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Am i missing out if I dont use an IDE? (self.programming)

submitted 2 years ago by Ministar to c/[email protected]

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So, I have been mostly self thaught programmer (C++), as its a big part of my job (not a regular developer). But so far I have been using a simple text editor like Geany to code and I compile stuff either in terminal (linux) or produce my own make file.

I am starting to wonder if I should switch to a full IDE, as I am on linux, I was thinking of trying KDevelop. But I am simply not sure if its worth, do I even need it?

I have never used an IDE, it seems kind of complicated for the start with "projects" and I havent really found any good introductions to how this workflow is supposed to work.

Do you think using and IDE is something everyone should use? Or do you think a text editor with producing your own make files should be enough?

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[–] IndependentRanger 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sure. It uses something called DAP and I use nvim-dap-ui for a VSCode like experience. I appreciate its annoying to find a good debugger for neovim. I use mine with python and it even plays nicely with venvs. Hope that helps!

https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap

https://github.com/rcarriga/nvim-dap-ui

[–] gears 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey thanks for letting me know about this btw! I've been using it at work and it's great, I love it. I've been using it for my Python repo, but I still need to set up the cortex-debug stuff and whatnot for my MCU crap.

[–] IndependentRanger 2 points 2 years ago

I don't know about cortex-debug I'm afraid, but I'm glad the python stuff is working out 🙂