Why IDE's are useless for beginner programmers

[Clarkton]

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[fschmidt]

I think IDEs are fundamentally flawed for programmers at any level.  A craftsman uses simple tools to create exactly what he wants.  I wrote about tools versus applications here:

https://saidit.net/s/programming/comments/9bp3/git_vs_mercurial_please_relax/y4jg

[OmegaSEX]

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[SkydustMemory]

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[fschmidt]

SkydustMemory wrote

Are you talking about a text editor as simple as Windows Notepad, for example?

I use Sublime Text.  One should use a decent text editor with line numbers and other needed features.