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Member since:2007-09-23
Actually I am coming from Linux development so this is my first time using VS. I like it, I never really got attached to other IDEs and preferred vim.
The most notable difference in VS 2010 is that you can drag all parts of it around. Place different portions of the application wherever you want. For example I have Errors and Output on my laptop screen. They also rewrote it using WPF so it looks somewhat different (although everything is pretty much still at the same place).
Also the "Call Hierarchy" feature is handy when you want to see exactly what gets called.
What IDE do you use? I am particularly interested in a good IDE for RoR (preferably if it runs on Linux and can access SFTP mounted folders 
).
Member since:2009-11-17
I develop in Eclipse (or in Eclipse-based IDEs, at least - RTC and RDPower) - it is great, "call hierarchy" is essential both for Java and C/C++. Eclipse has done re-positionable views for quite a while now - clearly it is handy.
I've not used it, but the Dynamic Language Toolkit provides Ruby support:
http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=techn...
Not sure how it'd be for RoR - but maybe someone's already extended it specifically for RoR ...
VS2003 is the last one I used - I quite liked it ... but can't say I'd go back for anything but .Net development.
Member since:2005-07-06
Well, I have Netbeans, which is decent and MyEclipse but... I am afraid I am very old school in that I do 90% of my work in a simple text editor. Right now (Windows) I use UltraEdit mostly. On OSX I use TextMate.
But Netbeans has very good support for Ruby/Rails and it is much simpler to configure and use than Eclipse/MyEclipse.
But when we were a mostly MS shop we used Visual Studio (some 8 years ago we shifted to Java). I liked it, actually...
Member since:2007-09-22
I'm thinking of just going completely webbased for my editor with Bespin/SkyWriter https://mozillalabs.com/skywriter/ or Cloud9 IDE: http://www.cloud9ide.com/
But I think it still needs some polish before I'll do it. For now it's mostly gedit, geany or just plain vi.
"Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher with IOActive, has discovered a large number of issues in the way various X client libraries handle the responses they receive from servers, and has worked with X.Org's security team to analyze, confirm, and fix these issues."
"Google is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said." Sucks to be Google today, apparently.
"In the midst of the major press blitz surrounding its annual I/O Conference, Google dropped some unfortunate news about its instant messaging plans. In several places around the web, the company is replacing the existing 'Talk' platform with a new one called 'Hangouts' that sharply diminishes support for the open messaging protocol known as XMPP (or sometimes informally Jabber), and also removes the option to disable the archiving of all chat communications. These changes represent a switch from open protocols to proprietary ones, and a clear step backward for many users." That's why I always say: only suckers trust companies.
"The wave of departures is a sign of internal struggle, but amidst all the bad news, there is a glimmer of hope. According to an anonymous HTC executive cited by WSJ, the crucial HTC One is selling 'pretty good so far'. The executive revealed that HTC sold about five million One units since launch, a performance that is deemed encouraging. However, sales have been limited by the persisting supply issues that still plague the production of the HTC One." Finally some good news for HTC. Five million units amidst supply constraints is very impressive.
"Sony gave the PS4 50% more raw shader performance, plain and simple (768 SPs @ 800MHz vs. 1152 SPs & 800MHz). Unlike last generation, you don't need to be some sort of Jedi to extract the PS4's potential here. The Xbox One and PS4 architectures are quite similar, Sony just has more hardware under the hood. Weâll have to wait and see how this hardware delta gets exposed in games over time, but the gap is definitely there. The funny thing about game consoles is that itâs usually the lowest common denominator that determines the bulk of the experience across all platforms. On the plus side, the Xbox One should enjoy better power/thermal characteristics compared to the PlayStation 4. Even compared to the Xbox 360 we should see improvement in many use cases thanks to modern power management techniques." AnandTech does its usual in-depth thing."The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One. It's not just Kodera. In the past three-odd months, HTC has lost a number of employees in rapid succession." I really hope HTC pulls it together.
"It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2013. This is a snapshot of Debian 'sid' at the time of the Debian 'wheezy' release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is not an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release." Important note: 75% of Debian packages are supported bu Debian GNU/Hurd. Impressive.
"The first killer app was VisiCalc. This early spreadsheet turned the Apple II from a hobbyist toy to a business computer. VisiCalc came with room for improvement, though. In addition, a new architecture and operating system, the Intel-based IBM PC and MS-DOS, also needed a spreadsheet to be taken seriously. That spreadsheet, released in early 1983, would be Lotus 1-2-3, and it would change the world. It became the PC's killer app, and the world would never be the same. On May 14, IBM quietly announced the end of the road for 1-2-3, along with Lotus Organizer and the Lotus SmartSuite office suite. Lotus 1-2-3's day is done." Impressive 30 year run."There's a disconnect between how Apple CEO Tim Cook sees his company's tax strategies and how some members of the US Senate view it. That became clearer than ever today after Cook and two other Apple executives testified before Congress, explaining why they're holding most of their international income in Irish subsidiaries like Apple Operations International, which declare no tax residency anywhere in the world. AOI hasn't filed a tax return anywhere in the world for the last five years, yet it earned $30 billion in income from 2009 to 2012, according to a Senate report released yesterday." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's just. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many more - these companies might not be breaking any laws, but it's obvious to anyone that what they are doing is scummy.
The new WebKit Opera for Android has been released. "Opera 14 for Android is built on top of Chromium 26, with a total overhaul of the UI in native code, making it fit well with the latest Android design guidelines. Go get the build from Google Play or point your browser to m.opera.com, and give it a spin!"
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2005-07-06
I haven't used MS VS in years. Has it changed much (other than the languages it supports)? Doesn't look much different.
We are 95% Java in house now... some PHP, some Ruby/Rails... I kind of miss the MS platform.