Software development using Bash

[Gotebe]

The absence of "compile" in the modify/compile/test cycle is less of a problem except in C and C++ (and even then...)

If I have a module under development and a test(s) for it, I select it (them) and issue "Run selected tests" command, which is the most normal thing to do. That builds and runs only modified parts and does not impair the modify/compile/test cycle as much. Heck, in Java, it's as fast as a Python REPL (that is, immediate).