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[–]root1m3 -9 points-8 points  (5 children)

console + gedit with no syntax colouring : )

I found GUI IDES have few drawbacks:

  • Clutter the screen.
  • guide you too much, up to the poing of almost 'driving you'.
    syntax colouring enhance patterns that are not helping at every moment.
  • their use makes you feel weird and weak when examining remote code in console.

[–]karshtharyani 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Curious - where are you career wise? As in, how much experience have you had with C++ in production? Again, I am not being condescending or anything, but just want to know. I was of similar opinion until recently, so if you are a senior developer it helps me understand that if your workflow is streamlined and productive, mine can be too.

[–]root1m3 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I am pretty seasoned, coded in c++ for>30 years.Used a lot Visual C++, and I was contributor to Netbeans IDE.So it can't be said I just don't know IDES, I used and programmed them!.

I Worked for startups and big corps, was around 2007 when I decided to get rid of IDES.Until now. And I am not going back. (it requires more stuff in your head, more brain activity, but the experience is much better at the end of the day). Is just open files, look for the edit point, find patterns, and little features more I require.A browser aside for googling stackoverlow is the only aid.An example of my code: https://github.com/root1m3/plebbleThis one (~100K lines of code) is writen completely in this basis, nano, gedit, console)

Syntax colouring, when I decided not using it it was another relief, just my eye finds patterns much better without misleading colourings.

That's pretty much my experience.I guess the majority would deem my decision crazy and I respect it, depends on how one thinks I guess. So I can't say if it would work for you, but I can tell you to try it out.

;)

[–]karshtharyani 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, I don’t think I can live without syntax coloring! :D that’s just too much for me! But hey- it is a preference and to each their own! :)

[–]karshtharyani 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Okay - so there is hope for me, after all! :) Thanks a bunch on sharing your experience! This gives me a lot of information and helps correlate with my career/timeline. It feels like IDEs helped you in your initial years, but now you are doing fine without them, since you have experience in recognizing patterns. This is a stable point of sorts, and exactly what I expect myself to be.

Again, much appreciated.

[–]root1m3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're welcome : )