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I build distributed geospatial systems in go. It's a super simple language which is nice. The easy escape hatch to C has been super handy. That said, definitely not my favorite language. Haven't done any C# in years so not sure on it's current status but it was always the most pleasing language for me.
TOAD ?! Flippen heck now there is a blast from the past.... We used cracked versions until someone got fired for that. Then the company went all cheapskate and bought us a license to Allround Automations pl/sql developer.Using SQL(Oracle Toad and MYSQL), Java server side IntelliJ Ultimate and Dart Android studio for mobile for main projects now
All above in different environments.
Yeah, from all the EDI's toad was the best for Oracle.|TOAD ?! Flippen heck now there is a blast from the past.... We used cracked versions until someone got fired for that. Then the company went all cheapskate and bought us a license to Allround Automations pl/sql developer.
That said I am glad I am now (the past decade actually) working 100% in M$ land and loving T-SQL/C# way more.
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Once you get used to PL/SQL Developer it is actually pretty cool. Well I should say was - have not touched it in over a decade.Yeah, from all the EDI's toad was the best for Oracle.|
No real fan of MS server management studio, Intellij's Datagrip is awesome but it also comes with a yearly sub
I did some ASM on tech, it was in TASM. Wrote a little file manager app. But since then, I mainly work in Skerp C, SQL and a type of action script language I built in XML.I 'grew up' writing Assembler (not Assembly) applications on an IBM TPF mainframe and loved it. Also Used ISOC on TPF. Last time I worked on TPF was 2009 and no chance of using it again.
Now - Python (1st choice for new stuff), C#, C++ (only if old stuff needs to be changed), SQL (server and Oracle) etc.
Once you get used to PL/SQL Developer it is actually pretty cool. Well I should say was - have not touched it in over a decade.
I certainly did not miss TOAD but then again I am not Oracle certified and we did have a couple of high up DBAs that could not work as smoothly as they did in TOAD.
Mikropap See-kool Damagement Studio as I call it is ... meh. I like the new Azure Data Studio far more but most of the dev work we do in VS 2023 and it is excellent. But for everyday service requests and diving into the production DBs I have to rely on Damagement Studio.
Well, I'd say PHP, VB and JS. Python gets an honourable mention.@PrimeSteak What's your favorite programming language so far?
Well, I'd say PHP, VB and JS. Python gets an honourable mention.
Can't pick only one.
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Python should be your first mention.
Is this some sort of meme?Well, I'd say PHP, VB and JS. Python gets an honourable mention.
Can't pick only one.
No. Those are my top three/four languages. As you've noticed Delphi has fallen off the rankings to make way for VBIs this some sort of meme?![]()
So you like literally the most garbage of all the "languages", but despise two of the most powerful. Okay then.No. Those are my top three/four languages. As you've noticed Delphi has fallen off the rankings to make way for VB
I like them cause IMO they're powerful and relatively freeform/hassle-less syntax-wise (except maybe PHP but PHP is basically a different accent of JS syntax wise).
I despise Java and C++.