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> These days I use Notepad++ (doesn't everyone on Windows?) In terms of souped up text editor, the exact transition that "everyone" made since: Notepad++ > Su

> These days I use Notepad++ (doesn't everyone on Windows?) In terms of souped up text editor, the exact transition that "everyone" made since: Notepad++ > Sublime Text > Atom > VSCode

TeMPOraL 6y ago
If by "everyone" you mean "developers when doing development work". I work in a Windows shop these days, and I see Notepad++ used by everyone - developers and managers alike - for poking around various configuration and log files.
drKarl 6y ago
For small edits, look at logs, scratchpad, open JSON or XML files Notepad++ > UltraEdit > Sublime Text For FrontEnd development Atom is nice but bloated > VSCode (arguably > Vim) For Java development Eclipse (or variants like RAD, STS) > IntelliJ Idea for other languages your mileage may vary...
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
You're not wrong; my only regret there is Atom, which never got the performance right when I used it. VS Code is not great in performance compared to ST either, but it does more and it's got a much bigger ecosystem and developer activities. ST feels more like a black box, irregular updates, vague provenance, etc. It works, and it worked really well for me back when (in the days when Javascript didn't have proper modules, documentation or types, think early days of NodeJS / NPM, Bower, BackboneJS, etc). But nowadays I'm not sure if it's keeping up with VS Code or IDE's. I'm mainly using intellij at the moment, but it's slow in its critical path - editing code (the main reason from moving away from it in the first place). An editor should NEVER lag or block when the user is typing. ST did this Right. Notepad++ probably does as well.
- nerdponx 6y ago
  Sublime is still the most performant text editor I use. Its plugin ecosystem is not particularly healthy, but LSP helps bridge the gap with more advanced code editing tools. I mostly use it for quick edits, configuration files, etc. Sometimes I just want a break from Neovim I guess. I don't regret buying Sublime at all, but I do feel like some potential was wasted there.
  - kreeben 6y ago
    For me, ST is still the only editor in the world that works with really, really large files.
    - devmor 6y ago
      Same here, it's my go-to editor for anything over a few MB in size, frankly.
madhato 6y ago
I went from Metapad > e - Text Editor > Sublime Text. Did anyone else use e? I still haven't seen another text editor that handled the undo buffer as well. The buffer had branching and a gui to view the edits and switch branches. It also saved your undo buffer on close so you could still undo next time you opened a file.

> These days I use Notepad++ (doesn't everyone on Windows?) In terms of souped up text editor, the exact transition that "everyone" made since: Notepad++ > Sublime Text > Atom > VSCode

TeMPOraL 6y ago

If by "everyone" you mean "developers when doing development work". I work in a Windows shop these days, and I see Notepad++ used by everyone - developers and managers alike - for poking around various configuration and log files.

drKarl 6y ago

For small edits, look at logs, scratchpad, open JSON or XML files Notepad++ > UltraEdit > Sublime Text For FrontEnd development Atom is nice but bloated > VSCode (arguably > Vim) For Java development Eclipse (or variants like RAD, STS) > IntelliJ Idea for other languages your mileage may vary...

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

You're not wrong; my only regret there is Atom, which never got the performance right when I used it. VS Code is not great in performance compared to ST either, but it does more and it's got a much bigger ecosystem and developer activities. ST feels more like a black box, irregular updates, vague provenance, etc. It works, and it worked really well for me back when (in the days when Javascript didn't have proper modules, documentation or types, think early days of NodeJS / NPM, Bower, BackboneJS, etc). But nowadays I'm not sure if it's keeping up with VS Code or IDE's. I'm mainly using intellij at the moment, but it's slow in its critical path - editing code (the main reason from moving away from it in the first place). An editor should NEVER lag or block when the user is typing. ST did this Right. Notepad++ probably does as well.

nerdponx 6y ago
Sublime is still the most performant text editor I use. Its plugin ecosystem is not particularly healthy, but LSP helps bridge the gap with more advanced code editing tools. I mostly use it for quick edits, configuration files, etc. Sometimes I just want a break from Neovim I guess. I don't regret buying Sublime at all, but I do feel like some potential was wasted there.
- kreeben 6y ago
  For me, ST is still the only editor in the world that works with really, really large files.
  - devmor 6y ago
    Same here, it's my go-to editor for anything over a few MB in size, frankly.

madhato 6y ago

I went from Metapad > e - Text Editor > Sublime Text. Did anyone else use e? I still haven't seen another text editor that handled the undo buffer as well. The buffer had branching and a gui to view the edits and switch branches. It also saved your undo buffer on close so you could still undo next time you opened a file.