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Hmm. I'm not buying it. Sure, stand-alone developer tools mighte be collecting dust, but many tools are simply baked into the things we develop with. * Extens
by SkyPuncher 6y ago
Hmm. I'm not buying it.
Sure, stand-alone developer tools mighte be collecting dust, but many tools are simply baked into the things we develop with.
* Extensive debugging tools are now built into browsers.
* Most popular languages have extensive linters, formatters, and code quality tools.
* Tools like Hot Loading and Live View simply become part of the language you're using. Heck, Hasura and Postgraphile are essentially just a set of tools with some very intelligent wiring.
* Profiling is basically standard on all popular languages
* Storyboard and component driven design means you can quickly translate a lot of design work to code.
The list goes on and on and on.
- actuallyalys 6y agoI think your points are complementary to the article. It does seem like if a tool reaches a certain popularity threshold, programmers start porting it to every language and environment under the sun. And that often takes the form of building things in to larger tools. But the academic tools this post highlights are typically standalone and haven't reached that threshold. My suspicion is that the author's point applies most to academic tools that have trouble reaching a critical mass.