[Novalug] IDE usage and putting comments in code
Megan Larko
larkoc@iges.org
Tue Sep 18 16:58:05 EDT 2007
Eric Helvey wrote:
Hi List!
> Being all crusty and stuff... I turn that new fangled junk off. I'm
> afraid that if I use it, I'll lose the ability to code using (insert
> name of ye olde text editor here). Eclipse is nice, but I don't want it
> to be a crutch...
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 16:47 -0400, Doug Toppin wrote:
>> I'd finding myself picking up an interesting (and bad) habit in my
>> usage of the Eclipse IDE for java development. Eclipse (like any
>> similar IDE) "helps" you by giving you a list of methods you can call
>> and attributes you can use as you are editing code. In the old days
>> (ie pre-IDE) I would just slog though with a simple xterm and vim and
>> I would think in advance of what I was typing and put comments in as I
>> did it. With Eclipse, I'm finding that I am putting many fewer
>> comments in as I type. I think it's because I'm waiting to see what
>> it's going to "let" me do and as a result I don't always go back and
>> add comments.
>> Anyone else observed this and, if so, have opinions of whether or not
>> it's a trend (or is it just me)?
>>
>> Doug
I haven't been using netbeans for that long. I too prefer basic vi, but
the project on which I am currently working is very large and using
netbeans is a requirement. That said, yes I myself am seeing similar
behavior regarding lack of comments when I use netbeans IDE. Although I
was always awful with javadoc comments (/** ....write here... */); I
have tended to only use standard /* .... */ and the occasional //.
Peace!
megan
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