Programmers Fears…
How many programmers have you worked with in the past, or now, that fear the command line?
“I need my editor, my GUI editor, otherwise I am worthless”
How many times have you heard that from junoir level programmers, or worse yet, the seasoned professional, who has become lazy and bored on ones job. If you come from an unix world, you are very familiar with your command prompt or terminal, but the windows people, well, lets just say, they usually do not know of a console or command prompt but only a GUI interface to everything and anything.
Yes, the GUI editors to have their place. Yes, they do speed up processes at times. Yes, they are NEEDED. I am not saying they are the root of all evil in the programming world, just a cause of laziness and lack of understanding.
Many developers/engineers/programmers should become friends with their console window. Not just be a GUI jockey, but really understand the inner workings of their trade. The blinking cursor is your friend, not your enemy. How many programmers know how to compile a C# project from the command line? Worse yet, how many know how to show a directory listing?
One great think I love about the console is the ability to create small little task that you can run with a batch script, semi-automate repetative task or file creation for projects.
“The goal is to work smart, not just hard”