Yeah this is totally a Lightsaber IDE discussion... (Go here for a solid intro http://lightsaberide.com/)
Tim Erickson and I already got STFU and Code created but I'm thinking about creating a much more experimental IDE one that is specific to my domain as a C# or Ruby developer. Imagine if your IDE had practically no concept of text files. No folders... Just namespaces, classes, methods, fields, etc. What would that feel like? How would version control change? I somewhat view it as applying DDD for programmers. Now, of course there are MANY benefits to having our source code in text files... MANY MANY benefits... There are also some pain points (come on you've felt them before) so I can't help but wonder. What if? Bobby Johnson already proposed an awesome feature idea for STFU and Code. Using Gists as a place to store the source code. Bloody brilliant. Going to an even further extreme (I love taking ideas to their extremes until they break down)... I'd like to apply an extremely simplistic take on C# to my IDE. Given that programming speed is not my constraint but understanding is, what would happen if I added each statement individually? Like a button on a window for editing a method call that says "Add Statement". Further add to that that I'll have the ability to call all methods "messages" (it's my editor wrapped around my own mental model) and I can also ensure my editor has no way to use properties... Adding dependencies to a class could be called "Add Observers"... I don't have the problems solved but that's where I'm heading.. Some place really REALLY weird and possibly not useful, though definitely interesting and worth discussion. What y'all think of that direction? Optimist Primes help me brain storm, Negatrons feel free to bring it hard! I don't have any ego in this one just think it would turn my whole world upside down just to try it. :D Thanks guys! Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
