[Tutor] [OT] Problem with auto-complete package installation in Atom [Was: Re: After virtualenv, how to use ide]

[Alan Gauld]

On 24/03/19 18:32, boB Stepp wrote:

> apologize in advance!  But that is okay.  I am not a professional nor
> expert programmer myself.  Because of this, I recall agonizing over
> the choice of code editor, or, possibly even worse, deciding whether
> to use an IDE or editor.  This is a difficult decision about which
> many wax poetic and express their opinions with great emotion.

But for professional programmers is a mere detail of very
little import. Its almost as irrelevant as the choice of
programming language. A professional uses the tools [sh]e
is given(or dictated). Sure we all have our favourites
(personally I favour a Unix-like OS using emacs/vim or Netbeans)
but we use what we must.

But in my time I've alo used
- CP/M and ed (or wordstar) {assembler, C, Pascal, Logo}
- OS/9 and scred, (assembler, C, BASIC}
- IBM MVS and ISPF, (COBOL, JCL, SQL}
- Windows and VS (or Borland IDE.) {ASM, VB, Pascal, C++, Java)
- DEC VAX/VMS and Edit/TPU {C, C++, DCL}

They all do the basics and allow you to enter and modify code.
Editor (and language) wars are a sign of amateurs at work
(or more accurately not "at work"!). Mostly you'll find
they are conducted by "experts" who turn out to have less
than 10 years experience... in other words, beginners.

Sorry for the rant but I get very depressed by some of
the discussion that happens on programming fora, especially
when there are so many genuinely interesting things to
talk about!

Alan G.
A programmer for 45 years and still learning...