You can collapse/expand comment blocks in Visual Studio, although I'm not sure if VS can hide all of them at once. If not, it's a matter of writing a very simple plug-in. But anyway, that's not my point.
I think the idea of turning your plain-text source code into a 3D monster that requires a special rendering engine - is a wrong idea if you are in the webapp business. My server was under a massive attack recently and what saved my arse was terse and beautiful server-side code that I changed with vi on the fly. But of course we all know it's not only about attacks. Thus, unless we have magical IDEs that can edit and compile projects remotely on a Mars Rover, the conservative mantra Source code must be plain text wins.
So there's no hope for noobs. Either you jump onto the veterans' boat straight away or you don't even start programming. Ok, just kidding.
Damn Steve Yegge, my comments become longer than usual after reading his posts.
The source code could remain plain text. For those who want to view the meta-comments, their meta-comment-enabled IDE would open the plain text with its accompanying meta-comment file.
I think the idea of turning your plain-text source code into a 3D monster that requires a special rendering engine - is a wrong idea if you are in the webapp business. My server was under a massive attack recently and what saved my arse was terse and beautiful server-side code that I changed with vi on the fly. But of course we all know it's not only about attacks. Thus, unless we have magical IDEs that can edit and compile projects remotely on a Mars Rover, the conservative mantra Source code must be plain text wins.
So there's no hope for noobs. Either you jump onto the veterans' boat straight away or you don't even start programming. Ok, just kidding.
Damn Steve Yegge, my comments become longer than usual after reading his posts.