Re: Rant: graphical terminal based vim vs IDE

["David Hummel-2" <user=95@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I don't need eclipse or some other IDE 
> creating a second "desktop metaphor" within my desktop metaphor. 
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> There is no real reason why we need an application like an IDE that 
> provides basically the same functionality of the desktop only less 
> flexibly and in a way thats different than the desktop of our choosing. 

IDEs were designed to provide syntactic assistance with code editing, 
but more importantly to provide semantic and work-flow features that 
save huge amounts of time when developing software.  Large software 
projects, especially those involving teams of developers, benefit 
enormously from using an IDE.  I'm not sure how anyone doing software 
engineering could get work done efficiently without things like code 
complete and generation, syntax high-lighting and auto-formatting, 
library resolution and token checking, refactoring tools, and build 
and unit-testing management.  Of course there are also lots of plugins 
available for integrating with version control systems, bug and issue 
tracking systems, continuous integration tools, etc.  vi(m) is great, 
and it even does some of the above, but IMHO it's not the right tool 
for serious development.  If you are so accustomed to vi(m)- or 
emacs-style editing, there are plugins for Eclipse (and I imagine 
other IDEs) that will allow you to continue editing in your preferred 
fashion. 

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