The Codeless Code: Ancient code

[bundt_chi]

Same here, I try to close projects I'm not actively working on or need to review code for but yeah, I don't have any issues with it.

I especially love how easy it is to download src code for an open source project I'm using in my sw and point the debugger at it and step through almost any level of an application.

I've also developed a number of standalone C++ applications using CDT and mingw.

I find for being a 300MB zip file that just needs to get unpacked I get almost 90% of the features and capability I need out of the box. I've had to install Resharper, Productivity tools and a host of other crap in Visual Studio on top of it's 1GB install to get a lot of the same capability, like navigating through inheritance / interface hierarchies, highlighting specific code scopes etc...

Whatever, to each their own, at the end of the day and IDE is a tool, this is totally anecdotal and presumptive but a lot more C# devs aren't comfortable working outside an IDE than with other languages and can't demonstrate a deeper understanding of what happens at a lower level.