On a lighter note - What equipment do you use to develop?

This isn't a performance type of question, or whose CPU is bigger, but I'm more interested in knowing what people use out there as far as monitor setups go.

The root of the question stems from working in large package where there are many components laid out on the work flow. What do you use to work with large layouts? I constantly find it troubling to view enough of my package and am always zooming out to see more of the package. However, when doing that, the text becomes unreadable, of course.

I currently use a dual-monitor setup using my laptop and a LCD flat screen.

Resolutions on the laptop is 1920 x 1200 and the LCD monitor is 1280 x 1024. This helps to keep windows and output screens on one monitor while keeping the work flow on the other. Even still, I wish I had more screen real estate.

So, what say you?

I'm a consultant/contractor most of the time and I find that very few companies "get it".

I would be more productive with 3 monitors, but I usually only get 1 and usually only a small one at that. You might as well ask me to work with one hand tied behind my back or use only my index finger.

Ironic, considering companies pay more for consulting/contracting.

-- Benda

Currently using one 17" lcd monitor set to 1280 x 1024

|||How many objects do you have in your data flow at max ?

I have 40 in one of my packages and I use single monitor with the draggable scroller (I dont know what to call that) it is located at the junction of both the scrollbars. And it works for me. In the debug mode, I use to scroll as the control goes down.|||I have two monitors (1 @. 1400 x 1050, 1 @. 1280 x 1024). Most of our packages are less than 25 tasks, though the data flows get pretty large occasionally. Our packages that drive the overall process, on the other hand, can have 100+ Execute Package tasks in them.|||

Fahad349 wrote:

How many objects do you have in your data flow at max ?

As few as possible. Its rare that I have more than about ten. I prefer to go for many data-flows with few components rather than few data-flows with many components - thus I make heavy use of raw files.

To be honest though, rarely do you have the choice. Its the requirement that you are trying to fulfill that determines the complexity.

-Jamie

|||I have dual monitors @. 1600x1200, but I generally only use one of them for SSIS development. I agree with Jamie about data flow size and for performance/memory/restartability reasons keep my data flows as small as possible. For control flows I use collapsible sequence containers to group tasks and can hide those I'm not interested in. I can't say I ever wish for more real estate, and I never zoom.
|||I use my lappy 99% of the time, and the 17" screen with 1440x900 resolution is good but not great. I prefer to work at home on the 24" LCD with 1920x1200.

Scrolling isn't that much of a pain for me. I keep my pacakges flow to minimums. Next laptop will have better resolution screen.

Wes