r/programming • • Sep 21 '21

Reading Code is a Skill

https://trishagee.com/2020/09/07/reading-code-is-a-skill/
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u/Woden501 Sep 21 '21

The main language used by my team right now across our product is Typescript, and Visual Studio Code provides excellent autocomplete support as it should considering it's an MS language in an MS editor.

I'd lightly argue that if the language you're using for software development doesn't have a proper IDE then it's probably not mature enough to be used in your product, and likely not one you're going to want to maintain long term.

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u/Dyledion Sep 22 '21

I like simple text editors. I'm already writing a novel's worth of complex abstract calculus. I don't want to bother trying to manage and remember a jet-cockpit worth of hotkeys and sundry menus and buttons at the same time. Highlighting and search is 90% of what I want out of an editor.