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?

  • @gears
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    22 years ago

    Hey thanks for letting me know about this btw! I’ve been using it at work and it’s great, I love it. I’ve been using it for my Python repo, but I still need to set up the cortex-debug stuff and whatnot for my MCU crap.

    • @IndependentRanger
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      22 years ago

      I don’t know about cortex-debug I’m afraid, but I’m glad the python stuff is working out 🙂