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iamnull
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I was a Sublime Text 3 purist for a long time... recently made the switch to Atom. I honestly haven't looked back. Anyone else make the same move?

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  • 2
    I actually really like Sublime, what made you switch?
  • 1
    Textmate to Atom. Same here I LOVE the customization. I've recently decided to learn Java as well, and I've got to say, though they are ugly Eclipse and Netbeans are seriously powerful. So basically I have no preference any more, it all depends on the project.
  • 0
    I was a sublime guy, started monkeying with brackets, and then abandoned both for atom. It just feels better ... I could jump back to ST3 without issue, tho.
  • 0
    I absolutely love brackets. I switched from sublime to brackets. Haven't tried atom
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    @jfn0802 Sublime is great - I know I could switch back without issue, but there's something about Atom's plugin manager that sold me. Plus the community is great- just as Sublime's was/still is. I didn't really do a great job of selling it lol, it just feels nice.
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    @iamnull I was thinking about making the jump too but wanted to see why you liked it more. Thank you.
  • 0
    Me too, ST3 user for years. Took me 10 minutes to switch with 10+ packages. Loving open source and customization possibilities. Not much of a python fan, so there's that, too. You can find my settings at https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/... and https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/...
  • 1
    I made the switch too but in the other direction. Haven't looked back since. But for dev, nothing beats IntelliJ in Darkula mode.
  • 0
    I used Sublime for the longest time but recently it's lost its traction which has left many concerned and looking for an alternative.
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    Sublime 3 => PHPStorm here. Never looked back
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    I also switched from Sublime to Atom. Sublime definately has its strengths as far as performance but the customization and package system in Atom is a better trade off in my opinion.
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    @orion-ix I use PHPStorm in darcula mode I love it.
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    @CDESmith I'm glad you agree. IntelliJ is the real MVP
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    For all my personal coding at home I use Visual Studio Code. I've found it to be a really pleasant editor.
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    Sublime still starts significantly faster than the rest (Atom,Brackets,VsCode) so I still keep it around for quick editing.
    But if I'm working on a project, an annoying extra startup second doesn't matter, so I prefer one of the others
  • 0
    I had the exact same switch. Now Sublime looks wrong.
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    Tried atom and it feels too clunky, stuck with sublime - PHPstorm is waiting for a try out next, looks awesome
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    @deadpixel agreed, Atom had a massive startup lag time when I used it last year on my MBP. Switched to Sublime at that time and what can I say...the startup time was subliminal xD but PHPStorm is the mothership. It'll have a startup delay, but that's expected of it
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