Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux

On 11/17/24 17:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 17/11/2024 15:18, Pancho wrote:

It is much easier to code, debug, test in a good graphical IDE, even if you are developing console apps.

 Not if the target machine doesn't have a  GUI or a console at all.
 

Even then, develop in an IDE, run on the target machine.
I never really believed Linus' assertion that developers needed to develop on the same OS that the software was going to run on. As soon as Microsoft Visual Studio came out, mid 1990s, we used it on PCs to develop programs that ran on Solaris servers. We probably retained the capability to make final adjustments on the Sparc, but that wasn't where the main bulk of the work was done. I seem to remember we had the capability to build from makefiles, but I can't remember if we loaded the makefiles into Visual Studio or generated them from Visual Studio, or both.
Visual Studio was just better than vi, I find it strange to even have to debate that point.