox,

CLion for Rust/C++, VS Code for web dev stuff

russjr08,
@russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net avatar

I’m currently running Fedora Kinoite, via the Universal Blue kinoite-nvidia image.

A lot of the stuff I personally develop is done in Java/Kotlin, so for those projects I use IntelliJ (via the JetBrains “All Products Pack”) to work. For everything else such as Rust which I’ve been slowly trying to get into, or PHP which I sometimes write for work I tend to use Neovim because its simple enough. I suspect as I start to build bigger projects in Rust I’ll start using it through IntelliJ or CLion to have access to a nice debugging environment, but so far the little bit of debugging that I’ve needed can be done through rust-gdb.

Its a nice simple workflow, and Fedora already has podman installed for when I’m utilizing Docker as well which is nice.

vaalla,

I mostly write rust now, but this workflow was finetuned over years. Use 2 terminals each on a diferent monitor, one runs neovim and the other is for building/running. If the project is a bit more complex, I will run it in a docker container( maybe mount the /etc/shadow and frieds so all artefacts are created using the same user as in the outside) . Developed a bunch of tools over the years to optimise this:

  • a ‘package manager’ in bash so I have a folder for each project/context. One for work, one common, one for the server stuff like this. All are in PATH.
  • parterm - remote control for the terminal so i can start a build from neovim in a different terminal.
  • ‘ndock’ - at work I use a bunch of branches, this script will set up a few envs and then start a docker in a folder coresponding to that branch.

At my old job had to work on a remote vm so I setup sshfs for a while, but was slow and just moved all my tools there.

I have a pattern where i put all my projects in ~/dev/<project><branch> and all info related to a task in ~/dev/<project>/bugs/<issue_nr>. This is usefull because I can have scripts the work similar for different projects with small changes. For example to run my binary with the config for a issue i just do

<pre style="background-color:#ffffff;">
<span style="color:#323232;">ndock <branch>
</span><span style="color:#323232;">nr <issue nr>
</span>

This will start docker or connect to an existing one for that branch if available, compile the code, run my binary with the config present in the bug folder. In the last few month started running it with rr to be sure i can debug any random issue.

vsh,

For python:

  • Pycharm with integrated git For web dev and game dev:
  • vscode with GitHub desktop or integrated git, XAMPP if I’m doing back end
danhab99,
@danhab99@programming.dev avatar

$mod+enter vim enter Ctrl+p [type a part of the name of the file I want] O [write code]

dawwwsh,

I tend to prefer Jetbrains editors (CLion, Rider, WebStorm) for projects, and just nano/micro for config editing and such…

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