Ralph Shumaker wrote:
IDE? I keep seeing that term used but never spelled out, and from the
context, all I can gather is that it is some kind of special editing
program or programming environment. (I kept waiting for someone to
elaborate, but if anyone has, I've missed it, or forgotten.)
IDE--Integrated Development Environment
Generally a tool which makes perfectly serviceable command line tools
into point-and-drool idiocy.
See eclipse:
http://www.eclipse.org/
That's a bit harsh. I find Eclipse to be remarkably useful at
times--generally when I need an environment that both Windows users and
Unix users can coexist peacefully.Eclipse gives the *doze people peace
of mind and a point-and-clicky interface while invisibly running the
command line commands underneath that the *nix folks actually use.
My students all get shown how to use Eclipse and they seem to take to it
rather readily. It gives them a syntax highlighting editor, a file
manager window, a compiler window, a debugger and source control all via
point-and-drool.
When they need to do something like rename 40 files or move a text table
into a has table and start asking "Isn't there a better way?", then I
tear aside the curtain and introduce them to man behind it.
-a
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