DConf 2013 Day 3 Talk 1: Metaprogramming in the Real World by Don Clugston

[Regan Heath]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:31:03 +0100, Don <turnyourkidsintocash at nospam.com>  
wrote:

> On Thursday, 13 June 2013 at 06:58:22 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2013-06-11 14:33, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Reddit:
>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1g47df/dconf_2013_metaprogramming_in_the_real_world_by/
>>>
>>>
>>> Hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5861237
>>>
>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/344431490257526785
>>>
>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/655271701153181
>>>
>>> Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pmwKRYrfEyY
>>>
>>> Please drive discussions on the social channels, they help D a lot.
>>
>> I really don't understand the problem with IDE. He mentions that he's  
>> not interested in any autocompletion, refactoring or anything like that.
>
> Actually not. I'm just opposed to any work on them right now. The point  
> is that all of those things are COMPLETELY WORTHLESS if the IDE crashes.  
> It's not just "a bug". It's an absolute showstopper, and I'm begging the  
> community to do something about it.
> Fix the crashes, and then we can talk.

I use Notepad++ now and have used TextPad in the past.  But, those are  
just text editors with syntax highlighting (fairly flexibly and simply  
customisable highlighting BTW).

What are the basic features you would require of a development  
environment, I am thinking of features which go beyond the basic concept  
of a text editor, such as:

- The concept of a 'project' or some other collection of source files  
which can be loaded/displayed in some fashion to make it easier to  
find/select/edit individual files

- The ability to hook in 'tools' to key presses like "compile" executing  
"dmd ..." or similar.

...

R

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