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?
for statically-typed languages, i agree that having powerful static analysis tools can help a lot, but why would you need an IDE just to catch “syntax errors and typos”? any editor with decent syntax highlighting would work for that, right?
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…anyway, there’s more to it than syntax and typoes, naturally. They’re just an example.
my point was that OP was opposing Geany, a text editor with syntax highlighting, to “real” IDEs with more features. clearly, it’s those additional features that they’re wondering the merit of. (personally, i don’t think it’s as limiting as you’re claiming, but it’s pretty subjective.)