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Posted by Oli Filth on 11/13/27 11:30
Jerry Stuckle said the following on 27/10/2005 05:59:
> Oli Filth wrote:
>
>>>
>>> If the documentation is completed (read DESIGN DOC), then the
>>> function names parameters and return values can be documented
>>
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>> Yes... and? I don't understand how that follows on from anything I
>> said...
>>
> Check back through your messages. You indicated one of the best reasons
> to use an IDE is for the autocompletion (or hints) for function.
However, not in this part of the thread - I was instead talking about
navigating the source code itself, with class views and associated tools.
> I'm saying this is bogus - proper documentation replaces the need.
See the argument below...
>>
>> With a decent Java IDE, they are - you press F1 (or Ctrl+F1, or
>> whatever), and you land straight on the documentation of the
>> class/method/variable in question.
>>
>
> Ah, another IDE - Java this time!
>
> With Windows help files, you don't NEED an IDE!
Yes, I know that! And with HTML documentation, you don't need chm files;
and with a hard-copy manual, you don't need HTML documentation; we could
go on...
By the logic of your argument, you should be using Notepad to do your
coding!
The point is that pressing a single button (for me at least), is much
quicker and less distracting than pressing Alt+Tab, making sure the
caret is in the search box, typing the function name, selecting the
correct option, reading the definition in the help-file, temporarily
memorising it (or copy-pasting it), and then pressing Alt+Tab to get
back to the editor and then typing it in.
(Feel free to insert your own key combo instead of Alt+Tab!)
> And BTW - this is a PHP newsgroup, not a Java newsgroup.
Indeed, however this thread has become more generalised and seems to be
about IDEs in general...
--
Oli
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