Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#1

Post by theswan » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 5:13 PM UTC

What features/packages have gotten you to switch over? What works or doesn't work? Is speed ever an issue?

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#2

Post by rpowers » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 5:23 PM UTC

I've been using it for a few weeks now. It has been really enjoyable so far. I don't take advantage of all of its features, but my web development has been spot on.

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#3

Post by matthewmacleod » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC

No. It's currently much slower than Sublime Text, obviously has fewer features and plugins, and doesn't offer any benefits for my workflow.

Glad it's there, of course! From what I gather, it's substantially easier to develop for; I haven't really done any serious work on either of them, though.

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#4

Post by Jemaclus » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 5:29 PM UTC

I used it for a day or so, but it was just too slow and clunky compared to Sublime text. I'll come back to it in about 6 months and give it another shot.

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#5

Post by PublicEnemy111 » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 5:58 PM UTC

matthewmacleod wrote: post #3

No. It's currently much slower than Sublime Text, obviously has fewer features and plugins, and doesn't offer any benefits for my workflow. Glad it's there, of course! From what I gather, it's substantially easier to develop for; I haven't really done any serious work on either of them, though.

Which Sublime version are you using?

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#6

Post by theswan » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 6:04 PM UTC

rpowers wrote: post #2

I've been using it for a few weeks now. It has been really enjoyable so far. I don't take advantage of all of its features, but my web development has been spot on.

What editor were you using previously, and what in Atom made you switch over?

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#7

Post by kwerle » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 6:05 PM UTC

Been using it for several weeks. I prefer it slightly over ST2.

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#8

Post by matthewmacleod » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 6:26 PM UTC

PublicEnemy111 wrote: post #5

matthewmacleod wrote: post #3

No. It's currently much slower than Sublime Text, obviously has fewer features and plugins, and doesn't offer any benefits for my workflow. Glad it's there, of course! From what I gather, it's substantially easier to develop for; I haven't really done any serious work on either of them, though.

Which Sublime version are you using?

Three; from what I understand there were substantial performance improvements in this release.

Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#9

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 7:12 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Are you using Atom Editor?

#10

Post by scriptle » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 7:29 PM UTC

Used it for a few hours. It was slow, switched back to sublime.