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> Exploring the impact of code style in identifying good programmers Perhaps the paper should be re-titled "Exploring the impact of code style in identifying p
by traceroute66 4y ago
> Exploring the impact of code style in identifying good programmers
Perhaps the paper should be re-titled "Exploring the impact of code style in identifying programmers who can configure their IDE"
Modern IDEs have hundreds of knobs and dials you can tweak so that your code can confirm to any style you fancy.
Therefore if you are identifying programmers by coding style, what you are most likely doing is identifying people who can correctly configure an IDE.
Or, in other words, identifying people who can RTFM. ;-)
- lifeisstillgood 4y agoHonestly I am moving to a work-mandated IDE (very modern) and all I want is a big button saying "turn off all the helpers". I am I suspect being grouchy, but I don't think that saving me some typing strokes is worth all that effort. I love linting and really like real-time linting and syntax catching. But they usually just underline my typos. Anything else (like trying to prevent me from making the typos as I type, or worse adding in brackets just annoys me. I don't want to invest time in learning an IDE with a million knobs - i can write my own functions if I see the need - just mostly I need to work on actual work.
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y agoIf it's anything from JetBrains, enable power save mode (ctrl+shift+a → power save mode → enter), it will get you 90% there with a single "button".