Good references from Peopleware and Steve Yegge! As for IDEs and mousing: I hate when I have to reach for the mouse - I try to do as much as I can with keyboar

Good references from Peopleware and Steve Yegge! As for IDEs and mousing: I hate when I have to reach for the mouse - I try to do as much as I can with keyboard short-cuts. I'm currently using Intellij IDEA for Java coding, and it is definitely possible to do a lot without the mouse. The big advantage is navigation. Most of the time for me is spent navigating the existing code, and there Intellij IDEA really shines compared to just a text editor. I've written this up in more detail here: http://henrikwarne.com/2012/06/17/programmer-productivity-emacs-versus-intellij-idea/ http://henrikwarne.com/2012/06/17/programmer-productivity-em...