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It do be like that (feddit.org)

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Every self-taught programmer I've seen starts off hacking at something in Notepad.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I started with mIRC script editor, which was only a tiny step above notepad.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I upgraded to notepad++ I'll have you know!

[–] BartyDeCanter 3 points 3 days ago

I spent years using Notepad++ as my professional editor. We were a Windows shop and all of the IDEs available were much slower and buggier. It’s a surprisingly decent introduction to the idea of what a good text editor can be.