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People started focussing on text editors again after Atom came out.

by rajeshp1986 4y ago

_cenw 4y ago
I'd credit Sublime Text with that.
- throwawayffffas 4y ago
  I second that, Sublime raised the bar and set the new standard, the only advantage VScode now has over sublime is it's open source license.
  - ryukoposting 4y ago
    ... and the fact that I don't have to pay for it. Never understood why anyone would spend money on a text editor.
    - ikurei 4y ago
      It's a tool most of us use for many thousands of hours a year. Buying a better one, even if it was only a bit easier to use, or a bit faster, makes a lot of sense. Also, many developers (not all) make a lot of money. Even Sublime's steep 60 bucks, which when I discovered Sublime as a student was crazy to me, is reasonable when compared to our salaries. I don't think anyone would be surprised if a woodworker said "Yeah my drill works fine but I'm going to spend 60 bucks on a slighly better one; I use it a lot and mine's ergonomics aren't great."
  - smolyeet 4y ago
    Or the vast amount of plugins and community support. Using atom over vscode hasn’t really made sense for a few years now , and I loved atom
  - avinassh 4y ago
    VS Code is not really open source. https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/4288/is-microsoft-vs-code-really-open-source https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/4288/is-micro... https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_why-does-visual-studio-code-have-a-different-license-than-the-vscode-github-repository https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_why-does-...
    - _cenw 4y ago
      Though you can just use Codium or the OSS version if you don't need remote magic.
- PurpleRamen 4y ago
  TextMate might have a word here.
  - k__ 4y ago
    Yes. Few of my friends were using Macs and used TextMate. That was years before Sublime was even released. To me it Sublime was a fast, but clunky alternative to TextMate that ran on PC. Then came Atom, Brackets, and finally VSCode.

People started focussing on text editors again after Atom came out.

_cenw 4y ago

I'd credit Sublime Text with that.

throwawayffffas 4y ago
I second that, Sublime raised the bar and set the new standard, the only advantage VScode now has over sublime is it's open source license.
- ryukoposting 4y ago
  ... and the fact that I don't have to pay for it. Never understood why anyone would spend money on a text editor.
  - ikurei 4y ago
    It's a tool most of us use for many thousands of hours a year. Buying a better one, even if it was only a bit easier to use, or a bit faster, makes a lot of sense. Also, many developers (not all) make a lot of money. Even Sublime's steep 60 bucks, which when I discovered Sublime as a student was crazy to me, is reasonable when compared to our salaries. I don't think anyone would be surprised if a woodworker said "Yeah my drill works fine but I'm going to spend 60 bucks on a slighly better one; I use it a lot and mine's ergonomics aren't great."
- smolyeet 4y ago
  Or the vast amount of plugins and community support. Using atom over vscode hasn’t really made sense for a few years now , and I loved atom
- avinassh 4y ago
  VS Code is not really open source. https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/4288/is-microsoft-vs-code-really-open-source https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/4288/is-micro... https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_why-does-visual-studio-code-have-a-different-license-than-the-vscode-github-repository https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_why-does-...
  - _cenw 4y ago
    Though you can just use Codium or the OSS version if you don't need remote magic.
PurpleRamen 4y ago
TextMate might have a word here.
- k__ 4y ago
  Yes. Few of my friends were using Macs and used TextMate. That was years before Sublime was even released. To me it Sublime was a fast, but clunky alternative to TextMate that ran on PC. Then came Atom, Brackets, and finally VSCode.