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The Build Button

At Code and Coffee yesterday, Tim Wingfield suggested that I blog about my Build Button, so here it is.

A while back I got myself a Griffin Technologies PowerMate.  This device is designed as a multimedia controller.  Read: Volume knob.  It has six events:

  • Turn left
  • Turn right
  • Press
  • Press and hold
  • Press and turn left
  • Press and turn right

 I left the Turn left and turn right events violume for Media Player, but I set Press to be <CTRL> + <SHIFT> + B

That's right, build, baby.

So, when I get to finidh a method, I can just up and smack the button, and the project compiles.  It's quite an experience.  I used to have Press and hold set to <F5> but now I think I will have it run the unit tests since that is how I tend to develop these days.

Any, it's not a cheap thrill at $45, but I still think it is worth it.

By the by - i also have an Optimus Mini Three, which I recommend for the remarkably high geek factor.

 

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