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title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Resist The Temptation Of Easy"
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date = 2019-07-01
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tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "ides"]
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Sure that IDE will help you with a ton of autocomplete stuff and let you
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easily build your project, but do you understand what's going on?
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I'm not denying the fact that IDEs make things easier. The fact is, you should
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not rely heavily on their features.
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I mentioned before that you should at least know how to [run tests on the
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command line](/books/things-i-learnt/tests-in-the-command-line) and the same
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applies to everything in IDEs: how to build, how to run, how to run tests and,
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let's be honest here, how to find proper names for your variables and
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functions. 'Cause, sure, it's nice that the IDE can complete all the names of
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the functions, but if the autocomplete feature was off, would you know which
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function you need? In other words, have you thought at least 10 seconds about
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a good name for your function so you _won't_ need to use autocomplete to
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remember its name?
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These days, IDEs can autocomplete almost everything, from function names to
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even how to name your variables. But using the autocomplete is not always a
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good solution. Finding better names is.
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