>start programming course
>forced to use windows and visual studio
Why is this allowed?
>>59362854
cause otherwise the instructor would have to deal with infinite cases of millennial special snowflake syndrome
>>59362854
because it's a really good IDE if you install vsvim
>>59362867
>>59362874
kys fucking proprietary botnet enablers
>>59362908
baka desu senpai
>>59362854
They made us use java and eclipse because sun donated a shitton of shitty sunrays
>>59362854
and then there is my instructors who were good enough to be able to say:
"just implement it in any language you want but only use the standard library of that language"
>start programming course
>forced to use unix bash and manually type gcc commands
OK, but why?
>>59363008
Because it's easier to teach you what happens at the backend first.
If you just use a de you may get the job done while misunderstanding basic things, like flags and options the compiler takes.
As you carry on the misinformation will imbed itself and make you a worse programmer in the long run.
>>59362854
>know nothing about programming
>enroll in introductory course at community college
>want to subtly tell /g/ that im a programmer so they think im cool
>make this post which has the added benefit of implying im a linux wiz who uses linux exclusively
>feels good man
>>59362854
they show you what the real world is like, nobody who values their work uses linux.
hoi
>>59362854
ITT how to spot shitty online courses
>>59363601
This. IntelliSense is a godsend.
>>59362854
>second year at respected university
>forced to use GNU/Linux