1) Look at docs in one pane and code in another
2) Look at some combination of the model/view/controller triad at the same time
3) Look at a header file and the implementation file
4) Work on a rake (for example) task while seeing the code it will run
5) Look at two different spots in the same file
edit 6) work on a javascript file next to the HTML page it's used in
7) look at a class and its superclass at the same time
8) look at a class and the code that's calling it at the same time
1) Look at docs in one pane and code in another
2) Look at some combination of the model/view/controller triad at the same time
3) Look at a header file and the implementation file
4) Work on a rake (for example) task while seeing the code it will run
5) Look at two different spots in the same file
edit 6) work on a javascript file next to the HTML page it's used in
7) look at a class and its superclass at the same time
8) look at a class and the code that's calling it at the same time