IDEs vs Text Editors
The cluster debates the productivity, necessity, and preferences for Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) versus lightweight text editors like Emacs or Vim, with discussions on features, language dependencies, and personal workflows.
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Why do so many people seem to miss IDE features when they use something that is so obviously not an IDE?
What’s an example of a type of work where an IDE is more of a hindrance?
Can someone explain why the discouragement of IDEs is seen as a good idea?
I thought IDEs were a programmer's dream :D
The point of an IDE is that it does stuff a simple text editor does not.
Why would you use a text editor if you need IDE features?
Could you give an example of how an IDE could make you much more productive than emacs?
Name one thing an IDE can do that I can't do with my (Turing complete) editor and shell.
Interesting how people without good IDE support rationalize things.
With those great IDE, you can do everything, but not editing effectivly :p