XMonad spawn programs on startup in specified workspace

Question

I am trying to configure my xmonad.hs so that when I start my session I start an array of different programs on different workspaces (like Terminal in 1 ; Firef

Answer 1

The common way is to use startupHook which takes X () action and performs it on each startup. E.g.

main = xmonad $ defaultConfig
  { startupHook = do
      spawnOn "workspace1" "program1"
      …
      spawnOn "workspaceN" "programN"
  }