News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret choosing Elixir?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch... by cy_hauser on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @09:51AM (#27194512)
> I would never complain about a language just because an IDE does not exist for it.

I think their complaint is valid, especially in light of their finding it difficult to find experienced coders who are in their salary range.

New coders can lean heavily on a good IDE to help: code completion, breakpoints, step wise debugging, one click links to the docs, easy code navigation, and more. Senior coders can and should use the editor of choice, but a great IDE makes a world of difference for a junior or even intermediate coder.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch... by throwaway81523 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @08:34PM (#27216097)
I haven't used elixir but used erlang for a while, with emacs. It did have a learning curve, but I don't think an IDE would have helped.
[ Parent | on HN ]