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C Programming Language

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The advantage is that you can have a reproducible development environment regardless of the underlying platform.

You use Debian and a workmate uses Fedora? No problem.

Someone joins with Mac or Windows? No problem.

Your laptop dies and you're using something temporary for a while? No problem.

No more differences of system libraries or "Well it works on my laptop" bullshit. Everyone is using the same libraries and compiler so there is no difference in any developer's experience.

[โ€“] CameronDev 4 points 1 year ago

So it's a different way to get a standard operating environment.

Could you not achieve something similar by making the build and test happen in the docker container, while keeping the IDE etc separate? Bundling the IDE seems a bit overkill.

Fwiw, in my experience, "it works on my laptop" is a great way to shake out bugs/API implementation quirks, so that's a benefit for our team. Plus we have a mishmash of IDEs, so prescribing one or the other would probably cause more problems than it solved.

Still, interesting solution for those who have the problem.