leeman2016

As much as I like smaller and faster editors like VS-Code, in case of Java and C#, I wouldn't survive a day without IntelliJ/Rider.

* Better refactoring

* Better linting and code cleanup; Most of the time I learn new language features from the IDE linting

* Awesome diff/merge tool; Not just for git but for local history (undo/redo)

* Debugging/running multiple projects at once is also nice

* Better dynamic language support; Easier to use on a large wild Javascript codebase

> cross-platform GUI app

May I ask using what?

1. Finding out WPF after years of work on WinForms; in that you can do MVVM stuff, control templating, vector graphics, etc.

2. React and Typescript

3. Jetbrains IDEs

I really had a pleasant experience with svelte recently. Highly recommend

Smaller bundles, faster, easier to use ... everything one can ask for

I recently (5 months ago) went this way targeting Windows and Linux and was very satisfied in the end. I might add:

- Very small executable (I shipped around 10 MB executable)

- No dependencies

- Handling HiDPI screens (4k+) was OK

- Very fast (Opening felt like restoring a minimized application)

1. How about looking for a part-time job? It could be a single project.

2. Personal side projects could work too.

Another one to add:

Besides waiting for animation, in Windows 10, if you type the password fast enough the first character gets selected and the second character you type will replace it.

This happens frequently.

Plus, people follow strict fasting (up to 210 mandatory fasting days in a year) ... at least the Oriental Orthodox church followers which make up 40-50% of the population.

Maybe I want to have a C++ (native) port of my web library. I may want to start by transpiling my TS code (interfaces and classes) to C++.

I also wonder why isn't there to C# yet?

Strange. I had mostly pleasant experience with WPF. In fact, back in the early days it was so exciting to work with.

Found svelte 3 after Rich's talk and managed to complete a production app using it. Found it not only a lot easier, but almost flawless.

If you are looking for usage from just i3, I am using xrandr to enable/disable multi-monitor:

    $mod+Shift+p exec "xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto --right-of eDP1"

(that with enable second screen through HDMI when Win+Shift+p is pressed)

    $mod+Shift+o exec "xrandr --output HDMI1 --off"

(that disables second screen)

    bindsym $mod+Shift+x move workspace to output HDMI1

(that moves an entire workspace to the 2nd screen or any screen with the given id)

In addition to Chrome, Windows 10 seems to be suspicious too ... I don't know why though.

I wish there was one for Access too. I find MS Access less intuitive than Excel.

Glad to see lots of satisfied developers of Svelte as I am one. TBH though didn't expect to see it up there this quick.

One obvious advantage of the "if-else" approach is using indefinite "else if" conditions rather than just one "else"

The thing is JetBrain's IDEs use that diff tool where-ever a diff is needed, not just for git. For example, in a local history of a file (like undo history), history of a single line in code, etc.

VSCode is good for a free editor. But the difference between VSCode/Sublime and Webstorm is night and day.

I find MS Access not as intuitive as the other siblings though. Wish there was a "You Suck at Access" video like this one [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c]

I actually tried out Vue after I had a production app made using svelte 3 and was amazed how verbose Vue is in comparison. Not to mention Svelte's smaller bundle sizes due to absent run-time library.

Development on Windows desktop maybe dull, but pretty straight forward/stable/well documented in my opinion

- Share apps with other people

- Write apps for the iOS platform in Linux/Windows/etc.

- Extend storage with SD Cards

- Live download/upload speed meter on the status bar

- Use phone as a wireless hot-spot without installing a SIM card or enabling data (2G/3G/4G)

I missed these when moving from Android to an iPhone.

> Real Programmers wrote in machine code. Not FORTRAN. Not RATFOR. Not, even, assembly language. Machine Code. Raw, unadorned, inscrutable hexadecimal numbers. Directly.

Reading that brings back one of the best memories of my childhood.

Wow. Is that a VM or an actual PC?

Could something like Android webview work? The webview doesn't force each app to include a whole browser. So, maybe single instance of electron runtime with multiple thin apps with "electron-webviews".

Linkedin was particularly annoying with the "you are missing out a lot ... a lot has happened since ..." type of emails. It would also give me couple of non-existent new notifications ... abusing the red indicator badges

Some time a go I had to work on a heavy XML processing application and found out VB.NET had a nice XML literals feature. I completed the development using it and it was a joy.

EDIT: To anyone who didn't get it, XML literals are used like this:

  Dim myContact = <contact><%= p.Name %></contact>
  Dim allContacts = <contacts><%= From c in db.contacts Select <contact><%= c.Name %></contact> %></contacts>

- Zim - very light note taking application

- Clipit - clipboard management

- i3 Desktop window manager - gave me a superb boost of productivity

- Indicator Netspeed unity - live network consumption/speed indicator applet

Wow... that's a shocker.

In fact, one of the best thing about typescript is that you can bring in almost everything you know about javascript into the game.

It took me few days to pick it up when moving from JS to typescript. I don't get it when people say it is complex or adds complexity.