Then why so many devs are so absessed with vim and other ’proper’ editors? If they type only 10 lines a day then I would say learning keyboard shortcuts will never pay off
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Replying to @Fedool2
Yup. And there's absolutely no evidence that they do. But IDEs *do* make life easier in terms of remembering things, in visualising the project, and in integrating with other tools in our workflow. And if they're easier and more pleasant to use, that helps us sustain enthusiasm
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Replying to @jasongorman @Fedool2
Faster touch typing and knowing keyboard shortcuts isn't about typing more code. It's about transferring your understanding to the code with ease, with as little cognitive overhead as possible and with minimal latency so you can see what's wrong with it sooner (faster feedback).
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Replying to @AntonyMarcano @Fedool2
That's not what this discussion is about. I'm talking about the No Code phenomenon and the misguided belief that software development is just coding.
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Is there any correlation between software quality and typing speed? I'm not aware of any data on this
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Replying to @jasongorman @AntonyMarcano
There are studies of ratio of bugs per 1000 lines of code. It varies but never is 0. So, I would claim with certainty, the faster you type - the more code you produce - the more bugs you produce. Yes, you also type a fix faster but typing a fix != finding and fixing a bug
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That claim which you claim with such certainty is false. Typing faster != more code. Typing faster = less time spent typing, more time spent thinking
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Question is ’how much time you save daily by typing code faster’?
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This would seem to be a potentially easy thing to measure in an IDE
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I think main misunderstanding here and in all IDE holywars is because people have different values and work in different contexts. If your work is mainly coding vs if your work is to handle full development cycle where coding is just a part.
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I think you just keep misunderstanding @chriswearshats' answers.
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