What are your preferred text editors for each language?

12 pointsby acalderaro9 tahun yang lalu19 comments

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dontJudge9 tahun yang lalu

Emacs for everything. If I start a using a new language I'll hand craft snippets, wire up with any linters or external completion engines and other tools.

If there is no good completion solution, then I'll cheat. Grep to the definition (or jump with tags), open it in a buffer and I can look at what is there. At that point the members are now available for "dumb" textual completion. I'll create helper function to do this.

Give me a few hours and I can match just about any IDE feature. The mechanical parts of the workflow are crazy fast and fluid.

Decabytes9 tahun yang lalu

I write a custom editor in the language that I need to edit in. But seriously, Emacs. I never have to work in languages that don't already have the leg work done in creating linters, syntax highlighting etc.

twunde9 tahun yang lalu

VisualStudio for any .net language, Jetbrains if they have an IDE for a specific language and for small projects or changes I'll use vim. The main impetus for switching editors/IDEs is when an editor has specific built-in support for a language that your text editor won't (ie support for solution files in .net). This extra functionality becomes much more important when you're less familiar with a language or when you have a large/complex codebase (1M+ LOC)

typetehcodez9 tahun yang lalu

My procedure for selecting an editor starts by taking an online class and using whatever tool the expert is using. I figure their reasons for using said tool in a given stack is probably more reasonable than anything I can come up with in my comparatively limited experience. That said, it looks like this:

Visual Studio - C#

Notepad ++ - Any text file I need quick access to, cut/paste

Visual Studio Code - Trying it out to replace Notepad++

Android Studio - Native Android Apps

WebStorm - JavaScript and front end projects

IntelliJ IDEA - JAVA

dmlittle9 tahun yang lalu

You'd be surprised how opinionated people can get about editors. Just because an expert is using text editor X doesn't mean it's the best editor for you to use.

kzisme9 tahun yang lalu

Is it really worth switching editors between languages?

I do think they it could make things harder/easier. For example if I want to switch from C# (in Visual Studio) to any other editor - it feels like a less familiar experience (and will be less productive at first)

This not only effects writing code, but debugging methods as well.

metalliqaz9 tahun yang lalu

Do people actually switch between editors for languages? I use Notepad++ for everything and just configure the indent spacing and highlighting per language.

jklein119 tahun yang lalu

Jetbrains if they have a product for it. Otherwise sublime or nano without a real preference for either

tedmiston9 tahun yang lalu

Sublime for everything. With plenty of plugins.

I also use dedicated apps for databases (mostly Robomongo and DataGrip) and version control (Tower).

jetti9 tahun yang lalu

RAD Studio or Visual Studio on Windows (depending if Delphi or C#) and Visual Studio Code (and sometimes Lazarus when doing Free Pascal) on Linux.

partisan9 tahun yang lalu

VSCode for everything though I have been noticing bugs in the C# plugin and I am starting to consider trying Rider for that.

billconan9 tahun yang lalu

I use qtcreator on all platforms for c++

sublime text for others.

vim for ssh remote.

stevekemp9 tahun yang lalu

I used emacs for all coding, C, C++, Perl, Ruby, Go, etc.

I use vim for composing email(s).

mod9 tahun yang lalu

vim for everything.

i add linters per language, and documentation lookup and autocompletion.

the only time i have a problem is with new projects where a file tree would be useful. there are vim file trees, but i dislike them.

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15DCFA8F9 tahun yang lalu

Take a look at NERDTree.

[deleted]9 tahun yang lalu

matteeyah9 tahun yang lalu

Or https://github.com/tpope/vim-vinegar if you're looking for a non-drawer solution.

See http://vimcasts.org/blog/2013/01/oil-and-vinegar-split-windo...

matteeyah9 tahun yang lalu

vim

I keep Atom around, though; IntelliJ products are also nice if you're into IDEs.

davidjnelson9 tahun yang lalu

Jetbrains ides are amazing.

bradknowles9 tahun yang lalu

vi FTW! ;)