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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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[–] DaleGribble88 1 points 1 year ago

IDE because the Visual Studio IDE (note: not VSCode) has the best debugger I've ever used. That is the main thing keeping me from nvim with a small handful of extensions. The debugger, profiler, and good application of each, have been invaluable to my success as a programmer.

As for the "Is it bloatware question," I think it has the same answer as Excel. No one needs all of the features found in Excel. Basically anyone who uses Excel only needs a tiny subset of the functions that Excel supports. The problem is that everyone needs a different subset.