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I still totally disagree with both of these comments, although I read them a couple of times and tried to shake my "this is my opinion" view. I think it's REALL
by jenius 15y ago
I still totally disagree with both of these comments, although I read them a couple of times and tried to shake my "this is my opinion" view. I think it's REALLY important for devs to learn command line.
The only situation in which I could claim to agree with this is if there is a super hard core and time intensive task where there is no room for learning at all, and all that matters is that a product gets out as fast as humanly possible. If that's your situation and you can't handle command line, so be it go for a GUI. But if your free time I still think you should be practicing command line.
- jwhite 15y agoI think it's REALLY important for devs to learn the command line too. But not everyone on the project who needs to interact with revision control is necessarily a developer. They may not have the background and skills to come to grips with the command line.
- samarudge 15y agoIf someone is joining a company to work full time, I can see how teaching them to use the tools "correctly" is good, and new skills are always a plus, but I frequently work on projects with freelancers whom I will only speak to for 4/6/8 weeks then they'll move on, particularly with javascript/frontend devs and designers it's tough enough to get them to use version tracking correctly with something 'point-and-click' (GitHub for Mac etc.), if I told them they had to learn how to use the command line too, they'd ether tell me to go away or increase their fee. People /should/ know how to use the command line, even if they prefer to use other tools daily, but often it's not practical to force people to use it.