Thanks for making my thoughts more clear Calvin. This is what I was getting at.
In a race car, you need a vehicle that has the right balance of speed/power and maneuverability for your style of driving. In an IDE, you need an application with the right balance of features and speed/efficiency for your style of development. I think the analogy is pretty sound. --Ferg -----Original Message----- From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 1:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: What's your setup for multiple developers I would disagree with this. IDEs have a number of measurable properties, such as speed to startup, speed to open a file, speed to save a file, features or lack of features, such as built in diff, integration with source control or code trust to name a few. - Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 1:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: What's your setup for multiple developers <snip> > An IDE can make as much difference in a programmer as a > better car can make for a racer. I HATE that I just used a > racing analogy, but it fit. I don't think this analogy is particularly fitting, actually. Cars have measurable properties which make them better or worse for racing - speed, turning ability, and so on. Development tools don't, in many cases. The efficiency of an IDE has more to do with how closely it matches the workflow and thought patterns of the developer using it than with any metrics you can measure. <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202662 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
