> Now I just remember most of the definitions or quickly look them up and combine the usage of console applications like grep, find, sed, etc. This sounds stri

> Now I just remember most of the definitions or quickly look them up and combine the usage of console applications like grep, find, sed, etc. This sounds strictly worse than what IDEs have to offer (I am thinking specifically about C++). > Now I just remember most of the definitions or quickly look them up May I ask with which languages you work and how large the code bases are? Personally, I work with what I'd call medium-sized C or C++ code bases (100k - 200k LOC) with hundreds of functions/methods. There is no way I can remember their signatures. When I start typing a method, my IDE will immediately show all the possible overloads with their parameters. When I hit F2, it immediately jumps to the definition. I seriously can't imagine how abandoning these features could make me more productive. I'm always stumped when I hear people saying they are more productive in a text editor, even if they had already tried IDEs. I honestly like to understand how this is possible.