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We, Programmers: A Chronicle of Coders from Ada to AI
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We, Programmers: A Chronicle of Coders from Ada to AI

by Robert C. Martin
December 2024
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
10h 31m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Foreword

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vim .

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Five simple characters launch my favorite text editor. This isn’t just any text editor, it’s NeoVim. Today’s NeoVim experience sports keybinds, LSPs, syntax highlighting, in-editor error diagnostics, and more. With all of this customization, NeoVim launches in mere milliseconds, allowing file editing in what feels like an instant. Even with thousands of files, LSPs quickly report the state of the project, and errors are loaded into quickfix menus for speedy navigation. A couple keystrokes allow me to build and launch or run tests. My computer produces code from plain English via the AI! Furthermore, that same AI can code alongside me as I type, providing large amounts of (highly questionable) code in a flash. This all ...

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ISBN: 9780135344248