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One click install java IDE and compiler. One click install C IDE and compiler. One click install Erlange IDE and compiler. And so on and so forth.
by Dilpil 18y ago
One click install java IDE and compiler.
One click install C IDE and compiler.
One click install Erlange IDE and compiler.
And so on and so forth.
- Mystalic 18y agoIt can be complicated for a non-techie to even set up an apache server on their computer. We'd probably have a couple more good programmers in this world just by breaking down that barrier.
- Dilpil 18y agoIndeed let me add: One click web development IDE.
- axod 18y agoYou don't think there are enough idiots who shouldn't be programming using php and javascript?
- netcan 18y agoHence MAMP
- tdavis 18y agoI would argue that someone destined to be a good programmer would have the ingenuity and drive to install a freakin' compiler and IDE. It isn't exactly rocket science.
- axod 18y ago"We'd probably have a couple more good programmers in this world just by breaking down that barrier." Couple more mediocre/bad programmers.
- silentbicycle 18y agoEverybody starts somewhere.
- axod 18y agoSome people should never start. It's hard enough to tell the good programmers from the ridiculously bad programmers as it is.
- silentbicycle 18y agoI have mixed feelings about the sentiment, but mostly I feel like making setting up a development environment confusing probably isn't the best way to weed people out. Besides, a recent CS graduate who can't install Eclipse on their own is one thing, but a bright kid with books about programming from the public library that wants to move from QBASIC to C is another thing entirely.
- oakmac 18y agoThis is an excellent idea! Anything that lowers barriers to accessibility is a good thing.
- axod 18y agoHorrible horrible idea. If you can't install an IDE(Why are you using an IDE anyway), and compiler, you're probably not going to make a good developer.