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Are IDEs mostly bloatware? (self.ask_experienced_devs)

submitted 1 year ago by bullshitter to c/ask_experienced_devs

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Hi experienced devs , I am a beginner programmer. I mostly use code completion and go-to source , and rename function and objects, code-pretty. Other features not so much. What features do you use often And what features are not that useful in an IDE and can be considered bloat? P.S.- Which is that one feature that you can't live without?( sorry for sounding like tiktok wannabe)

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[–] Tranus 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly, they kind of are. They come with so many tightly integrated features that I've never really had luck getting them to work on projects that weren't made with them to begin with. For a very large project, that you work on for thousands of hours, it might be worth it. Otherwise, a code editor like Kate or VS code can do almost all of the same things with plugins/lsp. I haven't really tried, but I bet they're better at using multiple languages in one project too.

I used to be, as another comment has put, a 'printf caveman', but lately I've been getting into using debuggers more. I do find that the debugger plugins in VS code and Kate leave a bit to desired, whereas KDevelop works a lot better. That's probably circumstantial though. I would much rather use a plugin, if there was just one for kate that would follow pointers.