> IDE versus command line programs I think of a bit in terms of people who
> assemble their hi-fi systems/computers out of custom components versus people
> who use an all-in-one purchased solution. The Do it Yourselfers are always
> the people who know exactly what's going on and have better systems.
An interesting comparison...
I should have said the Do it Yourselfers are *often* the people...
because there are clueful people using IDEs and not-so-clueful using
traditional tools.
What would you think about a modular system that also used graphical
components to assist programming? Inspired by the single-tool-single-job
ethos, but including visualisation components and such?
This tool sounds quite interesting. I use graphical tools occasionally
(I found a good one the other day that ran sqlplus for Oracle with a much
nicer interface than raw sqlplus, plus it had readline which I am addicted
to) and they are often good tools for simplifying things (I shamefully
admit to having used linuxconf) but I don't know that software development is
an activity that benefits from oversimplification. Not everything is drag
and drop.
A friend of mine is working on a project that *reeks* of UNIX-style
simplicity, but also has a fairly heavy dose of the clickies.
Which sounds contradictory, but we will wait and see
What sort of things would you see as useful, and complimentary to the
text-only approach?
Graphical elements that run the existing tools conveniently for the user
without having to leave the environment.
Cheers,
Stuart.
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