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When was the last time any professional software developer was forced to do any real development on someone elses computer? In that case it is likely that one w
by markokocic 14y ago
When was the last time any professional software developer was forced to do any real development on someone elses computer? In that case it is likely that one will miss his keyboard, desktop shortcuts, shell aliases, browser bookmarks much more than tour ide.
- dman 14y agoSo you have never been asked for help from a junior developer whose development setup is different than yours?
- markokocic 14y agoHelp in this context means discussion, advice, him showing me what he had done, me suggesting quick solution, or talking to him what to type, similar to pair programming. If _I_ had to actually write more than few lines of code, we'd just switch to my computer.
- ShabbyDoo 14y agoWe have a standard IDE set-up for our team and require more junior devs to use it -- a least when starting out. It makes pairing with them easier.
- reeses 14y agoThe junior developer who insists on not using an IDE working with Java is precisely the one who needs the most help.