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> "People hate command lines - not only do they LOOK scary, they give weird unhelpful error messages and… you have to type everything. Ugh. "

Just for context: he'a talking about installing ruby/npm/node here, not about coding. Not about visual coding!

The next line makes it obvious:

> Can you imagine if the beginner version of Node.js came pre-installed with a GUI for managing and running your code?



> Can you imagine if the beginner version of Node.js came pre-installed with a GUI for managing and running your code?

I feel like I almost have that in jetbrains tools. I can browse through composer packages, discover package names, and select specific versions. Not quite the same, but was a pleasant surprise to accidentally discover recently (but... it's still just wrapping CLI stuff, AFAICT).




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