Tmux Lightning Talk @belfastruby

A very quick lightning talk I gave to Belfast Ruby on the October 2013 meet up.

You can view the slides here or view the webpage - http://www.theonlystephen.com/talk-tmux-lightning/

Transcript

1. TMUX LIGHTNING TALK Created by / Stephen McCullough @swmcc
2. TMUX - WHAT DOES IT DO? It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal. And do a lot more.
3. WHAT I USE IT FOR? Connecting to lots of servers Keeps work & 'play' separate Developing Faster feedback loop (recent)
4. CONNECTING TO LOTS OF SERVERS If you have to connect to lots of servers or even worse lots of 'tin' then tmux helps you out.
5. KEEP WORK & 'PLAY' SEPARATE I am easily distracted. I work in full screen mode. Mostly inside the terminal (depending on my mood).
6. DEVELOPING I have found tmux so useful it helps me: Keep track of my work Helps me set up projects (with helper scripts). Projects are kept in their own eco system
7. FASTER FEEDBACK LOOP A recent addition to my tmux enviros...
8. WARNINGS For the love of fuck DO NOT MAP YOUR BINDINGS TO CTRL+A it'll screw with you for months and make you fat and bald.
9. LINKS David's Tmux Cheat Sheet Tmux for Rails My Github
10. FIN BY / STEPHEN MCCULLOUGH | HTTP://SWM.CC