Worried about what your IDE (Interactive Development Environment) or text editor says about you as a developer? Look no further. In this article, we will examine the impact of various IDEs and text editors to determine exactly what they say about you.
- Visual Studio Code: You are a developer.
- Visual Studio Professional: You are a developer with RAM to spare.
- Eclipse: You are a developer building Java apps (or possibly something else).
- Notepad++: You are a developer.
- Vi/Vim: You are a developer.
- Android Studio: You are a developer building Android apps.
- Sublime Text: You are a developer.
- Atom: You are still a developer.
Have I made my point? Your identity as a developer is not defined by the tools you use to create.
Do you write code in one of the listed IDEs? Congrats, you're a developer.
Do you write code in an IDE or text editor I didn't mention? Congrats, you're a developer.
Wait.. you don't even write code but you still create applications? Awesome! You're a developer.
The last thing we need in tech is more gatekeeping. Let's be cool.
Latest comments (33)
Visual Studio Professional: You are a developer with a company who pays for MSDN.
Notepad++: You would rather use Sublime, but their license doesn't let you use it at work.
Vi/Vim: nano is easier, but don't want to lose my geek card.
I love my notepad, y u do dis( lol
Thought at first this was going to be a snarky personality post.
Totally agree.
I think finding the editor you have the most fun with (productivity comes with fun) is essential. That's why we should all keep our mind open and try different tools, before spiting on Vim or yelling at the sky that Intellij is the Tool of the Devil.
I went from Intellij to Vim, after criticizing Vim as much as I could. It was such a mistake.
I liked VS Code with Vim binding, but not enough.
What does emacs says about those who use it? I recently started using spacemacs and I can see myself using it occasionally. VS Code is best. But having a license for sublime text doesn't hurt.
Having never used Emacs, I can only assume that if you are writing code in it - you're a developer. :-)
VS Code is definitely a great tool! I'm becoming a big fan of it for sure...
I use Visual Studio Professional at work and Community at home. At work, well, that's what we use. At home I've tried Visual Studio Code and even Visual Studio for Mac but found them lacking something I had really gotten used to over the years.
I do use Visual Studio Code (it's always open while I use "full VS"), but mostly as a text editor, the way some use Notepad (could never stand Notepad, even 30 years ago).
I'll judge by what level of hell you put me through, not by the IDE you use. hehehe :D
Louder for the people in the back please!!!
This post it pure gold!!! 🖤🖤🖤
My opinions:
Notepad++: You are trying to be a developer
Sublime Text: You want to go simple (No RAM to spare)
Vim: U have a thing with UNIX/GNU
Atom: You tried, now you can't uninstall it.
Eclipse: You followed some (old) online tutorial
The GNU, It's true. At this point it's more like it has a thing with me.
Yep built my first website with Notepad(no ++) in 1998. Tomorrow I have an interview for possible my first professional developer position but I've always been a developer.
I built my first website the same way in 1996! Nothing but Notepad (old school) and Netscape Navigator. The way I see it is... if you write code or build apps (because codeless development is becoming a thing now), you are a developer. The moment you start getting paid for it, your experience simply changes forms from "experience" to "professional experience"...
Good luck on your interview! I'm sure you got this!
Only reason Emacs is not in that list is because it’s closer to an OS than to an IDE 😂
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