[Catalyst] Debugging Catalyst with Eclipse

[Ise Olen]

Good rant ;-)

On Jan 21, 2008 1:13 PM, Jonathan Rockway <jon at jrock.us> wrote:

>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 13:35 +0300, dreel wrote:
> > I'm using Eclipse. I'm so tired to write code in notepad-like editors
> and switching between Terminal windows to debug.
> > I've tried to use Vi for Win32 but my Win-oriented brain doesn't
> understand it (
>
> Like anything, it takes practice to get used to.  I "used" emacs for
> years before I was good at it.  You just have to be dedicated... learn
> one thing and consciously remember to use it when you have a chance (and
> if you remember after you do something manually, undo that and try doing
> it automatically).  When you've mastered that, you open up the manual,
> scan it for something interesting and then learn that.  Repeat for 10
> years.  Every day you will become more and more efficient, which makes
> it easier for you to concentrate on writing your program, not typing it
> into the computer.
>
> At this point, I've learned emacs well enough to have it syntax-check my
> code automatically, switch to any file in a project with just a few
> keystrokes (even if the file has a long name), switch to any other
> project in a few keystrokes, automatically maintain my Makefile.PLs,
> help me resolve test failures, show me documentation for any module I'm
> using, etc.  The point is, a little time investing in a real editor will
> mean that you spend most of your time thinking about intelligent things,
> not which menu to move your mouse to.  Can eclipse do that?  If not, can
> you make it?  If the answer's no, you're wasting your time.
>
> It's the same reason we use Perl... there's a lot of syntax to learn,
> but that little bit of learning saves thousands of hours over the span
> over your career (compared to, say, Java or PHP).
>
> </rant>
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan Rockway
>
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