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Poll: what's your primary editor/IDE?

8 points by ansimionescu 13y ago

All the controversy surrounding Atom sparked my curiosity – what do HNers use as their primary text editor? Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5736367

ansimionescu 13y ago
I suspect this time around ST will destroy everything else. To be honest I can't really think of another editor that's as portable, affluent with extensions, and easy to use. And [0] and [1] are almost as good as the real thing. edit: One of the big reasons I depend on ST at the moment is GoSublime [2]. 0: https://github.com/guillermooo/Vintageous https://github.com/guillermooo/Vintageous 1: https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro 2: https://github.com/DisposaBoy/GoSublime https://github.com/DisposaBoy/GoSublime
- snogglethorpe 13y ago
  > And [0] and [1] are almost as good as the real thing. > 1: https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro I'm sure ST is a nice editor, it's great that there are some Emacs-like bindings for it, but .... You've got to be kidding...
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jjellyy 13y ago
I dont know anyone using VIM or EMACS switching back to an IDE.
- pistacchioso 13y ago
  *jumping forward to
- citrin_ru 13y ago
  It is possible to effective write code using vim/emacs on many different languages from assembler and C to perl and Go. But there is at least one exception - it is very hard to write Java code without IDE (like Eclipse or IDEA).
officialjunk 13y ago
for myself, "primary ...IDE" is much different than "primary text editor." for text editing, i use a simple text editor. for development with integration with ant/gradle and debuggers i'll use an IDE. i assume you are polling about development, given the context of atom.io, but the phrasing of the question two different ways (in the title and the sub title) is little confusing.
- pistacchioso 13y ago
  for myself, when someone corrects somebody on what they "meant" to say, it means that they got the question right in the first place, so there's nothing to correct if not for the sake of being polemic. IDE or text editor, OP wants to know where you write the lines of of code that compose your programs.
  - officialjunk 13y ago
    I don't think I was trying to correct anyone. I just find it confusing that the question OP is asking is phrased two different ways, that would each illicit a different response from me. "what's your primary editor/IDE?" vs "what do HNers use as their primary text editor?"
claudiug 13y ago
atom
dar8919 13y ago
Vim

8 points by ansimionescu 13y ago

All the controversy surrounding Atom sparked my curiosity – what do HNers use as their primary text editor? Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5736367

ansimionescu 13y ago

I suspect this time around ST will destroy everything else. To be honest I can't really think of another editor that's as portable, affluent with extensions, and easy to use. And [0] and [1] are almost as good as the real thing. edit: One of the big reasons I depend on ST at the moment is GoSublime [2]. 0: https://github.com/guillermooo/Vintageous https://github.com/guillermooo/Vintageous 1: https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro 2: https://github.com/DisposaBoy/GoSublime https://github.com/DisposaBoy/GoSublime

snogglethorpe 13y ago
> And [0] and [1] are almost as good as the real thing. > 1: https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro https://github.com/grundprinzip/sublemacspro I'm sure ST is a nice editor, it's great that there are some Emacs-like bindings for it, but .... You've got to be kidding...

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jjellyy 13y ago

I dont know anyone using VIM or EMACS switching back to an IDE.

pistacchioso 13y ago
*jumping forward to
citrin_ru 13y ago
It is possible to effective write code using vim/emacs on many different languages from assembler and C to perl and Go. But there is at least one exception - it is very hard to write Java code without IDE (like Eclipse or IDEA).

officialjunk 13y ago

for myself, "primary ...IDE" is much different than "primary text editor." for text editing, i use a simple text editor. for development with integration with ant/gradle and debuggers i'll use an IDE. i assume you are polling about development, given the context of atom.io, but the phrasing of the question two different ways (in the title and the sub title) is little confusing.

pistacchioso 13y ago
for myself, when someone corrects somebody on what they "meant" to say, it means that they got the question right in the first place, so there's nothing to correct if not for the sake of being polemic. IDE or text editor, OP wants to know where you write the lines of of code that compose your programs.
- officialjunk 13y ago
  I don't think I was trying to correct anyone. I just find it confusing that the question OP is asking is phrased two different ways, that would each illicit a different response from me. "what's your primary editor/IDE?" vs "what do HNers use as their primary text editor?"

claudiug 13y ago

atom

dar8919 13y ago

Vim