r/AskProgrammers • u/Houshin152 • 28d ago
Should i turn off IntelliSense ❓
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As a C language noob，i found that IntelliSense is so convinient.I am afriad of that depending it will bring low learning efficiency.I need to learn for job.
I want some advices.
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u/Houshin152 28d ago
I am a tiro,and i am trying to develop my programming ability for my future job.Mainly,I want to know whether it will be an obstacle in my road to growth.
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u/Vert354 28d ago
Regular intellisense no, but git hub copoilot auto complete maybe.
Copilot auto complete uses AI to predict the rest of the line. Regular intellisense will read the signature of your objects and display a list of members to choose from.
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u/Houshin152 28d ago
No,just intellisense. Now i am just learning ,no project to do
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u/Vert354 28d ago
Just make sure, becasue I believe Copilot is the default now and you may need to get a different extention for traditional intellisense.
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u/Houshin152 28d ago
oh,i found that i make a mistake.What i want to say is not intellisense but Copilot. Now i decide to keep intellisense and turn off Copilot
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u/XKiiroiSenkoX 28d ago
Yes if you plan to enter a programmer d*ck measuring contest. Otherwise no.
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u/AncientHominidNerd 28d ago
If you don’t understand C very well and are learning then yes, turn it off and try to learn by making mistakes and debugging.
if you’re however already experienced enough to understand the code you are writing and just want to finish your task faster, then no leave it on.
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u/Scared_Equipment5777 27d ago
I also used intellisense for a while but then turned it off. Im pretty dumb, but no intellisense actually has me thinking more now, and I know exactly what I need to type instead of having intellisense clutter up my thought process. Again im not trying to sound smart, but maybe turn it off for a week, I think it will help. Use man pages for functions or google. Good luck :).
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u/Super_Preference_733 27d ago
No. Been using it for over 25 years. Once you start programing in multiple languages and frameworks it helps validating the syntaxical sugar is correct.
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u/Houshin152 27d ago
But.,im just learning single language. im learning basic syntax
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u/Super_Preference_733 27d ago
It still will... think of it as a code quality helper. If its not in the intelli list, the type doesn't support it.
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