I don't use any software tool unless it has drag n drop and brightly coloured shapes to play with. You guys , command line, how 20th Century.
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Has anybody ever listed NOTEPAD as a skill on their CV?
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There must be pretty much universal acknowledgement that an experienced developer should be able to open a page of code in Notepad and be able to understand it and make fixes. As mentioned above, it's like being able to write. In fact, it's only with ASP.NET that I've been properly moving into visual development over hand coded HTML.
I certainly mention it in interviews if the opportunity arises because, at least in traditional web development, it shows you know what's going on. And we all know what kind of HTML most WYSIWYG tools used to spew out (not sure if they're as bad as they used to be). I'm genuinely impressed with the code VWDE produces though. It was just a matter of waiting for it to be sorted out really.
So, yeah, not exactly a "skill" to put on the CV, but Notepad's still relevent to the job for the time being I'd say.Comment
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Originally posted by Cowboy BobI don't put notepad on my CV but I do still have an entry for vi as you'll be surprised how many *nix "gurus" can't use it - nevermind the point and clicky Windows people.
Good old vi (NOT)
Whenever I needed to edit something I used the following method
FTP
Notepad
FTPThrow them to the lions - WC2 5.4Comment
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Originally posted by wc2Good old vi (NOT)
Whenever I needed to edit something I used the following method
FTP
Notepad
FTP
Also, if the server is a *nix machine you're going to screw up the line endings by using notepad and seriously p!ss off the next person to open it up in any *nix editor.Comment
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Originally posted by Cowboy BobAnd if there's no FTP service running on the server? Sometimes you've just got to be able to use things like vi.
Also, if the server is a *nix machine you're going to screw up the line endings by using notepad and seriously p!ss off the next person to open it up in any *nix editor.
I use vi if necessary, ftp/Textpad/ftp when possible. Avoiding the user-unfriendly editor on unix only to use the user-unfriendly editor on Windows instead is perverse.Comment
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vi is ok when you get used to the command/edit modes and all the different key stroke commands. I spent 6 months using it after a samba connection i was using broke and the sysadmin couldn't be arsed fixing it
Textpad - my editor of choice is fantastic for macros, dos commands, version control, code clip libraries, code syntax. Back in my oracle days I could even run SQL commands direct from it! A very versatile tool if you know how to use it.Coffee's for closersComment
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TSO EDIT, thats a real pain when you've changed ISPF parms and can't get into ISPF. Same with CMS EDIT...“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadtTSO EDIT, thats a real pain when you've changed ISPF parms and can't get into ISPF. Same with CMS EDIT...Comment
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Originally posted by expatTSO EDIT with a printer/terminal and an acoustic modem. Them were the days!“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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