I love IDE but I should have started my programming journey without them

I learned coding in middle school which was a fun experience as I was naturally drawn to tinkering with computers. We first learned how to command the Turtle in MS Logo on the now orphaned Windows 7. We then started learning to code in PASCAL using an IDE which  I don't remember well cause I was paying much attention to it. All I cared for is that I was programming in pascal. I struggle to disassociate a programming language from an IDE.  Worse the IDE has auto-correct features. I know for a beginner  clicking the compile icon  after long hour of  typing the code seems a better option than opening CMD and typing the compiler command and options, linking the codes all  and creating a single excecutable seems o much. You also  have to learn and commit to memory the different compiler options. When I started to learn C on my own after installing Ubuntu I changed from using an IDE to just embracing the Terminal and Text Editor. I learned so much and realised so much things I took for granted due to using an IDE. What is your experience with IDE ?


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I forgot all about that turtle lol. We learnt it on Win XP although I think Win7 was out by that time. I’m learning Python at the moment and I’m using PyCha as an IDE. I 100% get what you mean. I make a lot of syntax errors because I’m so used to the IDE doing things for me. I might try not using one for a project and see if that helps. Great post.


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