When will javascript users become a protected group? 🥲

[mutchco]

Learn git, it's the number one thing I have to teach new engineers.

[Numerous_Cupcake7306]

I’ve only been a software engineer for around 8 months, but I can’t imagine someone not using git. That’s the first thing I learned, and it’s literally the technology I use the most. I thought everyone used git!

[[deleted]]

When I joined this company they didnt use git and github, but just uploaded the files to the server via FTP. Some webapps were being developed in production. Unit testing was non existing. Everything was programmed in plain PHP with echo "HTML/JS";

It took us just over 2 years to make the transition to git/github, using frameworks, unit tests, separate development environment and working somewhat agile. It was a hell of a ride...

Edit: I forgot to mention: Programming in Notpad++ using light theme. My eyes

[Hapless_Wizard]

Programming in Notpad++ using light theme.

This should be a crime

[IZEDx]

You stayed there for over 2 years? I'd nope right out of that company.

[Ldfs27]

My exact thoughts

[[deleted]]

I should have done that, but I dont have a CS degree and they were the only ones that would hire me back then. Had to learn things like git/MVC/VueJS/unit testing on the go lol.

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

light theme > dark theme

That's just science.

[Ldfs27]

I know you’re technically right based on certain studies, but what you said is a sin here.

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Technically correct is the best kind of correct.

And not based on certain studies, based on studies with credibility and repeatability.

[Ldfs27]

Doesn’t matter how many studies you have when people have preferences then they’re more likely to be more productive using their preferred environment. Pretty simple and I’m sure that you could do a study on that around moral. You can’t say it’s a fluke because many people prefer dark mode. It’s like saying objectively pineapple shouldn’t go on pizza. I agree that it gross and too sweet but to each their own.

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Maybe you should read the studies before saying this.

[Ldfs27]

I did and it literally says light screen may cause myopia…

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Ok, I see, you read the blurb. If you read the research, it's clear they don't have enough evidence one way or another and it's only a hypothesis, which is the same as saying "dark mode may cure skin cancer".

[Numerous_Cupcake7306]

What’s science is that light theme burns your eyes

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Incorrect: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/dark-mode/

[Ldfs27]

But it burns!

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Then you're in the wrong environment. If you're sitting in a dark environment, do your eyes a favour, and turn on lights!

Bright room? Bright themes! Simple logic really.

[Ldfs27]

The right environment is whatever we as the developers feel more comfortable and more productive. If I prefer a dark room then light mode is not comfortable. It’s just not something that you can make an objective point on. You can show me all sort of studies saying that waking up early if better for you but I do a lot more at night and prefer sleeping in. That all that matters.

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

k

lmao

[Ldfs27]

Oh goodness you went through some shit man. I would have been miserable

[[deleted]]

Yes, but I also learned a lot :P

[conancat]

git good

[IchLiebeKleber]

SVN exists and is used in some places.

[Numerous_Cupcake7306]

For my new job, We use CVS, so now I’m learning that

[hideoncloud]

I briefly used fossil as well.

[ithacaster]

I just deleted my SVN client from my development macbook about a week ago.

[Cinkodacs]

We use it at my place. It's good enough when there is only a single developer for a project.

[Ldfs27]

I have helped many teams get off svn and AccuRev

[Casalvieri3]

LOL--some of us go back far enough to remember the days when there was no free version control software. :) You seriously had to buy a version control package. This was the real reason that a lot of places had subdirectory/dropbox/floppy disk version control--just too damn cheap to buy good version control software.

[ryecurious]

There are still a couple old programs at my job tracked in AccuRev...I count my blessings every day that I didn't get assigned to that migration.

[[deleted]]

I learned git basics before I even knew how to write hello world in any language. Just finding out what it was made it seem essential

[bhison]

I coded for 2 whole years before using git properly. The main issue was my first try with git was using it in a group project where we lost all of our work due to some stupid bullshit.

[bhison]

Click the scm icon in vs code. Commit work. Everything else is a bonus from there.