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Re:Teach Yourself Computer Science by realharo on Sunday June 21, 2020 @09:09AM (#23591816)
>For example they might forget to put quotes around a string

I wonder whether a "richer" editor/IDE, that flags such things immediately upon writing them, could greatly improve the learning experience.

Many tools even point out things such as non-existing variables in scope, which are not strictly "errors" in a dynamic language during edit time.

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Re:Teach Yourself Computer Science by celicaraptor on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:04PM (#23592785)
I would assume so. Using Intellij Idea helped me a lot, rather than using Netbeans that our professor insisted on.Netbeans has a really slow autocomplete and would slow me down a lot, however Intelllij's autocomplete would pop immediately and would learn from my usage.
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