Good rant ;-) On Jan 21, 2008 1:13 PM, Jonathan Rockway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 13:35 +0300, dreel wrote: > > I'm using Eclipse. I'm so tired to write code in notepad-like editors > and switching between Terminal windows to debug. > > I've tried to use Vi for Win32 but my Win-oriented brain doesn't > understand it ( > > Like anything, it takes practice to get used to. I "used" emacs for > years before I was good at it. You just have to be dedicated... learn > one thing and consciously remember to use it when you have a chance (and > if you remember after you do something manually, undo that and try doing > it automatically). When you've mastered that, you open up the manual, > scan it for something interesting and then learn that. Repeat for 10 > years. Every day you will become more and more efficient, which makes > it easier for you to concentrate on writing your program, not typing it > into the computer. > > At this point, I've learned emacs well enough to have it syntax-check my > code automatically, switch to any file in a project with just a few > keystrokes (even if the file has a long name), switch to any other > project in a few keystrokes, automatically maintain my Makefile.PLs, > help me resolve test failures, show me documentation for any module I'm > using, etc. The point is, a little time investing in a real editor will > mean that you spend most of your time thinking about intelligent things, > not which menu to move your mouse to. Can eclipse do that? If not, can > you make it? If the answer's no, you're wasting your time. > > It's the same reason we use Perl... there's a lot of syntax to learn, > but that little bit of learning saves thousands of hours over the span > over your career (compared to, say, Java or PHP). > > </rant> > > Regards, > Jonathan Rockway > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > > -- Nothing is ever easy
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