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The survey says "the asked 500 leading software developers from around the world". So, this is more about rock-star programmers and such, not people using .NET

The survey says "the asked 500 leading software developers from around the world". So, this is more about rock-star programmers and such, not people using .NET/VS in the enterprise. Especially as it talks about companies with <= 100 employees. Probably people more like the Miguel De Icaza, Jeff Atwood etc types that probably use Vim/Emacs or such to work with .NET. Even so, so many people using Notepad++? WTF?

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mbowcock 15y ago
I'd be surprised to see a large number of 'rock star' devs using Eclipse.
- dextorious 15y ago
  Well, at least a large number of rock star devs created it, the OTI team was quite influential in its prime, Dave Thomas et al (not of Prag. Programmers fame).
xer0 15y ago
"Even so, so many people using Notepad++? WTF?" I've seen more than a handful of really smart developers use notepad, even without the ++. It's always surprising, but there's probably a lesson to learn.
- johnthedebs 15y ago
  I've seen...really smart developers use notepad...there's probably a lesson to learn. I find that really hard to believe, and I can't imagine what the lesson would be. It's akin to a NASCAR driver driving a Camry. It's true that the tools don't make the dev, but if what you say is true those devs are just hampering themselves.
jc4p 15y ago
What's wrong with Notepad++? Notepad++ is the Windows equivalent of Coda or TextMate, it's one of the first things I install every time I'm on a Windows machine. I can get my Notepad++ themes off my source-control and have the exact same look/feel on whatever machine I am, and it has FTP/SFTP, Subversion, and more recently, Git plugins available too. Oh I probably should say that I don't disagree that the survey is very biased (just look at the sample size), but Notepad++ is one of the only few things on that list I'm not shocked to see.
- dextorious 15y ago
  I've used Notepad++ on my Windows days. It's nothing like Coda (which is itself limited), or TextMate. Hence my reaction. It's more like a dumbed down version of TextWrangler.
  - Roedou 15y ago
    At the risk of asking an often-repeated question: I use Notepad++ - at the moment this is predominantly Python + HTML/CSS/JS If not Notepad++, what else should I be looking at?

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mbowcock 15y ago

I'd be surprised to see a large number of 'rock star' devs using Eclipse.

dextorious 15y ago
Well, at least a large number of rock star devs created it, the OTI team was quite influential in its prime, Dave Thomas et al (not of Prag. Programmers fame).

xer0 15y ago

"Even so, so many people using Notepad++? WTF?" I've seen more than a handful of really smart developers use notepad, even without the ++. It's always surprising, but there's probably a lesson to learn.

johnthedebs 15y ago
I've seen...really smart developers use notepad...there's probably a lesson to learn. I find that really hard to believe, and I can't imagine what the lesson would be. It's akin to a NASCAR driver driving a Camry. It's true that the tools don't make the dev, but if what you say is true those devs are just hampering themselves.

jc4p 15y ago

What's wrong with Notepad++? Notepad++ is the Windows equivalent of Coda or TextMate, it's one of the first things I install every time I'm on a Windows machine. I can get my Notepad++ themes off my source-control and have the exact same look/feel on whatever machine I am, and it has FTP/SFTP, Subversion, and more recently, Git plugins available too. Oh I probably should say that I don't disagree that the survey is very biased (just look at the sample size), but Notepad++ is one of the only few things on that list I'm not shocked to see.

dextorious 15y ago
I've used Notepad++ on my Windows days. It's nothing like Coda (which is itself limited), or TextMate. Hence my reaction. It's more like a dumbed down version of TextWrangler.
- Roedou 15y ago
  At the risk of asking an often-repeated question: I use Notepad++ - at the moment this is predominantly Python + HTML/CSS/JS If not Notepad++, what else should I be looking at?