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Originally Posted by _James_
Its a bit like by saying that if you dirve a manual car you are a better driver becuase its harder than an automatic. Some people like manuals and some people like automatics, it does not matter what you prefer as both will help you get from A to B.
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Ah, yes. Someone who can drive a manual can drive an automatic. The reverse is not true without a learning curve.
Most people who manage to learn to use a text editor and a makefile with command line compiler for non-trivial work have no trouble moving over to an IDE. Similarly, most people who use an IDE for non-trivial work have no trouble moving over to a text editor, makefile, and command line compiler. People who only do trivial stuff with either will not have enough knowledge to do anything useful, whether they use a text editor or an IDE. In my experience, people who only ever use "point and click" tend to be pretty unproductive until they learn there is much more to computing.