Why should I use an IDE? [closed]

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It really depends on what language you’re using, but in C# and Java I find IDEs beneficial for:

  • Quickly navigating to a type without needing to worry about namespace, project etc
  • Navigating to members by treating them as hyperlinks
  • Autocompletion when you can’t remember the names of all members by heart
  • Automatic code generation
  • Refactoring (massive one)
  • Organise imports (automatically adding appropriate imports in Java, using directives in C#)
  • Warning-as-you-type (i.e. some errors don’t even require a compile cycle)
  • Hovering over something to see the docs
  • Keeping a view of files, errors/warnings/console/unit tests etc and source code all on the screen at the same time in a useful way
  • Ease of running unit tests from the same window
  • Integrated debugging
  • Integrated source control
  • Navigating to where a compile-time error or run-time exception occurred directly from the error details.
  • Etc!

All of these save time. They’re things I could do manually, but with more pain: I’d rather be coding.

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