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One important data point there is Visual Studio Code. It used to be really popular in 2017 (double the popularity of Atom/Sublime/Webstorm), now it's just eati

by kojoru 8y ago

One important data point there is Visual Studio Code. It used to be really popular in 2017 (double the popularity of Atom/Sublime/Webstorm), now it's just eating everyone's lunch (triple the popularity of Sublime/Vim/Webstorm/Atom, almost equal to all of them combined). Also Atom is declining sharply. Compare https://2018.stateofjs.com/other-tools/ https://2018.stateofjs.com/other-tools/ to https://2017.stateofjs.com/2017/other-tools/ https://2017.stateofjs.com/2017/other-tools/

pavlov 8y ago
Microsoft owns both VS Code and Atom, so probably they're not crying in their beers about that... Anyway, props to Redmond for a major coup — from webdev pariah to owner of the most popular development platforms in just a couple of years! It took both money and sincere dedication, but they managed to effectively turn around the external perception of Microsoft in this field.
vegasdew 8y ago
VSCode seems unstoppable. From my limited understanding, it has very powerful architecture, and it will be most popular editor for .net, Go, Python, Rust in couple of years.
nolok 8y ago
Fully deserved from where I stand. I have 3 editors I regularly use, emacs when I need to edit something in a terminal (eg ssh'ed somewhere), Intellij when I need a full blown IDE (refactoring and debugging), VSCode for everything else. It's fast, well updated, works well ...
SnowingXIV 8y ago
This makes total sense too. I was so hesitant to use something besides Sublime forever, then I tested out Atom and it was slow (this has probably since been improved) and didn't offer much more so the trade off wasn't worth it for looking pretty. Bounced around a few others and then thought I'll try out the VSCode thing, hooked right away and it seems to keep getting better.
- minor3rd 8y ago
  Same experience as you. Thought I would always use sublime but my coworkers were so adamant about VSCode that I finally gave it a try. I don't even know that I can point to any single reason for it being better than Sublime -- feels like everything just works a little more seamlessly.
- tracker1 8y ago
  After Atom and Brackets, I almost didn't even give VS Code a try... I'm really glad I did... everything I want in an editor (except maybe binary/hex mode). Integrated terminal and the directory tree are hands down my favorite features, I've seen the directory tree before, but never as good an integrated terminal..
rafaelvasco 8y ago
VSCode does everything so well, that it is hard to compete right now. It really was built upon the lessons learned from several others code editors.

by kojoru 8y ago

pavlov 8y ago

Microsoft owns both VS Code and Atom, so probably they're not crying in their beers about that... Anyway, props to Redmond for a major coup — from webdev pariah to owner of the most popular development platforms in just a couple of years! It took both money and sincere dedication, but they managed to effectively turn around the external perception of Microsoft in this field.

vegasdew 8y ago

VSCode seems unstoppable. From my limited understanding, it has very powerful architecture, and it will be most popular editor for .net, Go, Python, Rust in couple of years.

nolok 8y ago

Fully deserved from where I stand. I have 3 editors I regularly use, emacs when I need to edit something in a terminal (eg ssh'ed somewhere), Intellij when I need a full blown IDE (refactoring and debugging), VSCode for everything else. It's fast, well updated, works well ...

SnowingXIV 8y ago

This makes total sense too. I was so hesitant to use something besides Sublime forever, then I tested out Atom and it was slow (this has probably since been improved) and didn't offer much more so the trade off wasn't worth it for looking pretty. Bounced around a few others and then thought I'll try out the VSCode thing, hooked right away and it seems to keep getting better.

minor3rd 8y ago
Same experience as you. Thought I would always use sublime but my coworkers were so adamant about VSCode that I finally gave it a try. I don't even know that I can point to any single reason for it being better than Sublime -- feels like everything just works a little more seamlessly.
tracker1 8y ago
After Atom and Brackets, I almost didn't even give VS Code a try... I'm really glad I did... everything I want in an editor (except maybe binary/hex mode). Integrated terminal and the directory tree are hands down my favorite features, I've seen the directory tree before, but never as good an integrated terminal..

rafaelvasco 8y ago

VSCode does everything so well, that it is hard to compete right now. It really was built upon the lessons learned from several others code editors.