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Can I learn android development in a non-javscript IDE? DAE find electron/javascript IDEs confusing? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/learn_programming

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Does anyone else find javascript/electron-based code editors confusing? I can never understand the organization/hierarchies of menus, buttons, windows, tabs. All my time is spent hunting through the interface. My kingdom for a normal dialogue box!

I've tried and failed to use VSCodium on a bunch of occasions for this reason. And a couple other ones. It's like the UI got left in the InstaPot waaaay too long and now it's just a soggy stewy mess.

Today I finally thought I'd take the first step toward android development. Completing a very simple hello world tutorial is proving to be challenging just because the window I see doesn't precisely correspond to the screenshots. Trying to find the buttons/menus/tools is very slow as I am constantly getting lost. I only ever have this in applications with javascript-based UIs

Questions:

Am I the only one who faces this challenge?
Do I have to use Android Studio or it there some kind of native linux alternative?

edited to reflect correction that Android Studio is not electron

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

I don't know what JavaScript has to do with the ui. You can design a bad ui in any language, a good one too.

So no I don't understand it. Maybe you need a different type of approach like a modal editor?

Look into helix, (neo)vim or (Spac)emacs. They could be a better fit from a visual point of view. But they have a steep learning curve.