> Using an IDE doesn't make a programmer good, nor does it make code good. I > know plenty of shops using Rational and Clearcase, shops that spent major > money on tools, whose programmers are terrible and whose code is full of > memory leaks. >
Nobody is saying that an IDE makes a programmer good. Nobody said that. Tools are supposed to assist you in your job, make you more efficient, and potentially point out mistakes prior to code going in to production. There are obviously processes in place that should also assist in these efforts. There should never just be one control in place, they should be layered. > Obsfucation of talent via monetary expenditure is a typical enterprise IT > and development flaw. Some of the highest spend shops I know are also some > of the dumbest shops I work with. Fortunately, since I am in sales it works > to my advantage. :-) Security is one place where organizations tend to try this. They buy tools and try to give them to inexperienced people and because the tools are expensive they figure they can replace talent. Here we are talking about tools that cost 30,000 to 150,000 a pop. In the development world most IDEs aren't awfully expensive. Eclipse, NetBeans, and others are free. KomodoIDE is like 265 which isn't bad for something I have to spend time in every day. -- *Nathan Hamiel* http://hexsec.com <http://hexsec.com>http://twitter.com/nathanhamiel blog: www.neohaxor.org
