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Forget code editors for the ipad. What about code editors for the mac? Your options are jedit (hideous) or smultron (buggy abandonware), or pay through the nose

by chubs 16y ago

Forget code editors for the ipad. What about code editors for the mac? Your options are jedit (hideous) or smultron (buggy abandonware), or pay through the nose for textmate (also abandonware)...

rflrob 16y ago
You seem to forget the venerable classics: vim and emacs. In particular, I've seen a fair number of "Why I've given up TextMate for vim" articles here on HN in the last few months. I've been using MacVim quite happily for the last year or so.
bigethan 16y ago
BBedit (for anything), Xcode (for non-web & iDevices), Coda (for web & collaborative), NetBeans (for anything), Komodo (for javascript?). And others I'm probably forgetting. And yes, most on that list cost money. But nothing a couple hours or so of work couldn't cover.
- meric 16y ago
  Espresso for web development.
RodgerTheGreat 16y ago
TextWrangler (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/) is freeware and performs admirably for what I need. Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda/ http://www.panic.com/coda/) is commercial, but apparently also quite good.
Swizec 16y ago
There is nothing better for code editing on the mac than Aquamacs. It's emacs, so there's a bunch of cool stuff, and it's so awesomely hacked and configured that it looks&feels just like a normal mac app. Hell, because of it I've started using emacs everywhere.
Oompa 16y ago
MacVim.
zacharypinter 16y ago
I've been using emacs for years. It's definitely worth the learning curve. Plus, it's available on all the major desktop operating systems, so you don't have to relearn a new editor for every environment.
- adestefan 16y ago
  And packaged binaries for OS X can be found at http://emacsformacosx.com/ http://emacsformacosx.com/. I prefer standard GNU Emacs to Aquamacs.
Tycho 16y ago
PyCharm is good for a 'heavyweight' IDE, and you can get it free if you're involved with education or open-source. TextWrangler looks like the best free option to me, for those of us who lack the patience to learn emacs and vim. For java, there's a nice lightweight IDE called jGrasp, that's free. My favourites are Coda and TextMate though, because they've got the proper Mac sensibility going on. Ie. they're pretty, the menus/panels aren't overcrowded, but there's a lot of power tucked away if you care to become a power-user.

by chubs 16y ago

Forget code editors for the ipad. What about code editors for the mac? Your options are jedit (hideous) or smultron (buggy abandonware), or pay through the nose for textmate (also abandonware)...

rflrob 16y ago

You seem to forget the venerable classics: vim and emacs. In particular, I've seen a fair number of "Why I've given up TextMate for vim" articles here on HN in the last few months. I've been using MacVim quite happily for the last year or so.

bigethan 16y ago

BBedit (for anything), Xcode (for non-web & iDevices), Coda (for web & collaborative), NetBeans (for anything), Komodo (for javascript?). And others I'm probably forgetting. And yes, most on that list cost money. But nothing a couple hours or so of work couldn't cover.

meric 16y ago
Espresso for web development.

RodgerTheGreat 16y ago

TextWrangler (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/) is freeware and performs admirably for what I need. Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda/ http://www.panic.com/coda/) is commercial, but apparently also quite good.

Swizec 16y ago

There is nothing better for code editing on the mac than Aquamacs. It's emacs, so there's a bunch of cool stuff, and it's so awesomely hacked and configured that it looks&feels just like a normal mac app. Hell, because of it I've started using emacs everywhere.

Oompa 16y ago

MacVim.

zacharypinter 16y ago

I've been using emacs for years. It's definitely worth the learning curve. Plus, it's available on all the major desktop operating systems, so you don't have to relearn a new editor for every environment.

adestefan 16y ago
And packaged binaries for OS X can be found at http://emacsformacosx.com/ http://emacsformacosx.com/. I prefer standard GNU Emacs to Aquamacs.

Tycho 16y ago

PyCharm is good for a 'heavyweight' IDE, and you can get it free if you're involved with education or open-source. TextWrangler looks like the best free option to me, for those of us who lack the patience to learn emacs and vim. For java, there's a nice lightweight IDE called jGrasp, that's free. My favourites are Coda and TextMate though, because they've got the proper Mac sensibility going on. Ie. they're pretty, the menus/panels aren't overcrowded, but there's a lot of power tucked away if you care to become a power-user.