keefe

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1. 901.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   The difference is that microsoft deliberately enacted a monopoly and did dozens of highly questionable things just for the sake of profit. Just think about a company where the policy is, write code that is as inefficient as you like because
2. 902.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   What is the motivation for locking yourself into the micro$oft stack? Why not use Java with a javascript (jquery/yui/ext etc) front end or even (shudder) JSPs? Spring framework? Anything but .net lock in...
3. 903.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   Java! I may be in the distinct minority here and particularly prejudiced since I started with Java in 98.... Java has the best IDE (eclipse), a slew of open source libraries, Groovy if you have it up for dynamic language syntax and with JIT
4. 904.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   correct for me
5. 905.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   I do flex development as well and I think flexbuilder is the only real choice
6. 906.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   damnit...
7. 907.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   I haven't a clue this was like 99-01, it wasn't just edit distance algorithm but also all the UI code surrounding it and optimizing things for learning a foreign language. Basically it was a quiz program in (e.g.) German which compared the
8. 908.▲
   by keefe 18y ago

   I decided to put up a poll about this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=574697 maybe enough people will answer to be interesting?
9. 909.▲
   Poll HN: IDE (eclipse) or plain editor (vim, emacs) ?

   3 points by keefe 18y ago|9 comments
10. 910.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    Java - IDEs rock! Eclipse forever...
11. 911.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    Java - Editors are the best! Long Live vim!
12. 912.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    C++ - IDEs are my best friend!
13. 913.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    C++ - Editors do everything I need, forget your IDE!
14. 914.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    C - IDEs ! insert clever comment...
15. 915.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    C - editors ! but IDEs may make my code readable?
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    by keefe 18y ago

    Ruby - IDEs ! I am really out of jokes...
17. 917.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    Rudy - editors !
18. 918.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    I haven't done professional work in C++ only my thesis project which was relatively self contained and simple, so maybe I am underestimating the importance of preprocessor/template/linking magic. There is certainly a rather large barrier to
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    by keefe 18y ago

    I have no idea of why they were created, Windows certainly was the front-runner for GUI stuff. I worked at my first job doing java dev with emacs and I've been fully working on linux for the last several years and I still find eclipse to be
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    by keefe 18y ago

    I'm really not. I've done both. IDEs were created because they make it more efficient to write code, do you really think this whole line of technological development was a mistake? Even a 10-20% decrease in time on average is huge.
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    by keefe 18y ago

    I'd expect some games that had to be played with release engineering. If the code is properly modularized, this could be two separate processes where you develop your module with mock data and then deploy it into production. Is the opinion
22. 922.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    if you want to compare yourself to someone competent with an IDE, you better be a wizard
23. 923.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    I find this post highly questionable. What is so hairy about C++ for an IDE exactly? It's strongly typed and yes, if you do too much C style stuff it may be a bit harder to navigate but if you stay in a clean OO world it should be very, ver
24. 924.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    It might and your approach may be optimal already. I guess it's a question of how much the environments differ? When I am moving to a new project I try to get myself setup so I can make changes and test them as quickly as possible and it's
25. 925.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    and so imho this increases your turnaround time for changes unless you are a real wizard with your tools, which is certainly possible
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    by keefe 18y ago

    Do vim and emacs really have all the features of eclipse? Autocomplete, integration with Javadocs, automated refactoring, integration with bug tracking systems, integration with source control, full debugging inside of the server all with t
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    by keefe 18y ago

    This is a nice list! However, I really think that increasing speed of development with better tools is a cornerstone of being one of those elite programmers, and vim<<eclipse, at least for Java! I haven't done C/C++ for some time...
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    by keefe 18y ago

    I spent a year and a half as an undergraduate converting a custom C edit distance implementation into Java for a computer assisted language instruction system. This is a really nice article discussing the topic. I think the interesting face
29. 929.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    Dude, go to college! You should definitely take some online freelance work and submit to topcoder and all that. However, if you have a passion for this area and intend to spend a career in it, just bite the bullet and get a highly theoretic
30. 930.▲
    by keefe 18y ago

    I'd recommend you just not fool around with this and be straight. Say hey, you offered me X and I think I can get Y at other companies, will you offer me more or should I go elsewhere? I wouldn't mention your friend at all. There are many p