There are only three major features (aside from things like syntax highlighting and indent guides) that make me reach for an IDE:
1. Intellisense
2. Linters
3. Code analysis
All three of which help me improve my own skills, as I don’t just use them blindly. I consciously analyze why they were triggered so as to determine if their suggestions are valid in that use case, and to become familiar with what they are suggesting to remember it in the future.
It’s not that I hate steep learning curves. I just don’t like counterproductively difficult steep learning curves. Send me up the side of a metaphorical mountain, and I will be fine with that so long as I have the metaphorical ropes and carabiners and pitons and a harness and all the basic safety gear with which to gain experience with climbing rock faces. Imma not gonna free solo a cliff face the first time I go rock climbing.
Honestly, if something a lot simpler like Notepad++ came with these three tools, I would be very happy.
It’s not that I hate steep learning curves. I just don’t like counterproductively difficult steep learning curves. Send me up the side of a metaphorical mountain, and I will be fine with that so long as I have the metaphorical ropes and carabiners and pitons and a harness and all the basic safety gear with which to gain experience with climbing rock faces. Imma not gonna free solo a cliff face the first time I go rock climbing.
Honestly, if something a lot simpler like Notepad++ came with these three tools, I would be very happy.