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What sort of IDE do you prefer?   [Edit]

Survey period: 16 Apr 2012 to 23 Apr 2012

Do like having your IDE with all the fixin's, or do you feel even the syntax highlighting in Notepad++ is overkill?

OptionVotes% 
A fully featured IDE that does everything imaginable to help me code faster and safer82258.34
A comprehensive IDE with a reasonable, but not exhaustive set of features.45031.94
A minimal IDE that allows me to edit, compile and debug966.81
A text editor is all I want412.91



 
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Rob Grainger18-Apr-12 23:22
Rob Grainger18-Apr-12 23:22 
GeneralRe: I like a horse and buggy Pin
Slacker00719-Apr-12 0:05
professionalSlacker00719-Apr-12 0:05 
GeneralGive me everything you can PinPopular
chriselst15-Apr-12 23:16
chriselst15-Apr-12 23:16 
GeneralI can live without Intelisense Pin
Nagy Vilmos15-Apr-12 22:43
professionalNagy Vilmos15-Apr-12 22:43 
GeneralRe: I can live without Intelisense Pin
StM0n15-Apr-12 23:26
StM0n15-Apr-12 23:26 
GeneralRe: I can live without Intelisense Pin
CPallini18-Apr-12 7:40
mveCPallini18-Apr-12 7:40 
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Nagy Vilmos18-Apr-12 8:13
professionalNagy Vilmos18-Apr-12 8:13 
GeneralI started with a text editor Pin
OriginalGriff15-Apr-12 21:53
mveOriginalGriff15-Apr-12 21:53 
Well, punched cards.
When I was allowed near VDUs I started with a text editor. A line based text editor, so you couldn't see what you were doing unless you asked for it to print your text so far. Which you didn't often, at 7 1/2 characters per second.
Slowly, I have moved on up, thinking each step a vast improvement.
"Wow! I can see my text all the time!"
"Wow! I can have move than one text file open and see them BOTH at the same time!"
"Wow! It supports TABS! I can indent!"
"Wow! It indents for me!!!!!!!"
And so on.

What we have now may require a much, much better PC to work on, but there is no way I would want to go back!
It's like cars - I can remember when they were still supplied with a starting handle so you could get them running if the battery was flat (my mother had one). Now, I jump in, turn the key, and it starts. I'm not in favour of manual cranking an engine over at all...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

GeneralRe: I started with a text editor Pin
Dalek Dave15-Apr-12 22:06
professionalDalek Dave15-Apr-12 22:06 
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Mike Ortmans16-Apr-12 1:49
Mike Ortmans16-Apr-12 1:49 
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OriginalGriff16-Apr-12 1:59
mveOriginalGriff16-Apr-12 1:59 
GeneralRe: I started with a text editor Pin
Peter N Roth16-Apr-12 6:37
Peter N Roth16-Apr-12 6:37 
GeneralRe: I started with a text editor Pin
emajyn16-Apr-12 8:56
emajyn16-Apr-12 8:56 
GeneralRe: I started with a text editor Pin
Rob Grainger18-Apr-12 23:35
Rob Grainger18-Apr-12 23:35 
GeneralIt depends Pin
Reiss15-Apr-12 21:00
professionalReiss15-Apr-12 21:00 
GeneralThe one that is not out there yet Pin
R. Erasmus15-Apr-12 20:49
R. Erasmus15-Apr-12 20:49 
GeneralVisual Studio PinPopular
Mico Perez15-Apr-12 19:54
Mico Perez15-Apr-12 19:54 
GeneralRe: Visual Studio Pin
Justin Cooney16-Apr-12 7:37
Justin Cooney16-Apr-12 7:37 
GeneralMy Preference Pin
Mehdi Gholam15-Apr-12 19:38
Mehdi Gholam15-Apr-12 19:38 
GeneralIf it is not from Borland... Pin
Uwe Keim15-Apr-12 18:57
sitebuilderUwe Keim15-Apr-12 18:57 
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Johnny J.15-Apr-12 22:00
professionalJohnny J.15-Apr-12 22:00 
GeneralRe: If it is not from Borland... Pin
Uwe Keim15-Apr-12 22:11
sitebuilderUwe Keim15-Apr-12 22:11 
GeneralI like fully featured IDE Pin
sravani.v15-Apr-12 18:44
sravani.v15-Apr-12 18:44 
GeneralRe: I like fully featured IDE Pin
Leonardo Paneque16-Apr-12 4:44
Leonardo Paneque16-Apr-12 4:44 

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