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Assuming a "great programmer" is one that writes good quality code, then I don't think tools are necessarily about making you a great programmer, I think they'r
by mcrittenden 15y ago
Assuming a "great programmer" is one that writes good quality code, then I don't think tools are necessarily about making you a great programmer, I think they're more about making you a faster and happier programmer. I would probably write the exact same code in nodepad as I would in vim, but I could probably write it in significantly less time in vim, and I would be much happier and less frustrated along the way.
- pspeter3 15y agoI agree but I think people confuse happier programmer and better programmer a lot of the time.
- analyst74 15y agohappy programmer and better programmer do have high correlation though -- as better programmers tend to have more leverage on their environment to make themselves happier.
- pspeter3 15y agoTrue, but the issue is that what defines happy is up to the individual programmer and articles that try to define it just lead to generating debate, ex. vi vs. emacs.