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What text editor do you use ?

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  • 26-05-2016 2:53pm
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    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭


    I'm still a beginner. I have been creating web sites, and most recently web applications for 2 years, during my college course. (2 years to go.)

    Our introductory text editor was notepad++. Now i like it, but the interface and even the typeface isn't appealing to me anymore.

    I have switched over the the cloud ide "Cloud 9". This is brilliant as it has a server built in, so you can write your php and ajax ect and when you run it, its live on the web, and your provided with a domain. It also has support for database servers like phpmyadmin. This editor is an absolute gem.

    I have recently been dabbling with sublime text 3, which is another beaut.


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    Idleater
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    I use sublime at present, though have used many others depending on the environment.


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    Graham
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    Sublime Text 3


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    RedXIV
    Registered Users Posts: 8,406 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    Hadn't heard of Cloud9, looks nice. Although I don't like these "subscribe per month" tools, I'd much rather pay a once off flat fee.

    Used Sublime a few times but 9 times out of 10, if I'm doing something quick and dirty, it'll be in Notepad++


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    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    i've tried everything but probably do the most work in notepad++
    i love their search feature which i really needed when doing Android apps in Eclipse. now i use android studio which i love and has great search, but i still use notepad++ for a lot of stuff. the whole jetbrains IDE is fantastic, i use PHP storm as well. PHP storm sounds perfect for your usecase of deploying to server on save and opening in browser easily. it's the best PHP ide by far.

    i fire up editpadpro when i really need to do some poweful regex searching or read binary files. i dunno why i haven't switched to it as my main editor, just notepad++ inertia really

    i use xcode and sublime text for iOS apps.

    http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#technology-development-environments

    notepad++ most popular in that survey. it's just a good general purpose editor for making changes.


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    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    RedXIV wrote: »
    Hadn't heard of Cloud9, looks nice. Although I don't like these "subscribe per month" tools, I'd much rather pay a once off flat fee.

    Used Sublime a few times but 9 times out of 10, if I'm doing something quick and dirty, it'll be in Notepad++

    I have only used the free version. I have done a good few college projects on it.


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    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    mainly vim, sometimes sublime


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    14ned
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭14ned


    Visual Studio or Notepad++ on Windows. Kate and nano/ee on POSIX. I use Beyond Compare for file comparisons, it was one of the first pieces of software I ever paid for straight out of uni back in the day.


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    Goodshape
    Registered Users Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    Vim and PHPStorm in about equal measure at the moment. Both a pretty great.


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    Neon_Lights
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Neon_Lights


    Koding.com


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    Ziycon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭Ziycon


    Notepad++, Netbeans or vim.


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    henryporter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    vim and sublime text 2


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    amen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭amen


    VS or NotePad ++


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    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    Currently using atom.io and loving it. It's extremely configurable and customisable - I don't think I've ever used anything easier than it when working on multiple projects. Also has plenty of eye candy/themes/plugins.

    I used to use Komodo for PHP but it started getting on my nerves as can be a little bit buggy. Honorable mentions to Brackets.io and notepad++.


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    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,016 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    Sublime 3 and Vim


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    counterpointaud
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭counterpointaud


    Keep coming back to WebStorm, tried Brackets, Sublime, and Atom as sometimes I would like something lighter, but I miss the refactoring and debugging tools. Atom has become very nice lately though. I use vim too, when I need to edit something quickly over an SSH session. For context, I am primarily writing JavaScript (node and react).


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