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I've never understood peoples dislike for IDE's When I started programming my IDE was a "C:\>", thats it, just 4 letters and a crap load of .BAT files that was
by cl8ton 15y ago
I've never understood peoples dislike for IDE's
When I started programming my IDE was a "C:\>", thats it, just 4 letters and a crap load of .BAT files that was different on every developers machine.
Today I use VS2010 and can honestly say I am hundreds times more productive.
"This in turns clutters the interface and goes against the simplicity they advertise."
Sure it's a big IDE with lots of options but when you finaly tune it to your tastes, it fits like a glove and stays out of the way.
Every toolbar and menu can be configured with what you want and made to hide and fly out when commanded.
- jgw 15y agoInteresting data point: I know a good guy who's a lead developer on one of MSFT's very large and visible projects. I was stunned to learn that he uses vim - in his words, "the best development environment on earth." Very recently, he gave it up and succumbed to VS, because he found that for programming on Azure, he couldn't get by without it any more.
- zackzackzack 15y agoReplace IDE with emacs and I feel the same way. Sure, it's confusing and slow when you first start, but once you customize it and get a flow going, you are a god. For a while I was against IDE's (or really anything that wasn't emacs), but that passed. Whatever helps you get done what you need to get done best is best for you.