Re: What IDE are you using?

Janwillem Borleffs said the following on 23/10/2005 17:06:
> typingcat@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>So you don't use an IDE but just a text editor? Well, many computer
>>gurus did like that in the past, but doesn't it take too much time for
>>a novice like to remember all the members and functions or look them
>>up in the manual? I think code completion and class view really helps
>>people like me.
>>
> True, but OTOH, code completion makes people lazy. Text editors force you to
> remember functions, which I think is a benefit.
>

Are you serious?? ;)

Where's the benefit in having to remember the exact syntax for
hundreds/thousands of functions?

That's just a massive pain in the arse, and surely must slow you down
considerably, especially when you only find you made a mistake at
run-time... You might as well be programming in assembler if you like it
raw! :)

Admittedly, the benefit of class-views etc. must be somewhat limited for
a dynamically-typed language like PHP. But in strongly-typed languages
like C++, C# or Java that have *massive* APIs, intellisense and
class-views etc. are an absolute god-send.

IMO, being a good programmer is not about knowing the fine details of
the language syntax; syntax is just a means to an end.

-- 
Oli