What text editor do you use ?

Hollister11 · 26-05-2016 01:53PM #1

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.

Idleater · 26-05-2016 02:36PM

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

Graham · 26-05-2016 02:46PM

Sublime Text 3

RedXIV · 26-05-2016 02:52PM

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++

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 26-05-2016 02:55PM

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.

Hollister11 · 26-05-2016 03:00PM

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.

jester77 · 26-05-2016 04:27PM

mainly vim, sometimes sublime

14ned · 26-05-2016 04:32PM

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.

Goodshape · 26-05-2016 04:35PM

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

Neon_Lights · 26-05-2016 04:37PM

Koding.com

Ziycon · 27-05-2016 09:13AM

Notepad++, Netbeans or vim.

henryporter · 27-05-2016 09:28AM

vim and sublime text 2

amen · 27-05-2016 12:48PM

VS or NotePad ++

Deliverance XXV · 27-05-2016 06:23PM

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++.

Colonel Panic · 31-05-2016 07:04PM

Sublime 3 and Vim

counterpointaud · 31-05-2016 10:43PM

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).

What text editor do you use ?

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