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I like Sublime Text and would be happy to pay around $15 to upgrade to v3 but anymore and I will stop and really think about what I am actually spending my mone

I like Sublime Text and would be happy to pay around $15 to upgrade to v3 but anymore and I will stop and really think about what I am actually spending my money on. Yes Sublime Text is very nice but the world has changed with the arrival of Atom and Visual Studio Code (not to mention Visual Studio Community being a free for many people). I use Sublime Text for personal projects I make no money from so obviously I don't want to spend out much money when I can get other excellent editors for free.

knodi123 9y ago
what does VSCode do that sublime3 doesn't? I ask as a sublime user who took vscode for a brief spin and then put it down when I wasn't quickly wowed.
- jhasse 9y ago
  Debugging, Git integration, tasks
- zeroxfe 9y ago
  Frequent high-quality updates, lots of communication, great plugin ecosystem, open source.
  - christogreeff 9y ago
    This. The frequent updates for vscode. I used both Sublime and vscode for a while. I switched to vscode overnight when it got hot exit support.
    - satysin 9y ago
      Glad to see I am not the only person who finally went full in with VSCode once it got hot exit :)
  - remus 9y ago
    > Frequent high-quality updates, lots of communication Genuine question: does this really make a difference in your day to day usage? I feel like once I've learnt the ~20% of features that are useful to me on a regular basis everything on top is marginal gains. Im really not that bothered by loads of new features.
    - holydude 9y ago
      Yup I can relate. I would change the "high-quality updates" to "lots of integration taken care by the community". I really really do not want to spend time to figure out on my own how to integrate this or do that (unless I need to) and the myriad of plugins/packages available to Emacs and Atom is something that is insanely helpful if you need to do something quickly.
  - knodi123 9y ago
    > Frequent high-quality updates I don't really need any updates from sublime. It does everything I need it to, and I've never felt a lack of a feature. I'm looking at the new and highly touted "hot exit" feature, and I'm thinking "but sublime prompts you to save when closing the app, and honestly I haven't lost work due to forgetting to save in several years." > lots of communication Again, I'm not sure why I'd want communication from the creators of sublime. > great plugin ecosystem Any plugin I've wanted (linters, syntax files, git integration...) has been installable from a dropdown menu in sublime. Maybe if my plugin needs were more esoteric, I'd appreciate vscode more? > open source I dig that, philosophically. Although if that was a priority for me, I'd go with Atom, instead of something published by microsoft. Again, I'm open to the idea that vscode could be better than sublime - but maybe it's only better to people who need more obscure plugins, or who really care about open source?
- chuckdries 9y ago
  Language server integration is a big one, but even if it didn't do anything more than Sublime, it's free.
- szastupov 9y ago
  VSCode has out of the box debugger, git integration, higher quality of extensions, etc... Overall it feels more polished and professional. But the most important thing is alive ecosystem - a lot of Sublime plugins are either dead or in maintenance mode, developers lost interest and moved to open source alternatives like Atom and VSCode. P.S. Even though I moved to VSCode, I still love and respect Sublime.
- altern8tif 9y ago
  This does not really affect one's day-to-day use of VSCode, but their comprehensive release notes (down to crediting contributors for key issues) gives me great confidence in the team. I frequently point to VSCode as an example of a well-run open source project.

knodi123 9y ago

what does VSCode do that sublime3 doesn't? I ask as a sublime user who took vscode for a brief spin and then put it down when I wasn't quickly wowed.

jhasse 9y ago
Debugging, Git integration, tasks
zeroxfe 9y ago
Frequent high-quality updates, lots of communication, great plugin ecosystem, open source.
- christogreeff 9y ago
  This. The frequent updates for vscode. I used both Sublime and vscode for a while. I switched to vscode overnight when it got hot exit support.
  - satysin 9y ago
    Glad to see I am not the only person who finally went full in with VSCode once it got hot exit :)
- remus 9y ago
  > Frequent high-quality updates, lots of communication Genuine question: does this really make a difference in your day to day usage? I feel like once I've learnt the ~20% of features that are useful to me on a regular basis everything on top is marginal gains. Im really not that bothered by loads of new features.
  - holydude 9y ago
    Yup I can relate. I would change the "high-quality updates" to "lots of integration taken care by the community". I really really do not want to spend time to figure out on my own how to integrate this or do that (unless I need to) and the myriad of plugins/packages available to Emacs and Atom is something that is insanely helpful if you need to do something quickly.
- knodi123 9y ago
  > Frequent high-quality updates I don't really need any updates from sublime. It does everything I need it to, and I've never felt a lack of a feature. I'm looking at the new and highly touted "hot exit" feature, and I'm thinking "but sublime prompts you to save when closing the app, and honestly I haven't lost work due to forgetting to save in several years." > lots of communication Again, I'm not sure why I'd want communication from the creators of sublime. > great plugin ecosystem Any plugin I've wanted (linters, syntax files, git integration...) has been installable from a dropdown menu in sublime. Maybe if my plugin needs were more esoteric, I'd appreciate vscode more? > open source I dig that, philosophically. Although if that was a priority for me, I'd go with Atom, instead of something published by microsoft. Again, I'm open to the idea that vscode could be better than sublime - but maybe it's only better to people who need more obscure plugins, or who really care about open source?
chuckdries 9y ago
Language server integration is a big one, but even if it didn't do anything more than Sublime, it's free.
szastupov 9y ago
VSCode has out of the box debugger, git integration, higher quality of extensions, etc... Overall it feels more polished and professional. But the most important thing is alive ecosystem - a lot of Sublime plugins are either dead or in maintenance mode, developers lost interest and moved to open source alternatives like Atom and VSCode. P.S. Even though I moved to VSCode, I still love and respect Sublime.
altern8tif 9y ago
This does not really affect one's day-to-day use of VSCode, but their comprehensive release notes (down to crediting contributors for key issues) gives me great confidence in the team. I frequently point to VSCode as an example of a well-run open source project.