Thread: PluThon: Scratchbox-less development
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2008-02-27 , 19:30
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Originally Posted by dont View Post
I think that you are really overstating the difficulty of using Eclipse. Having just cleared the night's snowfall from my driveway I think it is more like the difference between a snow shovel and a snow-blower. They will both move snow - the shovel is good for 2-3 cm, but for any more than that I borrow my neighbor's big snow-blower.
Nice image ! :-)
I respect your choice, but with Eclipse/Pydev you get access to lots of tools that you don't get with just an editor. Like refactoring tools, instant navigation to definitions, a history mechanism and a very nice debugger. If you have used any of MS Visual tools then the transition to Eclipse is pretty easy.
I'm sure you are right, and Eclipse is certainly a valuable tool for those who can take advantage of it.

That, in fact, is just the point : as I was careful to specify, I am a (very) amateur programmer and tend to stick to (what I consider) very simple projects, that I can carry out with a reasonably python-aware editor like SciTe. If I had the time and need to invest in the snow-blower I'd probably be happy with it, but I don't, because RealLifeTM has decided otherwise - so I stick to what I know and hobble along with my shovel, looking for snow drifts less than 4cm deep :-)

I also believe that for a fledgling programmer looking to get his feet wet, learning to shovel before enjoying the luxury of the blower is not unsound advice...