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Discussion on: Why Are Some Developers so Allergic to IDEs?

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Alex Fedorov

In the environments I work in, a separate IDE-independent CI (build server) environment is a must. So I didn’t experience that. Also, we all use our own little tools for various tasks like using Git from terminal or separate UI tool (like Tower); or writing markdown in a nice specialized editor MacDown; or grepping through a humongous text/json/xml/etc file using Vim or cat|less.

And this point again: In order to be a well-rounded developer one should be proficient within IDE and without, know various alternative tools and make the best decision which one to use in which context. There is not a single tool for any task. Every tool is the best tool in its own small thing.