skdotdan

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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   Great answer. Thank you very much.
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   Wow, I didn't expect so many replies! Thank you very much! I will read (and re-read) all of them.
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   That's very true, but it seems to me that today Jetbrains IDEs are becoming a sort of standard. They have even an IDE for Go.
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   I appreciate your advice. I will try to apply it! I've already automated some tasks. However, I find it difficult to write useful bash commands that I will reuse later. Maybe I should learn a scripting programming language.
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   I only do it sometimes. I don't see it as an alternative, but as a bonus. It's nice to be able to quickly edit a file and commit to your giy repository. However, I'm not very fast at it, because you have to use Vim or Emacs.
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   Okay. Thank you.
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   I will take a look at Tower, thanks! I know that I should try both, but which should I start with first? Because in order to be able to really try a tool such as Vim, I reckon that you have to spend at leat several months. So maybe the orde
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   Thank you for your answer. I see. Sometimes, CLI is my only option (when I code on my Android tablet, with Termux).
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   by skdotdan 10y ago

   Thank you very much for your comment! Maybe my original post focused too much on productivity. It's very true that it makes no sense to be worried about these things when I'm still a beginner. However: "It's pretty hard
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    First of all, I appreciate your comment. I haven't decided if I will try to learn Vim or Emacs, yet. I'm still in a previous phase: should I prioritize improving my command line/terminal editors skills or mastering the Jetbra
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    Thank you for your explanation. So, even a full IDE can't achieve true refactoring.
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    Ok, I see. Good point. Thank you.
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    I see. Thank you for your advice. However, while it's true that some programmers are (too) locked in their IDE, maybe this allow them to focus on the code itself, in a more abstract way.
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    Could you expand on that? I understand that with Vim I will be able to quickly find and replace words, but I will never be able to truly refactor, because it requires powerful code analysis that only an IDE can do and a Vim plugin can'
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    I really appreciate your recommendation. So, I should definitely learn both, but start with the IDE way, because it's easier.
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    by skdotdan 10y ago

    Thanks for your reply. My passion is actually coding. Although I'm still a noob, I find it very interesting and I really want to be a good programmer. However, I'm pretty slow at translating my thoughts to code. Not only because I
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    Ask HN: Should I invest time on mastering the command line or the Jetbrains IDE?

    32 points by skdotdan 10y ago|86 comments