I'm interested in turning this into a full code editor, probably starting with JS (since I already got JSON). But first I want to get some feedback on the principal idea, I hope this version already gets it across.
Anyway, a few more words on it:
I very much believe that our current editors are too literal and too close to the actual texts. While there certainly already exist tools that treat the base programming language structures as primitives, instead of the literal symbols, few programmers use these (as they are mostly mouse/menu based).
Even more advanced IDE's still fundamentally make you edit text, which must bring some cognitive overhead with it (even for pros). We, as programmers, should be more generous with ourselves here and allow us to introduce a layer of abstraction, which I believe will yield many advantages (yes, even speed).
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Anyway, a few more words on it: I very much believe that our current editors are too literal and too close to the actual texts. While there certainly already exist tools that treat the base programming language structures as primitives, instead of the literal symbols, few programmers use these (as they are mostly mouse/menu based). Even more advanced IDE's still fundamentally make you edit text, which must bring some cognitive overhead with it (even for pros). We, as programmers, should be more generous with ourselves here and allow us to introduce a layer of abstraction, which I believe will yield many advantages (yes, even speed).