An IDE is sometimes used as band-aid for bad design. I use an IDE for convenience, but try to make my code not depend on it. It's said that the time it takes to

An IDE is sometimes used as band-aid for bad design. I use an IDE for convenience, but try to make my code not depend on it. It's said that the time it takes to type the code is a very small part of software development. Yet programmers are lazy and would write the short-hand if one is available. I think it's best to learn one language, and one code-base well - if you want to be productive. (or maybe become bored) There is a trend in software, that things get dumbed down, and locked down. It shouldn't take 15 years to become productive, but if you aim for one month or less, you would have to sacrifice a lot.