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1. UltraS+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-01-31 05:23:28
"Out of curiosity, what is it about an IDE that you find useful...?"

I really don't understand this question. It is like asking "What is it about SolidWorks that you find so useful"

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2. bbor+iQ1[view] [source] 2025-01-31 21:07:39
>>UltraS+(OP)
Well solid works does things the command line can’t. After all these amazing answers, my main takeaways for “what can an IDE do better than terminal+text editor” are:

1. Debugging right in the code, rather than in an ugly terminal copy of the code next to it (sounds nice!)

2. Better semantic features in language-specific IDEs (autocomplete, refactoring, etc).

Certainly those things sound nice, but I hope you see how they’re not essential!

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3. UltraS+oR1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-01-31 21:13:07
>>bbor+iQ1
After getting used to them they FEEL essential.
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