Comments on: Putting on my text-based programmer hat - a PHP weekend http://thinkinging.com/2007/06/05/putting-on-my-text-based-programmer-hat-a-php-weekend/ an unfiltered stream of data flow consciousness Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:19:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Saverio http://thinkinging.com/2007/06/05/putting-on-my-text-based-programmer-hat-a-php-weekend/#comment-338 Saverio Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:29:10 +0000 http://thinkinging.com/2007/06/05/putting-on-my-text-based-programmer-hat-a-php-weekend/#comment-338 I wouldn't necessarily toss all text-based programming into one basket. I've never done PHP programming, so I can't comment on any IDEs for it. I have, however, done a fair bit of C# programming using the free Visual C# Express Edition, and I think the IDE is actually quite good, and hardly primitive. Need to open up a function that's being called? Right-click on it and select "Go to definition". Need help on a function? Hover over it and the tipstrip comes up to display its prototype. Intellisense is great at displaying what the arguments are, as well as the overloaded versions. Need to find all instances of a function? Highlight the function, right-click and select "Find All References". And the list goes on... Is LabVIEW a good development environment? Absolutely! Is it better than text-based IDEs? Debatable, as it's a different kind of environment. I'm comfortable in both kinds of environments, and there are some things that I would never attempt with one language and others that can be done in either one. I wouldn’t necessarily toss all text-based programming into one basket. I’ve never done PHP programming, so I can’t comment on any IDEs for it. I have, however, done a fair bit of C# programming using the free Visual C# Express Edition, and I think the IDE is actually quite good, and hardly primitive. Need to open up a function that’s being called? Right-click on it and select “Go to definition”. Need help on a function? Hover over it and the tipstrip comes up to display its prototype. Intellisense is great at displaying what the arguments are, as well as the overloaded versions. Need to find all instances of a function? Highlight the function, right-click and select “Find All References”. And the list goes on…

Is LabVIEW a good development environment? Absolutely! Is it better than text-based IDEs? Debatable, as it’s a different kind of environment. I’m comfortable in both kinds of environments, and there are some things that I would never attempt with one language and others that can be done in either one.

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