On Sat, 15 Sep 2012, leam hall wrote:
Hey all, not trying to contribute to the flames of one graphical IDE over
another. I'm just trying to figure out if they are worth the learning curve? I
have been doing most of my work in vi and the graphical IDE I'm supposed to use
for a class keeps adding crap that I have to erase, and I have to move my hands
to use the GUI parts instead of just typing.
Is there a point in which a GUI IDE becomes more of a help than a hindrance?
If you really like vi, then probably not ;)
I do my Python coding in Vim with some plugins. I use IPython or
BPython interpreters for quickly running code/examining modules. I search
duckduckgo for "python somemodule.method" to get docs/helpful examples for
what I'm looking for.
The only IDE I've seen that seemed like it could be worth it to me is
WingIDE - because it does offer vim keybindings, and a lot of Python
specific goodies. But I don't feel like laying down that chunk of change
since I don't code Python professionally.
The biggest thing that I'm trying to train myself to do now is `import
pdb` and `pdb.set_trace()` instead of `print(value_im_interested_in)`.
I've thought about setting up a vim keybinding for F9 to insert a
pdb.set_trace() line where I'm at... or do some fancy things involving
other files and :make. But I haven't quite hit that point of frustration
yet ;)
I write .NET code at work (sadly), so it might be telling that even with
the ViEmu plugin for Visual Studio, I actually prefer programming in
Vim (using :make), with ctags, and grep, to using Visual Studio...
Of course YMMV.
-HTH,
Wayne
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