I agree with the general sentiment that any good tool should not get in the way of some good, intense thinking when developing. The fastest way out of a *zoned* hacking session is getting frustrated at whatever you're using.
I also agree with the pragmatic approach of finding a good set of tools that work across many platforms, and using it a lot until it's part of you.
For me personally, this means using Emacs for miscellaneous hacking. Taking the idea further, for embedded Java hacking as I'm doing full time right now, for instance, I can configure the Eclipse platform to use the common Emacs keystrokes and away we go without missing much of a beat at all.
Should I in a year be doing python hacking for whatever reason, I know that I can concentrate on brushing up on language details, rather than muddying the waters learning some new editor or environment.
This goes for any editor.
Bottom line, in my experience, nothing beats learning one editor (Emacs, vi, whatever floats your boat), and having a kick-ass build script (again, whatever puts the bologna in your sandwich - make, ant, etc.) for sheer keyboard shredding efficiency.
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I agree with the general sentiment that any good tool should not get in the way of some good, intense thinking when developing. The fastest way out of a *zoned* hacking session is getting frustrated at whatever you're using.
I also agree with the pragmatic approach of finding a good set of tools that work across many platforms, and using it a lot until it's part of you.
For me personally, this means using Emacs for miscellaneous hacking. Taking the idea further, for embedded Java hacking as I'm doing full time right now, for instance, I can configure the Eclipse platform to use the common Emacs keystrokes and away we go without missing much of a beat at all.
Should I in a year be doing python hacking for whatever reason, I know that I can concentrate on brushing up on language details, rather than muddying the waters learning some new editor or environment.
This goes for any editor.
Bottom line, in my experience, nothing beats learning one editor (Emacs, vi, whatever floats your boat), and having a kick-ass build script (again, whatever puts the bologna in your sandwich - make, ant, etc.) for sheer keyboard shredding efficiency.