I once had a Java job which required me to use an IDE. What I noticed is that I became dependent on the auto-lookup features and didn't really learn the codebase until at least a year in.
I use vim, and whenever I need definitions from other parts of the code base I put them all up in multiple panes or tabs. Its not as immediate as the pop ups, but it forces me to go look at that part of the code base. I find I learn the relevant parts of the code very quickly and even remember the most common definitions.
I use vim, and whenever I need definitions from other parts of the code base I put them all up in multiple panes or tabs. Its not as immediate as the pop ups, but it forces me to go look at that part of the code base. I find I learn the relevant parts of the code very quickly and even remember the most common definitions.