On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > I don't really agree there: for environments where I *do* benefit from > IDEs (i.e. not Rails), code completion is not the major benefit. > Automating repetitive tasks (such as complex builds), switching between > related files,
C-x <arrow> to move to the next or previous buffer in Emacs. No IDE required, just a keyboard. > and Swing/Cocoa GUI construction are among the major > advantages of IDEs for me. > > (Then again, that may be because I *do* learn the API in question...) It's been my experience programmers *cough* who require an IDE are usually the most useless people to have on the team. I'd take an Emacs loving, API-knowing coder over a "I need Netbeans 'cause I need code completion" wanna-be coder any day of the week. -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
