Re: What IDE are you using?

Ramon wrote:

> Sorry let me rephrase if you are unable to read between
> the lines. I mean in theory you could do anything with
> notepad,

I don't think anyone is suggesting the use of notepad. I
mean you could also use edlin if that takes your fancy ;)

> it is not very effective on a large scale project.
> Any yes... PHP programmer, that claims that a simple text
> editor can be effective on a *LARGE* scale PHP project,
> using Object Orientated Architecture, and claims that there
> will be no benefit granted to him/her and/or the project by
> utilizing a IDE is disillusioned.

The only problem with this argument is just because you
find it impossible to work efficiently with a text editor,
that does not automatically mean others will be the same.

The output of a programmer is text, so the efficency of
a programmer can be measured by the lines of code they
produce and the quality of that output.

So why is it so difficult to believe that some people WILL
code faster (ie are more efficient) using a text editor they
are familiar with, rather than an IDE to which they are not?

> I am very willing to learn, and I have mastered the art of
> texteditor & VI programming a long time ago. And frankly on
> a large project interfacing a dozen other large systems, it
> would be suicide to tred that path.

Once again, all this means is you might have mastered the art
of using a text editor, but you failed to master the task of
developing large project with anything other than an IDE.

It does not mean it is not possible.

Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows IDE
http://www.zeusedit.com
Received on Mon Nov 21 02:49:33 2005