Your favourite text editor for webdev?

wywywywy · 5 Apr 2017 at 10:25

Hi all,

I'm currently still using Notepad++, and wondering if there's any good alternative?

I briefly tried Atom, and I found it very pretty but the usability didn't seem great to me.

I currently work in only JS, HTML, SQL, and CSS.

What do you use day to day?

Thanks.

wywywywy · 7 Apr 2017 at 15:52

Thanks guys. Lots of suggestions!

I'll give each of them a try and report back.

wywywywy · 8 Apr 2017 at 13:32

So what addons do you guys recommend? I had a quick browse but couldn't see anything interesting. The themes also seem to be more geared towards aesthetics rather than usability.

wywywywy · 10 Apr 2017 at 12:17

Gave Atom another go last night.

It's pretty nice, but I kind of wish there's a icon toolbar at the top. Having to do Ctrl-S or Ctrl-/ etc is a bit difficult with one hand... A lot of my night time programming involves rocking the baby to sleep with my left arm

Trying Visual Studio Code next!

wywywywy · 10 Apr 2017 at 12:30

Wow oh my days thanks that's very nice it's just what I'm looking for!

wywywywy · 2 May 2017 at 14:16

Been using VS Code based on you lot's recommendation, and so far I'm liking it more than Atom

Was originally reluctant because, well, Microsoft, but I'm pleasantly surprised!