programming apps [newbie]

while true · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:17 pm Post subject: programming apps [newbie]

oi

ok, being on gentoo for two years
I am also a programmer! right?

I use gedit, and I also use vim (I want to be able to know how to do things solely in tty).

Now I came across program that I can run with ./program
I would like to make some changes to program,
but I can not open it in gedit or vim (at least not in readable form). .

Is there an IDE that opens all kinds of source code files (gui AND cli)?
Or, is it one tool for one job, in which case, which 'editor' is for which source code?
And how do I know in what kind of source it is?

Thank you
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John R. Graham · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: programming apps [newbie]

while true · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject:

oi John,

khaha, thanks, but the guy can dream, khaha

ok, so you did straighten something out for me:
when I write a bash script (and in gentoo os files) that is source code that can be executed.
but mostly(?) there is need to compile source code before app is given to people.
What I thought is, if I can run it with ./program I could edit it, khaha
I should ask author for source code, right? (but not just jet, khehe)

john, could I be so bold to kindly ask you,
what editors you use and recommend?

what language is good to use, and what are theirs ide?

Thank you

EDIT:

I just want to be able to open any source code (c, java, dog, cat)
so something in that direction - desktop applications...
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John R. Graham · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:50 pm Post subject:

I use emacs, but I would hesitate to recommend it. :roll:

If you're look at IDEs, then they will come with an editor.

The question of what language is "good" is difficult to answer outside of some context:

For light text processing, I use awk or sed.
If the text processing is more complicated or uses other than simple regular expressions, then my weapon of choice is Perl.
If the work is more than just the least bit algorithmic, I tend to use C++.
Many desktop applications are written in C++ or straight C.
My son is teaching me Java (it's what he's learning in college), but I don't currently use it for anything.
For small jobs or prototyping, it's often very convenient to tie one or more of these together (or merely hide the invocation syntax) with bash.

There are so many answers to this question that it's difficult to know where to start or stop.

- John
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