Comment on What operating system and tools should a beginner use to learn programming?
Ashiette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Your mint setup is fine to start learning, as others have said. Start with something simple : python, javascript, …
For programming, there are tools available on every OS. However I have found that those tools are easier to use on Linux. Okayish to use on MacOS. Programming with Windows, on the other hand is, well… it certainly is possible, but… see for yourself.
For instituitions it varies depending on each one of them. Usually they have their own tools because it is easier to organise a class if everyone works on the same IDE but if you get good enough it does Not matter what is your OS/IDE of choice. VSCodium is nice but anything like kwrite/kate/gedit/geany is good enough. Hell, even nano can get the job done.
Grtz78@feddit.de 6 months ago
Depending on how much you want to work on servers later, getting used to vim might be worth it. With neovim there’s also a modern take on vi, that can fully replace any IDE.
Just use what works for you. Only downside to IDEs is you might not graps all the magic going on in the back, so take your time to understand the ropes of the build and deployment systems before you let your IDE handle it for you.
Ashiette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
I started using vim to learn rust. It’s awfully powerful and I fully understand the hype.
However when I started to program, vim was NOT a good option to learn. Because you have to learn how to code and how to use the coding tool at the same time. It can be too much to take in.
Grtz78@feddit.de 6 months ago
Yeah, I understand that. I myself stayed an emacs user up to today because it was easier to get into it (the rabbit hole starts tumbling down some time later with emacs). But in these days eclipse was the shiny new star of IDE (cringe). However, when you face tolling out somestuff or setting up your own first services, the afternoon needed to get basic grasp of vim is well spend.