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- URL: https://x.com/Floppie7th/status/1786434451657953480
- Author: Mike Cronce (@Floppie7th)
- Posted: 2024-05-03 16:35:38
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1/ @Floppie7th
@SebAaltonen
Can’t stand IDEs, honestly. I wouldn’t use Notepad because its navigation is horrible, but autocomplete doesn’t save any time (typing isn’t really a bottleneck), gdb and debug prints are great for debugging, and finding a definition with CTRL+Z followed rg ‘whatever’ works great
2/ @SebAaltonen
@Floppie7th
If your tool has code navigation (find symbols, find callers, etc) and color colorization then it is an IDE.
Autocomplete is not a big deal. Code navigation tools and code colorization are the most important things. Writing code is not as important as reading & browsing code.
3/ @Floppie7th
@SebAaltonen
Starting by mentioning autocomplete and built-in debuggers, then defining IDE as “code colorization”, seems like moving the goalposts pretty far.