First day of college

- Enters the class

- Class starts

- Teacher starts teaching JS with notepad as editor on windows xp

- Leaves

Sorry sir, but I think the professor might not be human..

WTF?? Was he stuck in a timecapsule from 1998? Who hires these people

But why enrol on a course for beginners, if you are not a beginner?

@spongegeoff Easy credits I guess?

@spongegeoff required for the degree probably

You really think people should start coding in a complete IDE with a very complicated language.
I mean, I did, enjoyed it and thrived, but people don't do that.

oh fuck

@spongegeoff in my uni we can apply for a test to get the credit without having to go through the entire class, if the student already knows the subject

@c3r38r170 Definitely. It is way harder to learn a programming language without syntax highlighting and code assist (for JS they are pretty limited, but still better than nothing).

reality :
- leaves (*after class is over*)

nd honestly that is one of the best ways to learn as a beginner, to write without syntax highlighting and autocompletion. remember, some interviewers still conduct interviews on google docs

Coding on Windows Notepad is a big no-no and isn't efficient at all, and it burns the eyes. It's only meant for .txt (raw text) files.

Notepad++, however, I'll give the professor a participation award. Anything is better than straight-up Notepad.

@TeachMeCode whole course stuck in 2008 and they dont even know what vscode is ,

@spongegeoff i knew a bit about html / css which i learned as a hobby before getting into college

@dotenvironment i actually left in the middle of the class XD . And yeah i eventually learned C and C++ on Turbo C++ and notepad ( had to do it for practicals in college )

@dotenvironment and Amazon have you using first a web editor and then during physical intervju a whiteboard :)

@Oktokolo Yep and considering any sane programmer wouldn't go without syntax highlight while working, not using it while learning makes literally no sense.

And for JavaScript especially just open a fucking devTools window in the browser, like wtf.

Is that professor gonna start with ES5 next because 'You first have to experience how awful it was back then' or what?

XP?😳

@asgs yup and un-activated

@Oktokolo Sorry, Idk why I understood Notepad++. I still think ESH.

@c3r38r170 Notepad++ wuld actually be fine as it at least has the syntax highlighting and code assist is pretty lacking without static analysis anyways.

@anit9344 You come here and the first thing you write is this?
Welcome.

@bigmonsterlover I’ll fix and say he is from 2003

Unless he customized the shit out of Win XP that should be the real issue here. Who cares about an editor or what language if you can't do basic security updates.

It's just the History of JS module.

IDE will be tomorrow.

When I first started hacking JS and even now using View Source to remove some Disable Right click code.... It was all in notepad.

You don't need any IDE with pretty colors for everything.

Now is he starts introducing Angular/Redux in Notepad, you need to do everyone a favor and jump up and scream "HERETIC!!! JS NOOB!!!!"

@donuts I can confirm he never used a IDE for even other languages , like literally taught everything on ancient tech . also he does not know var is replaced by let nowadays

@rexathion so did you drop the class and file a complaint?

@donuts i never went to college daily after that , i don't have any other choice due to financial limitations and other various reasons. I had biology as major in my high school but i was not able to go outside for coaching due to covid so switched my career path to IT as it was the thing i liked most after biology . I had no option but to get in a local institute at the time , All institutes are shit here and stuck on a syllabus of 2008 , same applies to nearby cities . I just pay the fees nowadays and learn myself online . It is my last year for the course and hopefully i will get into a good college for my masters

@rexathion why not just start working? As far as I know these days masters have no value.

@donuts for some dumb reason , Degrees still matter here . Like they dont even consider you if you dont have a masters in my case . It is possible to get work without a degree but you gotta jobhunt for a long time and the pay will be bad even if you find one