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Python is so great for getting small tasks done in less than 30 lines of code that would take 5-10 times as much code in most other languages. I wish I had learned it earlier too. Still my favorite language to code without an IDE (C# is pretty great as long as you're in Visual Studio).

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I remember when I first learnt Python. It seemed so similar to the pseudocode that I was taught to write first when I was working on a problem. As a result, I will often prototype an algorithm first in Python before I try it in something else.

I wish visual studio wasn't a requirement sometimes for writing C# - although it makes make it a decent experience.

Well, it isn't. But you need to have autocomplete for a better experience.

There's Xamarin and other IDEs as well (I'm sure there's an Eclipse plugin but I wouldn't go there)

There's Project Rider in the making.

Xamarin Studio - based on my experience from about 4 months ago - is beyond awful at the moment

Visual Studio Code now has IntelliSense for C#[1]. I'm just starting with Python. Code supports it as well[2].

[1]https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/csharp

[2]https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/python?utm_expi...

Bah! IDE's seem always to be stifling, and they create complicated projects that are not readily usable outside of the IDE. For instance I often need to build software on a server, and naturally do not wish to install some enormous program to accomplish this. I don't use Eclipse for Java or Visual Studio for C#. I did not use the Racket IDE when I was writing a lot of Scheme code. I do like the new Visual Studio Code editor however. Caveman that I am, I use plain old makefiles.

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