Re:Introducing Atom-IDE
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:00PM
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I think that's why people are talking up what they see as an alternative to the monolithic IDE: the lightweight text editor with support for extensions. I know Atom isn't particularly lightweight in terms of memory usage, but it is in terms of functionality.
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Lightweight in terms of functionality, not lightweight in terms of memory. Excellent combination.
Re:Introducing Atom-IDE
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:25PM
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One out of two ain't bad. At least they've left the one which will get 'fixed' if they just do nothing for long enough.
> I think that's why people are talking up what they see as an alternative to the monolithic IDE: the lightweight text editor with support for extensions.
Which is what vim and emacs, relative to IntelliJ, VS, VSCode, and Atom, are.
Re:Introducing Atom-IDE
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:33PM
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Lightweight text editor that doesn't drive you crazy the first time you try to quit it? ;-) As I said in another comment, I'm a daily vi user, but that's almost always when it's my only option. And that's been the case for well over a decade now. I just happen to feel more comfortable using sublime text; I always know how to do what I need to do, it's obvious, it's a pleasant experience. But I totally get some people have the same experience with vi/Emacs, and that's cool.