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The biggest issue for me is startup speed. Atom simply takes too long for me. I'm often quickly having a look at large numerical csv files and Atom startup time

by sveme 12y ago

The biggest issue for me is startup speed. Atom simply takes too long for me. I'm often quickly having a look at large numerical csv files and Atom startup times plus csv load times are always large enough to immediately switch back to sublime. Still want to like Atom though.

waitwaitwhay 12y ago
I feel the same way about Sublime. Notepad++ starts faster.
mercer 12y ago
I've settled on using Atom for my longer-term work, where I can just leave it open and am not too bothered by sluggishness here or there. Then I use Sublime Text for big files, quick edits, and the occasional stuff that Atom can't do yet. But after avoiding Atom initially, trying it again about a week a go was a nice surprise. It has almost any plugin that I used Sublime Text for, and a bunch more. It's good enough for me, and I'm pretty picky.
- pilif 12y ago
  I don't know. If it's a big enough edit to warrant waiting for start up time, then why not just use an appropriate IDE which also has lots of additional convenience features in addition to just being an editor. Atom takes about the same amount of time to start up as RubyMine but it only provides a fraction of the functionality. The one thing a pure editor has over an IDE is start up time and Atom is not even having that.
  - mercer 12y ago
    > The one thing a pure editor has over an IDE is start up time and Atom is not even having that. Well, Atom does start significantly faster than WebStorm (and it's siblings). On top of that, actually using Atom is much less sluggish than WebStorm or other full-blown IDE's. This is on a MacBook Air though, with tons of apps and at least two browsers open. That said, I'd probably use an IDE if I do more complex work. For my current web-development needs Atom is fine, and since I mostly work within one project, the startup time is not an issue. Furthermore, since most of the keyboard shortcuts and interface is similar to Sublime, it's not a big deal to open ST every once in a while for bigger files. The main reason I'm switching to Atom for now, though, is that I feel it has a stronger future than ST, and I might finally scratch some of my own itches by writing plugins. That's harder for me to do for ST.

by sveme 12y ago

waitwaitwhay 12y ago

I feel the same way about Sublime. Notepad++ starts faster.

mercer 12y ago

I've settled on using Atom for my longer-term work, where I can just leave it open and am not too bothered by sluggishness here or there. Then I use Sublime Text for big files, quick edits, and the occasional stuff that Atom can't do yet. But after avoiding Atom initially, trying it again about a week a go was a nice surprise. It has almost any plugin that I used Sublime Text for, and a bunch more. It's good enough for me, and I'm pretty picky.

pilif 12y ago
I don't know. If it's a big enough edit to warrant waiting for start up time, then why not just use an appropriate IDE which also has lots of additional convenience features in addition to just being an editor. Atom takes about the same amount of time to start up as RubyMine but it only provides a fraction of the functionality. The one thing a pure editor has over an IDE is start up time and Atom is not even having that.
- mercer 12y ago
  > The one thing a pure editor has over an IDE is start up time and Atom is not even having that. Well, Atom does start significantly faster than WebStorm (and it's siblings). On top of that, actually using Atom is much less sluggish than WebStorm or other full-blown IDE's. This is on a MacBook Air though, with tons of apps and at least two browsers open. That said, I'd probably use an IDE if I do more complex work. For my current web-development needs Atom is fine, and since I mostly work within one project, the startup time is not an issue. Furthermore, since most of the keyboard shortcuts and interface is similar to Sublime, it's not a big deal to open ST every once in a while for bigger files. The main reason I'm switching to Atom for now, though, is that I feel it has a stronger future than ST, and I might finally scratch some of my own itches by writing plugins. That's harder for me to do for ST.