Finding the perfect code editor
In my eternal search for a no resource hungry (Python) code editor that can help you getting things done easily and quickly, I started using SublimeText at its 2.0 version (albeit not being an open source project).
I never used Mac OS X TextMate, but some people described SublimeText as a valid alternative to that editor, and I always heard good words about TextMate.
After using SublimeText for almost 4 months, I’m finding myself really happy with the cool working experience it provides and its capabilities.
What I found most interesting in these months are:
- Loads of plugins
- Code completion (through one of its many plugins)
- JSON based configuration files
- Great project support, with almost instant project switch through the command palette
- A very responsive command palette
- Integration with static code analysis tools
- Powerful editing capabilities (multi-selection editing in primis)
- Possibility to integrate the Python debugger
- Integrated Python console
- A “disctraction free” mode (now called it like that, but it is just full screen editing
It has extensive documentation, and also nifty video tutorial to set-up a dev environment with ease.
In the next months I will polish my vim-fu, I want to do some tests using the Chromebook with its Chrome OS for development purposes. Almost all of my dev activities happen online, and through a Google hosted account and Chrome OS has a decent shell with SSH support (and also different SSH plugins available in the Chrome Web Store). I just need a VM, or a VPS somewhere, where to store the code and all the development tools, and see how it plays out.
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