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There are apps for features 1,3.... I use copy path app myself

Really? What is the law?

How do you think programmers get from average to great?

Why is compile to JavaScript any different than compile to byte code? Is the "frail" comment from experience or intuition?

"This fellow has about a 1 in 25 chance of making it through the next 10 years"

Maybe you meant 20 years? There is no way this stat is right - he's 77. Making it to 87 isn't unusual

Do you have any evidence for your claim that malware would be worse due to centralization?

Apple has a very good record on malware via both the mac and iOS app store, best I can tell.

I completely get why a dev would hate the app store, but form an average consumer standpoint - it seems brilliant. Unless you are scared of Apple finding out that you installed "Evernote" or "Twitter". OMG!

what's wrong with "identified developers" only? You don't want to pay the $100 a year to be in the mac dev program?

you gave absolutely no reason why you prefer going outside the app store.

I use Intellij (and the derivative editors RubyMine and AppCode) as well.

IMO the main advantage of vim is it's instant. No waiting for the IDE to load. IJ takes quite a while to load and you have to have your project set up.

Another major advantage of vim is it's available everywhere. SSH to your production server and edit just like you do your code.

But I have to say: I much prefer coding in the Jetbrains editors. They offer a UX that can't be matched by vim. They are just smarter, esp for statically typed language. But even dynamic - they are damn good. And you can use VIM key bindings if you like.

Would have been a big deal - if they introduced 10 years ago

If the pill works with to significant downsides, who cares?

"Unfortunately, Java's designers didn't seem to value CPU time at all. The language has a nasty reputation for sluggish interfaces, and its execution speed drags well behind C++'s. Pointer aliasing or not we are many generations of optimisers away from languages such as Java overtaking C++ so if you need fast code C/C++ is the obvious choice."

So maybe Java is slow for UIs. But this general statement isn't true. Next time the author should fact check: https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#...

"one of the best IDEs around in Xcode" Ha. Ha ha.

Sublime is great in general. One area it lacks is good auto-formatting support (it has the feature, but it generally fails) I use this feature all the time in JetBrains IDEs and it's tough to live w/out once you are used to it.

I use IntelliJ for java/groovy/JavaScript. AppCode for Objective C. RubyMine for Ruby. Basically JetBrains products when I can. I have all the key bindings set consistently across all the IDEs.

I think JetBrains makes the best editor on the planet if you really learn all the features avail. but JetBrains IDEs don't support quick editing of arbitrary files, so I use sublime for those. Again, I set up the sublime key bindings to be consistent with the JetBrains products.

Sublime is very sweet. Not quite up to the JetBrains standards, but it's faster and you don't have to set up a project.

And of course there is vim when I need it

Specs don't capture everything. An iPad is way better for browsing/reading/watching movies. Instant on is awesome. And I have to charge my iPad once every two weeks or so. Laptops don't have much for standby time. The App store is way nicer for installing software.

Of course I spend much more time on my laptop. I'm sure not going to code on the iPad.

Most of the great IDEs are java. Jetbrains makes their money in the java market, so seems reasonable to leverage their existing code base. Also, java gives you cross platform. Not an issue for AppCode, but it's a biggie for all their other languages (ruby, python, php, java)

just for reference, here's what it looks like: http://cl.ly/5rbn

doesn't look ugly to me. Looks clean actually...

gimme optional dynamic typing and I'm sold

Eh? They have had 2 iOS refreshes in the past year.

then why didn't they do this for the Verizon iPhone 4?

it doesn't drop internet when it rings, it drops when you answer. right?

Absolutely, a poorly written/unmaintainable/or inaccurate test can have a negative net worth.

depends on if you believe in free markets I guess. the market has seemed to resolved this situation - iPhone is going multi-carrier in the US

> Apple is intentionally withholding that data because it makes them look bad and is instead talking only iOS numbers.

Eh? http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/apple-s-14-1m-...

is that withholding?

I'd love to see Mirah hit it big (statically typed Ruby on JVM). Dunno if it will tho: http://www.mirah.org/

my guess is the FTC investigation into Apple's practices got them nervous. better to just cave than deal with anti-trust issues: http://voices.allthingsd.com/20100611/ftc-to-investigate-app...

$99/199/299 is not "super high end".

Too much choice is overwhelming and confusing. This has been observed many times. Search google on "psychology too many choices". http://www.physorg.com/news127404469.html

Not to mention having dozens of models shows a lack of focus.

The root of the problem is IT has no incentives or checks in place to maintain a reasonable level of productivity. Their only mission is to make sure that services are online and there aren't breaches. Productivity doesn't factor in at all.

I'm not in a regulated industry (enterprise software). I completely get this if it's healthcare or defense. But we are just talking about middleware here!

IT depts don't care about developers getting shit done, they care about covering their asses. I work at a software company that has an IT dept that seems to do anything in it's power to keep work from being done. They do on access virus scanning which increases compile times 5x (which we can't turn off). They banned IM because of "legal issues". They banned itunes because of "legal issues" and "bandwidth issues". Any streaming media is banned because of "bandwidth issues". They installed software that keeps track of everything you install. They set up our (proprietary Nortel) VPN to route everything over their network. Chatrooms like Campfire - banned. SaaS - banned.

Of course I've worked around all these issues, but it's a PITA. I don't buy the legal issue argument as companies like google and msft don't have all these restrictions.

I'd love to know the reality on these legal issues. Is there really a legal reason for a company to ban IM/Chatrooms/iTunes/etc? If so, why is it that Google doesn't?