Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

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Post by viktorino » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

YC startups developers : what is the text editor you use for modern Web development in general (php, ruby, python, javascritp, frameworks) and why?

Re: Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

#2

Post by johnm » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 2:44 AM UTC

Emacs. Programmability.

Re: Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

#3

Post by arnorhs » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 2:51 AM UTC

I'm not a ninja dev, so I frequent between a few editors. Mostly using gedit now w/ a few plugins but - scite is also good but you need to customize it a lot before it makes sense.

Re: Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

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Post by elliottcarlson » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 2:59 AM UTC

Linux: vi

Windows: Editplus

Re: Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

#5

Post by mhd » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 3:26 AM UTC

johnm wrote: post #2

Emacs. Programmability.

I sincerely hope that there's little overlap between the members of the Most Holy Church of Emacs and those heretics who like to affect terms like "ninja" and "rock star".

TextMate seems to be rather popular in those camps (note: not meant as derogatory remark against TM users. Use it myself, and my last dalliance with ninja-ism involved tightey-whiteys, an mask improvised out of a towel and rubber shuriken)

Re: Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

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Post by johnm » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 6:09 AM UTC

mhd wrote: post #5

johnm wrote: post #2

Emacs. Programmability.

I sincerely hope that there's little overlap between the members of the Most Holy Church of Emacs and those heretics who like to affect terms like "ninja" and "rock star". TextMate seems to be rather popular in those camps (note: not meant as derogatory remark against TM users. Use it myself, and my last dalliance with ninja-ism involved tightey-whiteys, an mask improvised out of a towel and rubber shuriken)

Ha! Yeah, Emacs isn't sexy enough for the "cool" kids. Hahaha.

Personally, I don't even notice all of those stupid adjectives any more. They are totally content-free.

Re: Ask HN: Editor used by ninja devs.

#7

Post by st3fan » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 11:46 PM UTC

Emacs, Vim, IntelliJ IDEA, Xcode, BBEdit