Fabian Claßen wrote:
> Vincenzo Ampolo schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> i'm starting learning the D programming language. I think that a first starting point is a good programming tutorial (not yet available about D, but the net is full of info) and a good IDE.
>>
>> I saw a lot of D IDE, some written in D itself, some as plugin for eclipse and for kdevelop or anjuta.
>>
>> What about a good D ide? Does somebody know a good ide that works well on Linux Ubuntu? Thanks...
> 
> IDE at the beginning?
> You must be joking :D - sorry but I believe it's not usefull to use an IDE to learn a language. I am using only a small texteditor (the one from window (notepad)) and the commandline compiler.
> And it works well. There is no problem. ;)

At least use a *good* text editor. One with syntax highlighting, proper support for Unix and Windows line endings, and automatic indentation. I use vim; emacs is a good choice, too. A lot of people I work with use notepad++. My roommate swears by ultraedit, though that costs money.

> All over you are able to concentrate on learning.
> There are no buttons and this and this.
> All in all there are a lot of teachers/profs who say:
> "If you want to learn a programming language use only a texteditor".
> ...

And if you just want to get stuff done, use a good IDE. It saves a lot of time and effort.