Comments on: You Don’t Need Tools http://www.dotcodedump.com/2009/07/you-dont-need-tools/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: +Ian http://www.dotcodedump.com/2009/07/you-dont-need-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-7 +Ian Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:26:24 +0000 http://blog.lintnernet.com/?p=59#comment-7 To clarify my definition of changing the process. <br /><br />The very point of a tool is to change a process. Usually the goal is replacing a manual process, with an automated process.<br /><br />A tool can even introduce an entirely new process or paradigm into a programming environment. To clarify my definition of changing the process.

The very point of a tool is to change a process. Usually the goal is replacing a manual process, with an automated process.

A tool can even introduce an entirely new process or paradigm into a programming environment.

]]> By: alenzukich http://www.dotcodedump.com/2009/07/you-dont-need-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-6 alenzukich Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:53:54 +0000 http://blog.lintnernet.com/?p=59#comment-6 As someone who works in the tools market I'm greatly biased here, but I do have to throw my opinion nonetheless. ;)<br /><br />I do have to disagree with this statement:<br /><br /><i>Tools require knowledge to operate, and they will change how your process works.</i><br /><br />If it changes your process, you are using the wrong tools. If that tool doesn't extend and embrace what you are already doing while you code, then yes it will be a big problem.<br /><br />But with that said, look how IDEs have evolved. Gone are the days of using vi (well, okay maybe not fully). People now use the auto completion, style formatting and many other features as a must today.<br /><br />Why, because it makes them more productive. I think too often we take for granted the benefits these tools provide. As someone who works in the tools market I'm greatly biased here, but I do have to throw my opinion nonetheless. ;)

I do have to disagree with this statement:

Tools require knowledge to operate, and they will change how your process works.

If it changes your process, you are using the wrong tools. If that tool doesn't extend and embrace what you are already doing while you code, then yes it will be a big problem.

But with that said, look how IDEs have evolved. Gone are the days of using vi (well, okay maybe not fully). People now use the auto completion, style formatting and many other features as a must today.

Why, because it makes them more productive. I think too often we take for granted the benefits these tools provide.

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