The most important reason to use anything else than vi is that you can do step-by-step debugging with the more advanced tools.
Developing code without a debugger is like, well, not so efficient. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Tuesday 21 September 2010 13:00:29 Tim Schofield wrote: > On 21 September 2010 10:22, mugisha moses <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > >> The choice of code editor is a very personal thing. Everybody has > >> their own requirements. > > > > It may be a personal thing but a developer can only be as productive as > > the tolls he or she uses. Developing an IDE is not an easy task > > (eclipse took like $200 mil to develop) . i think maybe its about what > > you are doing . if you want just a text editor you can stick with "other > > tools" but if you really want an Integrated Development Environment > > ....then Eclipse is the best open source tool for python > > development........ > > Well the reason this subject causes so many arguments is that each > developer has their own needs. For instance I hate code completion. I > know how to code I don't want my editor telling me how to code. Its > just a distraction to me. But thats just my personal feeling, I know > many developers who love code completion. > > >> Personally I hate eclipse. I find it slow and bloated. I once brought > >> this up with an eclipse developer who told me to buy a better > >> computer. > >> > >> Buy a better computer to run a glorified text editor!! > > > > Eclipse only gets slow and blotted when you try to install all the > > plugins that exist.... its a balance ...cut what you dont need and > > leave what you need and you get the best ide ever conceived... and > > Eclipse is an IDE not just a text editor... > > As far as scripting languages go, IDE is just the name developers give > code editors when they get bloated :-) > > When the initial IDE's were developed the idea was to integrate the > compiler into the editor, doesn't really apply to scripted languages. > > >> Over the years many people have told me that I should learn emacs or > >> vi. Why should I have to "learn" a code editor. I just want to write > >> code. > > > > Productivity ... Productivity ..Productivity ...Every developer knows > > that key strokes are way faster than moving a cursor around the screen. > > if you want to save yourself precious minutes (life is short) ....then > > you have to spend some painful time learning elisp...in the end its > > worth it...because you can basically do anything in emacs without using > > the slow mouse ....even check mail > > I agree, you manage to use eclipse without a mouse? > > >> For about the last year I have been using a modified version of Geany > >> (http://www.geany.org) as my editor, but its by no means perfect, but > >> the best I have found so far. > > > > unless i were actively developing it; i would never use a product still > > at 0.1 ...thats too young few users and lots of bugs > > well thats your personal view. I like to help open source projects > that show promise to grow. Geany has a lot of users, and a sizeable > following. Projects don't get into the major distro repositories if > they are as full of bugs and as unusable as you seem to believe Geany > is. Take my advice, never go by version numbers on open source > projects, they are a very unreliable way of finding out about them. > > >> IMHO > >> > >> thanks > >> Tim _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
