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Posted by Keith Corona
Keith Corona
9,553 Points

Text editors 2016 (Atom)

Hello all,

I just maxed out my 100 workspaces (yay! ...uhh), now I am thinking that is a sign that I should venture into the world of using another text editor. I have downloaded Atom, but I am not having a good time with it. Does anybody have any recommendations for a tutorial about the basics of using it? I am very new to all of this, so any information will be appreciated.

2 Answers

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points
Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points

Hi Keith Corona,

Atom comes with a great documentation to start with. This one

Later you'll find out that with a great text editor comes great packages. They basically boost up your workflow! Here you can find an example

Atom is not the only text editor. I use Sublime with some packages, for the most of the time and switch to Atom depending on my mood.

There's no one text editor better than another one. It doesn't matter which text editor you use, because they basically do all the same thing. It's important that you find a tool that you are comfortable with and let you write more code in less time, with less frustration! :smiley:

p.s. if you want to see some cool IDE look here :wink:

Keith Corona
Keith Corona
9,553 Points

Very good info. I am glad for the resources you provided and will have to look into them.

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points

Glad that I help you! Tell me if you find some cool packages, maybe I discover new one too! :smile:

Thomas Buchstab
Thomas Buchstab
14,766 Points
Thomas Buchstab
Thomas Buchstab
14,766 Points

If you liked to work with the workspace in here then i would recommend you Brackets. I really enjoy working with it.

http://brackets.io/

Keith Corona
Keith Corona
9,553 Points

Many people have recommended brackets, I will check it out as well as working through Atom.