Re: VS.NET vs Notepad

From: Ben Fidge (BenFidge_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 03:51:01 -0800

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for your input. May I quote you in my report?

Ben

"Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" wrote:

> I hardly can believe that Notepad approach from your fellow programmers... I
> have known people using UltraEdit, but Notepad??? Well, my best friend uses
> it and all I can say is that his productity leaves a LOT to be desired.
> Anyway, apart from Intellisense and debugging, some other things to your
> list:
>
> - Productivity Designers for forms, HTML pages and so on. That is, Visual
> Programming rather than writting points and dimensions by code.
> - A lot of other productivity tools such as bookmarks, better find/replace
> features, Object Browser, Class View, etc.
> - Integration with Source Code Control tools such as SourceSafe. With
> notepad you can use the SourceSafe Explorer but you lack the integration.
> - The concepts of solution and project to keep your work organized rather
> than as a messy collection of files.
>
> --
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools 4.0: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET
> You can code, design and document much faster.
> http://www.mztools.com
>
>
> "Ben Fidge" <BenFidge@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:393DD26E-9597-4628-831B-45D35FC60ADE@microsoft.com...
> > Fellow programmers,
> >
> > I'm in a rather unique situation where I have to justify the purchase and
> > use of VS.NET to the powers that be at my place of work. There's a few
> > programmers here that consider themselves "purists" and have been
> > poisoning
> > the minds of our non-programmer directors. These programmers consider
> > themselves above the use of IDE's and are trying to ensure we all work the
> > same way as them.
> >
> > I'm now tasked with compiling a report detailing why the company should
> > splash out on VS.NET and what it gives us over NotePad.
> >
> > Obviously, things like Intellisense and debugging speak for themselves.
> > What
> > other benefits can you guys suggest that I put in my report. Remember,
> > management (and in this case, middle-management!) respond to productivty,
> > time, and money-saving features.
> >
> > Ideas and suggestions gratefully received,
> >
> > Ben
>
>
>

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