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Should I enable autosave when programming?

On one hand, I don't really want to press CTRL+S all the time when programming.
On the other hand, I fear some problems may arise when auto-saving.
Should I enable autosave, or just get used to CTRL-Sing?

Solution

  • enable it. Modern IDEs have a local history of your file. Using this local history, you can always return to a previous state if need be.

    Giving an example for AndroidStudio/IntelliJ, you can right-click in any code file and select Local History -> Show local history. Other IDEs have the same functionality, read their documentation to find out how to access it.