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Why does it have to be lumped into IDE? Both could be written as standalone utilities that your favorite editor can call. I think IDEs hurt innovation in devel
by azov 14y ago
Why does it have to be lumped into IDE? Both could be written as standalone utilities that your favorite editor can call.
I think IDEs hurt innovation in development tools more than almost anything else. They are like crack for your workflow - easy to get started with, but once you're on them you're stuck. Plugging in better tools into existing IDE is a big PIA if possible at all, and rewriting the whole IDE is a huge undertaking for any company who wants to make your life better.
- wvenable 14y agoMy IDE has more plugins installed than my web browser! Standalone utilities generally have poorer UI and require more effort to find and run.
- joelhooks 14y agoThe core of JetBrains tech is a well built, performant, pluggable foundation that makes them incredibly responsive when it comes to new tools, languages, features, fixes, etc
- pjmlp 14y agoI have been using IDEs since the MS-DOS days and my life is way better with them than without. Using vim, emacs and similar always leaves a taste of doing a time travel to the early days of UNIX using text terminals.
- _pmf_ 14y ago> Why does it have to be lumped into IDE? Both could be written as standalone utilities that your favorite editor can call. Yes. And it has been done. Over and over, each approach crappier than the next. I'm using Eclipse/CDT; it's really shitty, but sadly still more usable than Vim for large (-ish) projects.