On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:57:17 -0800 (PST), "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Nov 29, 3:44 pm, Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you were a beginning programmer and willing to make an investment in >> steep learning curve for best returns down the road, which would you pick? >> >> I know this topic has been smashed around a bit already, but 'learning >> curve' always seems to be an arguement. If you feel that one is easier >> or harder than the others to learn feel free to tell, but let's not make >> that the deciding factor. Which one will be most empowering down the >> road as a development tool? > >I'd strongly recommend not using an IDE but going with federated >tools; this makes it easier to pick the editor, code navigation tool, >build system, etc that you like best, and makes it easier to swap out >one piece at a time if you don't like it. So of the choices >mentioned, I'd go with emacs or vim if I were you. I'd say this has another advantage, that someone already mentioned - better learning the process that goes behind the gui of an ide. After all, an ide is just a frontend to something ... > >Personally I also find high value in picking an editor that can be run >on a command-line terminal connection (e.g. when you're ssh'd into a >remote server), but that may be less important depending on what sort >of development you are doing. True, the value of this could vary from critical to not important at all. -- Mario -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list