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Just want to give a somewhat belated thanks to this forum. I posted several questions here when I was first starting to learn programming and received a lot of really useful help. I've also got a lot out of reading other topics. I recently started my first software development job and wanted to say thanks for all the help.

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01-21-2018 , 04:34 PM

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saw7988

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So I just started getting my feet wet back in the C++ world and I'm using Visual Studio for basically the first time in so long it doesn't matter.

In IntelliJ and Vim I'm able to switch files super quickly. For example in IntelliJ, I can press Ctrl+E and start typing "my" + Enter and boom I've opened "MyMainClass.java". In Visual Studio, the best thing I've found so far is Ctrl+1+F which mostly does the same thing, but it's sooooo much slower. Anyone have a better solution for this?

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01-21-2018 , 05:12 PM

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Grue

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Its just control+p in Visual Studio

Spoiler:

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01-21-2018 , 06:31 PM

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RustyBrooks

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Originally Posted by river_tilt

I built a tablet this weekend, from a Raspberry Pi and other bits and bobs. It seems to work. It's not the quickest or slickest machine in the world, but I quite like it.

What are you using for the display? I bought a TFT 5" display when they first came out - I don't think they sell that model any more. It's... just OK. I use it to control a 3D printer.

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01-22-2018 , 01:44 PM

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just_grindin

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Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

are kids today happier playing their video games then i was playing Wolfenstein by ID software? it does not seem like happiness levels are higher. but if you took those kids and put them in a time machine, then they would be miserable.

i assume this already a commonly known theorem? name?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill

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01-22-2018 , 02:31 PM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by saw7988

Ctrl+; lets you search the file names in your solution. it is much slower than vsCode.

Ctrl+f (dont need the '1') lets you search for text. theres a dropdown that lets you specify where to look for the text. obv if you are searching for text in the entire solution and its a big solution it will take a super long time.

it sounds like you want Ctrl+;. or you can just click on the top of the Solution Explorer. Actually, it sounds like mebbe you dont have your solution explorer open.

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01-22-2018 , 04:22 PM

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saw7988

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Ctrl+1+f I think limits that search to files, but yea it does sound like Ctrl+; is what I want and hopefully will be decently snappy. I think I do have the solution explorer open but didn't see that text.

Not excited to hear "much slower than vsCode" though. I feel like for any project I work on (nothing I do is super large, this is all low key hobby stuff) it should be basically instant searching and instant switching. My laptop is pretty beefy/new as well. Maybe I should switch to vs code if this doesn't do the job, huh? As long as it
1) Compiles C++
2) Has vim bindings
3) Has autocomplete
I'm game.

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01-22-2018 , 08:07 PM

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river_tilt

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Originally Posted by RustyBrooks

What are you using for the display? I bought a TFT 5" display when they first came out - I don't think they sell that model any more. It's... just OK. I use it to control a 3D printer.

I use a 7" display:
https://www.modmypi.com/pis-and-peri...splay-official

It seems OK so far, although I've not used it much yet.

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01-23-2018 , 09:42 AM

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saw7988

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Originally Posted by Victor

it sounds like you want Ctrl+;

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Originally Posted by saw7988

Ctrl+; is what I want and hopefully will be decently snappy

It's terrible. Time to try another IDE.

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01-23-2018 , 10:21 AM

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Wolfram

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Have you tried CLion?

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01-23-2018 , 11:33 AM

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RustyBrooks

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Originally Posted by river_tilt

I use a 7" display:
https://www.modmypi.com/pis-and-peri...splay-official

It seems OK so far, although I've not used it much yet.

Pretty low res, but at least it comes with a bezel. Mine was a raw display, I had to 3d print a case for it. And because it was sort of old, I had to design the case myself, also. It works OK for what I use it for.

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01-23-2018 , 03:55 PM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by saw7988

It's terrible. Time to try another IDE.

ya part of the reason I like Angular and Typesript so much is that VS Code is a ton quicker and the npm webpack continuously compiles so you dont need to recompile the entire solution and wait 5+ minutes.

going back to C# in Visual Studio is like going back to the stone age. fortunately most of my coworkers are scared to death of angular so I get to work mostly on that.

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01-23-2018 , 08:20 PM

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suzzer99

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01-23-2018 , 10:03 PM

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OmgGlutten!

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my experience as a self taught developer who found a job is that if they wanted someone who could answer log questions they would just find someone with a CS degree.

however, learning to solve random hacker rank style problems will make you a better developer. if you are totally lost looking at random hacker rank questions, then you might not be a very good developer yet.

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01-24-2018 , 01:35 PM

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jmakin

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Have a very promising interview at a mobile game startup. They’re going to let me work part time around my school schedule, it’s two minutes away from my house, and when I graduate there may be a full time job for me.

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01-24-2018 , 01:58 PM

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jjshabado

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Congrats! That's a pretty sweet setup.

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01-24-2018 , 02:03 PM

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jmakin

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Yea I really hope I can land it. I got the hookup from a friend of mine who is neighbors with the owner of this venture capital startup that just purchased this game. They aren’t really interviewing many people and the owner seemed to like me.

The fact it’s so close and in gaming (the area I want to eventually get into) is too perfect. I wouldnt even care if the pay was garbage.

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01-24-2018 , 02:04 PM

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just_grindin

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Originally Posted by Victor

I am just trying to learn to code and thought Visual Studio was a giant pile of crap especially to learn on. Glad to hear someone with experience confirm my suspicions.

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01-24-2018 , 04:52 PM

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_dave_

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GL jmakin!

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01-24-2018 , 05:28 PM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by just_grindin

I am just trying to learn to code and thought Visual Studio was a giant pile of crap especially to learn on. Glad to hear someone with experience confirm my suspicions.

I actually think that Visual Studio is pretty amazing. Its extremely powerful, but that does maybe make it bulky and inefficient for a lot of things, esp learning. its a ton better than the equivalent Java IDE's that I previously used.

VS Code is just really lightweight and fun to use.

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01-24-2018 , 07:50 PM

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ChrisV

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Visual Studio has a few issues (occasional package versioning nightmares among other things) but in general I like it. It's miles better than IntelliJ, which I'm currently using, although it's hard sometimes to separate whether it's just that C# > Java. Haven't tried VS Code yet.