Re: [desktop-devel-list] Potential GNOME IDE

[Michael Ikey Doherty <michael i doherty intel com>]

On Sun, 2014-01-05 at 18:03 +0100, Sébastien Wilmet wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 04:44:31PM +0100, Sébastien Granjoux wrote:
> > I'm one of the developer of Anjuta, so this discussion looks a bit
> > strange. I think Anjuta is already quite mature as a GNOME IDE. It
> > supports smart indentation, debugger, git, code completion,
> > automatic generation of GObject boilder plate code...
> >
> > Contrary to Netbeans or even Geany which uses only Gtk+ 2, it uses
> > Gtk+ 3, GtkSourceView, Glade, Devhelp.
>
> Having both gedit and Anjuta is already a duplication of effort.
> Personally I prefer only a text editor, and use the command line or 
> other applications for the other features (git, glade, devhelp, etc).
>
> By moving some features from gedit or Anjuta to GtkSourceView, we can 
> eliminate part of the effort duplication. And specialized text editors 
> can emerge, which is a good thing in my opinion. I don't really like 
> general-purpose applications, they are more complex to configure, and 
> they are more complicated to learn and use. The UI is generic enough for 
> all the possible plugins, but for some plugins the UI is a bit too 
> restrictive. With a specialized application, the UI is exactly what is 
> needed. There is thus a potentially better usability.
>
> If there are libraries for creating easily a text editor, a debugger, 
> Git features, and so on, in the end the IDE is just a GUI to integrate 
> all the pieces together. Specialized text editors can be created for C, 
> Vala, Python, LaTeX, etc. And general-purpose text editors and IDEs can 
> still exist, but would require less maintenance work.
>
> But I agree, in the current situation, creating a completely new IDE is 
> just interesting for testing new designs easily, with lots of stubs for 
> the features.
>
> I hope it clarifies a bit my position,
> Sébastien W.
> _______________________________________________
I'd also have to agree on this point. An extra project like builder can
expose issues in the underlying technology, allowing improvements to be
shared among the using/existing projects.

- Ikey


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