Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "IDE vs Text Editor" video.

  1. The issue I have with IDEs is they are made to difficult to customize. I don't like templates or automatic formatting, it feels too much like I am fighting with another person for control of the editor. Yet in Eclipse, for example, its a huge job to turn these features OFF, and there are some aspects of autoformatting that simply cannot be turned off at all (the subject of many a stackoverflow post). The other issue is that IDEs don't understand you may be looking for an IDE as an alternative to an editor, since it is difficult to, well, just edit a file. Often the IDE requires that you register files in a project. Give me an IDE that I can edit a system file with (for example) and that is a generally useful tool. What's wrong with "ide file"? Programs that work in familiar ways as a base encourage use. Otherwise it is like "our IDE is so great, you have to take a course to use it". Finally, the major advantage of vi/vim is that you can use it ANYWHERE, including a ssh connection without the hassle of an Xwindows connection. What's wrong with giving a text only option for an IDE that can be used the same way?
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