I have both installed but despite using NV for a few days I did not really find it compelled me to make it my everyday text editor.

@heyheni - No I am from the UK, I've just never contracted before. I have always had a permanent position but my employer is downsizing so I fancy trying my hand at contracting for a bit.

I never got on with Django when I tried it, but I've used Flask which has been great for my needs, but don't let that stop you trying Django. The really cool thing I like about python Web platforms is that they generally use wsgi - Web server gateway interface (often called "whiskey") which means they can all be used to create server less websites on Amazon using a project called Zappa. It is really neat if you are trying to set a site up cheaply and learn python.

I think we need to know more about what you are wanting to achieve and the type of learner you are.

If you want to do web stuff then JS is essential (but you'll probably learn it out of need at some point). if you want to do more general stuff python is probably easier, there is a great book by Al Swagert about "automating the boring stuff with Python" which if you are just looking to try out programming is a good place to start as it shows you how to apply python to the real world in lots of ways.

People are pointing you to C and C++ but you don't need to know these first if they sound daunting, just have them on your road map for the day you want to find out more.

Intellisense is fair, but often it is something that is not as easy to spot (semi-colons are just an easy and relatable bug)

I a most tagged it as wk6

@sam9669 not when the Aws example I am working from is only 6 or so months old and in 2.7

Ahh, thank you and forgive my ignorance :)

Just spotted that capital is spelt incorrectly - capitol? Is that the American spelling or is my dyslexia getting the better of me

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I'm intrigued by this...

@bittersweet - good advice, I'll stick to putting them as plain text on a USB flash drive that I keep in my ass...

Dev/!null

Try "alt + ." to use the last argument of the previous command. Eg

$ mkdir ../pornStash
$ cd <alt + . > // will make "../pornStash" appear after cd command

I have an end of probation review coming up so maybe that is the place to highlight it as something I'd like to discuss further at that. I've not really worked in the private sector and before developing I was not really in a position where my work was something I felt I deserved a raise for.

@g-m-f I have several "bosses". Ironically my line manager is the least involved in any of these projects and he has little investment in the outcome. It is a bit weird.

@demiko thanks

Forgive my ignorance but what's GC?

@Jilano I did do this all the time but then started using :x more.

Upshot is that I often send hasty emails which look like I am trying to sensor stuff or sharing a secret

Middle click buffer works in terminal on Linux

IE6 here, love it :)

I prefer someone to explain like I'm 5 on SO and then link to the docs too.

Terminology for the win.

@VonKavalier do you have a link to that article? Sounds interesting reading

@Ashkin - why?

@masterdoctor I've enjoyed using both Debian and Fedora and don't mean to cast a slur at them, I just like learning new stuff so I'm looking at other options.

@Gawk I guess Arch is always going to be pretty bloatless (unless you choose to add bloat) I might start there. Is it hard to update/upgrade?

I remember when using nano as my console editor and loving it and getting stuck in vim. So glad that I saw a colleague using some vim skills that defied the laws of coding, which set me down a rewarding path. Now I seldom use gui editors. Advice to anyone wanting a more vim like environment over all - i3.

@rsrj <SyntaxNazi>where's your opening tag?</SyntaxNazi>

This would be horrific