June 11, 201313 yr I am just curious to see what editors people are using to create and modify code. I have been using Sublime Text 2 for a while but to be honest I am not too impressed. I have used Komodo edit and Dreamweaver. It would be good to see what people are using and if you use something else what are the pros of using it over others?
June 17, 201313 yr I use Netbeans as it was recommended by a friend and it has quite a few features. The fact its free also helps
June 17, 201313 yr I am just curious to see what editors people are using to create and modify code. I have been using Sublime Text 2 for a while but to be honest I am not too impressed. I have used Komodo edit and Dreamweaver. It would be good to see what people are using and if you use something else what are the pros of using it over others? Sublime Text 2 for me. I find it fast and simple to use for what I do and the package control is great. Before that was Coda and TextMate. If I didn't move to ST2 I'd probably still be using Coda.
June 18, 201313 yr Author 4li4s you mention package control do you mean the plugins you can get? I was looking at plugins the other day for st2 but couldn't work how to install them? Any suggestions of how I go about this?
June 18, 201313 yr 4li4s you mention package control do you mean the plugins you can get? I was looking at plugins the other day for st2 but couldn't work how to install them? Any suggestions of how I go about this? Yup. Have a look at http://wdf.co/37 - shows you how to configure. I recommend installing Emmet as a minimum * Ensure you follow the right instructions as some of it relates to Sublime Text 3, which has different installation methods to ST2. Edited June 18, 201313 yr by 4li4s
June 18, 201313 yr what don't you like about SublimeText2? I find the 'find in project' function very useful, there are loads of cool features to speed up coding the coding process. From my experiences I find this a great editor, didn't like Dreamweaver at all, it's just too cumbersome for my coding needs.
June 19, 201313 yr I personally use Chocolat for pretty much any coding. I like to have a minimal environment, as long as it has a file browsers, tabs and syntax highlighting then it's fine for me. I actually started out writing in Notepad, not Notepad++, Notepad. That's the kind of minimal I go for. I've tried many others but I just didn't get on too well with them, I even have a legit copy of Coda 1/2 and Dreamweaver at my disposal but always go back to Chocolat.
June 19, 201313 yr Author I have decided to give packages with Sublime Text 2 a go when I can work out how to properly install the packages, and then I will reappraise my opinion. I was not aware that you could improve functionality of Sublime Text 2 so I may have been too quick to judge. I like the code editor in Dreamweaver but I find the program too cumbersome for just coding and it used to be good when updating content, well thats what I thought until I went back to the code and it was all bloated on the code front so I detest anything with wysiwyg functionality. I am a strong believer of clean, structured and minimal code and its even more important as more and more people are loading webpages on their mobile devices.
June 19, 201313 yr I wasn't even aware there were useful plugins for SublimeText 2. Just right out of the box it seems to do everything for me, I also used to insist in coding in Notepad. But the main reason I moved on was lack of code highlighting makes debugging a potential nightmare. With regards to keeping code down to a minimum, that has nothing to do with your text editor. It is purely down to your coding skills.
June 20, 201313 yr st2 out of the box was not great for me either at first, but with package control, emmets, fetch, gist, snippet packs and sorting out shortcuts, nothing even comes close. I get a little sad when I'm trying to use multiple cursors in other programs now. And I giggle inside a little when I see our other dev using dreamweaver. Once you get used to it, you'll see how it rocks.
June 20, 201313 yr I get a little sad when I'm trying to use multiple cursors in other programs now. And I giggle inside a little when I see our other dev using dreamweaver. Multiple cursors are the mutts! Really really useful
June 23, 201313 yr Sublime Text 2, Chocolat, TextMate and occasionally BBEdit. I prefer Chocolat's look, but Sublime Text 2/3 has a lot of built in features that you can't go without. But I like BBEdit's support for version control.
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