Developing on ubuntu 20.04

[RainneDecember]

I want to learn to develop apps and programs for linux. i am currently on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Where is the best place to start, and is VS CODE the best program to build on?

[Helpful Tech Witch]

23 minutes ago, RainneDecember said:

I want to learn to develop apps and programs for linux. i am currently on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Where is the best place to start, and is VS CODE the best program to build on?

Really all you need to code is a text editor, hell notepad on windows is fine for writing the code, you just need to compile it. Though, it depends on what you want to make and what languages you know

[Guest]

It's honestly just preference, there really is no best. You can use a basic text editor or a full blown IDE and achieve the same results.

 

Personally I use KDevelop and Kate, but I primarily use KDE and utilize QT (Open-Source) for cross-platform applications.

[PickleLord]

I Reccomend VS Code because is launches very quickly, no matter what computer you have, and, due to it being essential a glorified text editor with the ability to compile code, it is far better than the Eclipse IDE, which is slow, and requires multiple downloads. However, you really only need a basic text editor such as Vim for coding.

[Alexeygridnev1993]

11 hours ago, PickleLord said:

I Reccomend VS Code because is launches very quickly, no matter what computer you have, and, due to it being essential a glorified text editor with the ability to compile code, it is far better than the Eclipse IDE, which is slow, and requires multiple downloads. However, you really only need a basic text editor such as Vim for coding.

Advicing Vim to a beginner is cruel

 

I leart R and Python, so, I started with RStuduo for R and default IDLE for Python, for a beginner it's just enough. Then, when I felt limited by IDLE, I switched to Spyder, which is sort of "RStudio for Python", a very convenient IDE especially for data science stuff.

[10leej]

On 6/3/2021 at 6:01 AM, Alexeygridnev1993 said:

Advicing Vim to a beginner is cruel

Actually, that's the perfect time to learn vim, or even emacs (which is better in every way).

[Alexeygridnev1993]

34 minutes ago, 10leej said:

Actually, that's the perfect time to learn vim, or even emacs (which is better in every way).

Is that a cultural thing? Using text editors from the 70s instead of convenient modern IDEs to show off how much of a true developer you (generic "you") are. Because, otherwise, I don't see any rational reason to do so.

[10leej]

7 hours ago, Alexeygridnev1993 said:

Is that a cultural thing? Using text editors from the 70s instead of convenient modern IDEs to show off how much of a true developer you (generic "you") are. Because, otherwise, I don't see any rational reason to do so.

The big thing emacs and vim have going for them is the workflow paired with stability and the massive plugin infrastructure made the individual communities.

 

Also because neither are IDE's by default you're forced to learn coding the proper way rather than relying on a single IDE (which would mean that if you learned say python on Pycharm you might struggle when the coding job you got accepted in on when the standardize on say Eclipse)

 

You also gain a better insight in QA by learning with a text editor.

 

That said if OP wants to use VS Code, then by no means am I going to argue since that's what I myself actually use as the primary editor. I really use emacs mostly for other things like org mode and such.