Monte Milanuk <memila...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe its because I'm still just a hobbyist when it comes to coding, but I
> > spend far more time 'thinking' about what I'm doing than typing things in...
If more "professional" programmers spent more time thinking and less
type typing, the world would be a better place. Keep doing what you're
doing. Really.
Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
[regarding
> Bracket matching
> Language-sensitive auto-indentation
> and automatically indents
Yeah, what he said, plus syntax coloring. And keyword highlighting.
And autocompletion of variable names.
And parsing of error messages.
I'll pause a moment to let that sink in. Grok the fullness of just how
awesome a feature it is.
In emacs, for example. I'll do C-C M (which I have bound to M-X
Compile). This runs a command and captures the output in a buffer. If
the output happens to contain something like:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File
"/home/roy/production/python/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.
py", line 197, in runTest
self.test(*self.arg)
File "/home/roy/songza/api2/test_api2.py", line 16, in test_get_api
data = requests.get(url('api/v2/')).json
File "/home/roy/songza/api2/test_common.py", line 13, in url
assert route.startswith('/')
AssertionError
emacs will parse that, highlight the filenames and line numbers and if I
type M-`, it'll take me to the line of the next error (including opening
the file if it's not already open).
I assume other smart editors have similar capabilities. Different tools
have different combinations of these, or slightly different
implementations. Find one you like and learn all of it's capabilities.
It makes a huge difference in how productive you are.
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