- As a beginner, programming on a slow laptop can be a real headache, especially for an impatient person like me.
- After completing coding BootCamp, I had to return the laptop leased to me by the school and turn to my old HP G62, to continue coding practices. The laptop is very slow that it takes me almost 15-25 minutes to turn it on, open chrome, and run a project from VS code. The sound it produces while I'm coding is very annoying. This can be discouraging in this 21st century.
I decided to research how I can increase my productivity and improve my laptop performance while coding and here are hacks I used to fix it.
Before, the laptop was running on Windows 10 operating system. I uninstalled it and installed Ubuntu which is very easy to use. After installation, I added 20 modifications after watching a youtube video by Linux Tex to better its performance. Here is the link. But you can add more.
After adding the changes, I reduced the number of programs and chrome tabs opened at a time while coding. I also avoided opening different programs at the same time and allowed them time to load one at a time. Removed the battery and used it while on a charge also to reduce the number of programs the laptop executed
- Learning to use online code editors has really saved me big time. I do my Reactjs on CodeSandBox and it works the same as my favorite VS code which I had to give up on for a while. Other online text editors I use often are Codepen and Replit.(You can collaborate on replit too).
With these few tricks, you can also boost your performance.