On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 12:44 -0800, Josh 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? > > Thanks in advance, > > JR >
The first real text editor I used was Vim, which I actually started using about a year ago. I've looked at Emacs and it just looks confusing. It has key commands with key modifiers to do simple tasks (such as moving the cursor to the left). I used Eclipse for a while, but for programming in Python it really has no advantage over Vim, so back I went. Vim doesn't really have a steep learning curve, of course I used vimtutor to help me learn it. Anyway, play around with all three, and see which you like best. --Ratfink -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
