IDE vs Text Editor

asipper · 11-09-2011, 06:57 PM

I'm just starting programming so I just want to see if you PREFER a text editor to an IDE. I felt that an IDE was overcomplicated for my purposes while Emacs or ViM are more simplistic, faster also Netbeans and Eclipse never seemed to work. As when compiling programs in them they failed but when using Emacs and ViM and gcc command line thing it succeeded

suicidaleggroll · 11-09-2011, 07:43 PM

xemacs for big changes, vi for quick touch ups. I try very hard to stay away from IDEs when I can help it.

asipper · 11-09-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll

xemacs for big changes

I've only used GNU Emacs. Is their a big difference between the two?

TB0ne · 11-09-2011, 08:16 PM

I prefer vi for quick jobs, and a full-blown IDE (kdevelop or the like), for bigger things.

asipper · 11-09-2011, 08:30 PM

@TB0ne Can you please vote

Jenni · 11-09-2011, 08:41 PM

I pretty much stick to Emacs for bigger projects, Nano for small things.
To be fair, though, I tend to do only basic programming, nothing professional just some things for classes and otherwise small utilities to make my own computing more efficient.

TB0ne · 11-09-2011, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by asipper

@TB0ne Can you please vote

Would love to...but there's no "Both" option, which is what I use.

However, the majority of what I use is IDE, so I voted that way.

asipper · 11-09-2011, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TB0ne

Would love to...but there's no "Both" option, which is what I use.

Everyone please vote for what you use the majority of the time. TB0ne thanks for bringing it to my attention.

pdq2 · 11-09-2011, 08:57 PM

i like an IDE such as netbeans or eclipse but my favorite is the lightweight IDE called geany.

=]

suicidaleggroll · 11-10-2011, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by asipper

I've only used GNU Emacs. Is their a big difference between the two?

Not really, until you get into the nitty gritty:

http://www.xemacs.org/About/XEmacsVsGNUemacs.html

tuxdev · 11-10-2011, 12:36 AM

It's kinda an apples to apple pie comparison. Vim is my editor, and is just one piece of my development environment. There's also my toolchain, debugger, build system, shell.. They all already play nice together, no explicit "integration" needed or wanted.

SigTerm · 11-10-2011, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by asipper

I'm just starting programming so I just want to see if you PREFER a text editor to an IDE.

IDE is a text editor.

sycamorex · 11-10-2011, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by asipper

I'm just starting programming so I just want to see if you PREFER a text editor to an IDE. I felt that an IDE was overcomplicated for my purposes while Emacs or ViM are more simplistic, faster also Netbeans and Eclipse never seemed to work. As when compiling programs in them they failed but when using Emacs and ViM and gcc command line thing it succeeded

Emacs simplistic? That's probably the last adjective I'd use to describe it

Like some other posters here, I use Emacs for bigger projects, and Vim for quick edits. Mind you, I haven't done a really big project yet.

SigTerm · 11-10-2011, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by asipper

I'm just starting programming so I just want to see if you PREFER a text editor to an IDE. I felt that an IDE was overcomplicated for my purposes while Emacs or ViM are more simplistic, faster also Netbeans and Eclipse never seemed to work. As when compiling programs in them they failed but when using Emacs and ViM and gcc command line thing it succeeded

IDE is a text editor. Anyway, Linux doesn't have Visual Studio (and alternatives weren't that good for me), so you will have to use text editor - jEdit/Kate/gEdit/vim, etc. General rule is that if you're serious about programming, you should be able to program in anything - with or without ide. It makes sense to learn vim - it is available nearly on all linux machines, and it is unlikely to be customized.

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Originally Posted by sycamorex

Like some other posters here, I use Emacs for bigger projects, and Vim for quick edits. Mind you, I haven't done a really big project yet.

//offtopic
How big a project should be for you to call it big? (kilobytes or lines of code)

sycamorex · 11-10-2011, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by SigTerm

How big a project should be for you to call it big? (kilobytes or lines of code)

I don't know what the criterion is - complexity, number of files and the lines of code? No idea..

Obviously it's a relative thing, but as programming is mostly my hobby, the projects I do are not that complex. You wouldn't call 100 line long bash scripts, or a simple website (html/css/some php and jquery) big, would you?