Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by steverandy » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 3:20 PM UTC

Sublime Text 2 is a text editor with great responsiveness, flexibility and accuracy for coding. After three months of using it, I discover many amazing features and ways to make it even better.

Three Months with Sublime Text 2
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Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by cageface » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:01 PM UTC

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by jared314 » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #2

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

It is hard to pin down the author's bias, or yours, without understanding what kind of development the author has done. I look at this as more of a Text Mate 2 vs Sublime Text 2 post.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by steverandy » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:11 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #2

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

I never really used IDE like IntelliJ or RubyMine. But I always feel they are too bloated. Maybe just different use case.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by cageface » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

steverandy wrote: post #4

cageface wrote: post #2

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

I never really used IDE like IntelliJ or RubyMine. But I always feel they are too bloated. Maybe just different use case.

I can use IntelliJ for anything from Python to Ruby to Java to Go to Haskell.

Sure it takes a little longer to start up than a no-plugin Emacs or Sublime Text, but it also does a lot more and I don't have to fiddle with it to make it work.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by president » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #2

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

Not everyone is coding Java. Not to mention, we're talking about a general-use text editor for all sorts of text files.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by csulok » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

having started my programming career with web stuff, i just cant stand the full blown IDEs because of their slowness and bloatedness. sublime text feels like having my cake and eating it too. it has most of the required features but its still amazingly fast and extendable.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by siodine » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #2

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

1. The configuration time for stuff like this in ST2 is comparable with IntelliJ.

2. IntelliJ costs more.

3. IntelliJ is simply better for Java than ST2 (more significant time-saving professional features), but not necessarily so for other languages (it becomes less clear cut with languages like ruby).

4. ST2 replaces your standard text editor, IntelliJ doesn't.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by eswat » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:41 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #2

I read feature lists of editors like this and wonder why people just don't use a good IDE like IntelliJ. It does everything in this list and a lot more with minimal configuration.

Yes, but I think many wouldn’t want to have all the other features a full-blown IDE offers.

While ST2 requires configuration to add the bare-necessities people would take for granted from an IDE, if you went with the latter you still have to do configuration to pair things down to the most minimal-environment you’re comfortable with.

Re: Three Months with Sublime Text 2

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Post by siodine » Sun, Jul 15, 2012, 4:42 PM UTC

cageface wrote: post #5

steverandy wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never really used IDE like IntelliJ or RubyMine. But I always feel they are too bloated. Maybe just different use case.

I can use IntelliJ for anything from Python to Ruby to Java to Go to Haskell. Sure it takes a little longer to start up than a no-plugin Emacs or Sublime Text, but it also does a lot more and I don't have to fiddle with it to make it work.

The Go and Haskell support is better in ST2 than in IntelliJ. For Python and Ruby, it depends. IntelliJ is unquestionably better for Java, though.

Also, consider that ST2 is in its infancy and how developed its language support already is (see SublimeClang, for example). As ST2 becomes more popular, it might compete with the most developed IDEs.