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Visual Studio is still the best IDE for me (IntelliJ gets close, but debugger is still lacking). Updates in Windows do not break graphics mode. I wrote a cust

Visual Studio is still the best IDE for me (IntelliJ gets close, but debugger is still lacking). Updates in Windows do not break graphics mode. I wrote a custom tiling WM for Windows, and can't find Linux replacement (predefined layouts, tabs, multimonitor support, free-float allowed, also widgets). A few years ago Ubuntu still had problems with multiple displays on Nvidia driver. Recent: me & my friend do deep learning. I am on Windows and he is on Ubuntu. When I run an experiment, OS is responsive. When he does, DE slows down to a crawl. Looks like OS does not schedule GPU.

iamcreasy 5y ago
I have heard about it before about debugger but I've only used Intellj. Can you please elaborate on what I am missing out?
- lostmsu 5y ago
  I have not used IDEA for a couple of years now: - "Set next statement" is a biggie: when you see a variable have incorrect value at the end of the function, you can just move the "next statement" pointer back to the beginning of the function and retrace it without letting execution leave and reenter the function in program's normal flow. This also works when stack is unwinding due to an exception. Combined with Edit-And-Continue I find it more convenient than REPL. Looks like this might have been implemented at least partially in 2018 and later JetBrains products, but probably only for Python and C#. The ticket for Java was created in 2003... https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206977725-963-Set-next-statement?input_string=Debugger%20%22Set%20Next%20Statement%22 https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/po... - Mixed mode debugging, where you could debug code in multiple languages (usually C++ and C#): helps a lot with interop code. Others are just UI or convenience differences, which are opinionated.
josephferano 5y ago
What's this custom tiling VM? Do you have it up on GitHub?
- lostmsu 5y ago
  It is listed in the profile. I am currently considering making it open source, but not there yet.

iamcreasy 5y ago

I have heard about it before about debugger but I've only used Intellj. Can you please elaborate on what I am missing out?

lostmsu 5y ago
I have not used IDEA for a couple of years now: - "Set next statement" is a biggie: when you see a variable have incorrect value at the end of the function, you can just move the "next statement" pointer back to the beginning of the function and retrace it without letting execution leave and reenter the function in program's normal flow. This also works when stack is unwinding due to an exception. Combined with Edit-And-Continue I find it more convenient than REPL. Looks like this might have been implemented at least partially in 2018 and later JetBrains products, but probably only for Python and C#. The ticket for Java was created in 2003... https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206977725-963-Set-next-statement?input_string=Debugger%20%22Set%20Next%20Statement%22 https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/po... - Mixed mode debugging, where you could debug code in multiple languages (usually C++ and C#): helps a lot with interop code. Others are just UI or convenience differences, which are opinionated.

josephferano 5y ago

What's this custom tiling VM? Do you have it up on GitHub?

lostmsu 5y ago
It is listed in the profile. I am currently considering making it open source, but not there yet.