From Eclipse to VS Code: First impressions
I have been developing using the Eclipse IDE basically since college. In those days, being able to use a complex IDE was seen as the mark of the professional developer. Freshmen coded using a simple editor and the compiler directly from the console, geeks used an editor like Vim and some build tool to automate the build process, but to code “like a professional”, you used the mighty IDE.
In one of my latest classes, there was a even a teaching assistant that insisted that we use an IDE for one of the big projects in the last year of Computer Science. We were required to learn to use it well, this is, learning the shortcuts and going beyond just using it as very heavyweight editor. This was very useful later for my professional career, indeed, using the tools of the trade and going beyond just “programming” meant that you were ready to enter the workforce.
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