Web development in Linux

Just a quick post on what I use for some simple web development projects;

1. Web Developer Toolbar
   • It's actually a Firefox plugin that has plenty of useful tools. My favorites among other are Disable Cache, View Style Information, Display Ruler, Resize Window… I can say I love and use most of the features it has.
2. Firebug
   • It has some powerful features (though sometimes redundant with Web Developer Toolbar) to view, edit, debug, monitor CSS, HTML, and Javascript. It support plugins to make it even more powerful, and useful.
3. Vim
   • It's a powerful text editor with many useful features; too many to be listed here. The keybindings are just superb, and the screenshot is displaying split screen support.  It's perfect for text editing while on remote shell connection.
4. Screen
   • Screen is useful for creating virtual terminals and the ability to somewhat do session management. I can easily create virtual terminals, switch between them, and detach when I am to log out from a remote machine. When I get back to the machine, I can attach back to the previous Screen session, and I can continue with where I have left.
5. Multiple desktop support
   • Most Linux desktop environment supports multiple desktops. In my case I'm using Gnome which I set to have 4 desktops (or maybe it's called workspace). Other than this one desktop,  1 is set for me to work on Gimp and the graphic stuffs, another for non-work-related stuff such as Pidgin, Skype and my jukebox. Your preferences might vary.

These were not on the screenshot, but were actually in the setup;

• Linux
  • Most if not all the mentioned softwares are native Linux application. Not compulsory.
• Firefox
  • It's a web browser that supports the plugins mentioned.
• Multiple, big monitors
  • I am using 2 * 22" monitor, with effective resolution of 3360*1080. Can't imagine working on a 1024*768 screen anymore.

In general, I found it very useful to have a big workspace. Big monitor screens with high effective resolutions coupled with multiple desktops are just perfect.

What is your setup for web development?