So, I have been mostly self thaught programmer (C++), as its a big part of my job (not a regular developer). But so far I have been using a simple text editor like Geany to code and I compile stuff either in terminal (linux) or produce my own make file.
I am starting to wonder if I should switch to a full IDE, as I am on linux, I was thinking of trying KDevelop. But I am simply not sure if its worth, do I even need it?
I have never used an IDE, it seems kind of complicated for the start with “projects” and I havent really found any good introductions to how this workflow is supposed to work.
Do you think using and IDE is something everyone should use? Or do you think a text editor with producing your own make files should be enough?
VSCode + Vim extension is where it’s at
VSCode + Vim is one of the configurations I use right now. It’s quite good. Not quite as nice in terms of being Vim as Vim + Tmux, which does get in my way, and it doesn’t handle bookmarking very well, but definitely a very usable setup. I regularly use VSCode, Rider, and Visual Studio all with Vim extensions, and as much as I like Rider, the best Vim extension for it has issues. Visual Studio is probably my overall favorite for web backend, but VSCode is right there with it, and my preference for front-end.