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Coders, what is your workflow on Linux (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Croquette to c/[email protected]

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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 :

Code in VsCode
Build in CMake
Transfer the app through scp on the target with a custom script (target is running petalinux, which is yocto + Xilinx recipes)
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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tmux + nvim for editing code and bspwm for a fully keyboard only workflow. I have some keybinds in tmux to open a new pane and run cargo or whatever command is necessary to run the code.

[–] Croquette 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long have you been using nvim/vim in general?

I have to use vi/vim from time to time for basic editing (like on petalinux for example), but it is quite intimidating to get into. I'm already over my head right now, so adding a new learning curve might not be the best timing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had to use vi for work (only editor installed on the servers), and it snowballed and now I can barely type in anything that doesn't have vim bindings.

The first few days were pretty rough, but I learned the absolute minimal basics, and then just organically learned features as I needed them/whenever I felt like what I was doing was tedious, and there had to be a better way. It's been about 10 years, and I'm still learning!

One small suggestion, check YouTube for videos of people showing off vim features, e.g. https://youtu.be/5r6yzFEXajQ. You won't remember everything from one watch, but it'll help you see what is possible/how powerful vim is, which can guide your "this is so painful how do I make this better" searches down the line.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/5r6yzFEXajQ

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] Croquette 1 points 1 year ago

Someone suggested vim adventures to learn vim so I will look into that for sure. I really like the proposition of the Vim.l workflow, but I need to set time aside right now that I don't have. But once my project is started properly, I will definitely dive into Vim