The problem with IDEs is that they hide some of the basic plumbing that ties everything together and students may not develop an understanding of what is going on. This leads to several types of problems:
poor designs that may work in development but do not scale at all.
when something goes wrong, the programmer cannot solve it because the IDE has always looked after the messy details.
IDEs can be great for productivity but life is much easier if you understand what they are doing for you.
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IDEs can be great for productivity but life is much easier if you understand what they are doing for you.