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c2wiki3777yMostly Emacs though I do sometimes open Vim when needing a quick edit on production (the less the software you've got on the server, the less you're vulnerable to a random exploit).
[BONUS] not starting a flamewar here, it's just that I came across Emacs when learning Lisp and just stayed with it. I've witnessed the power of Vim too.
Why you may ask? Because it doesn't get in the way, and it's got loads of features. I think it helps about code as just another data structure that can and should be easily manipulated (which is kind of natural given that it's Lispy).
Also, you get to modify it in Lisp.
However in the past I did use Sublime Text and (way way way back - as in college) "full-blown" IDEs (notice the quotes) as Eclipse, VisualStudio and JetBrains I must confess that as of now I'm unable to perform even the most basic tasks using them and I do not intend to improve that. -
awelxtr1987yJava dev here.
Eclipse, notepad++ and vim.
Sometimes I even use excel depending on the manipulation I have to do.
Don't shame my choices, I work for a bank and sw choices are pretty narrow -
epse36587yEmacs, but only with Evil mode because vim is life but emacs is power and org mode and magit.
Spacemacs is my lazy way to get set up and it's totally awesome -
At home: Windows: sublime text 3
Android: quickedit for html and stuff, Qpython for python scripts
At work: Linux heros 4.5 ; NC heidenhein interpreter -
Fradow9087yDepends what language I'm working on.
For iOS/Mac dev (Objective-C, Swift, or even C++), Xcode is strongly recommended.
For Android dev, go with Android Studio.
After that, we have great IDEs. Use them, they will save you time. I mostly stick with JetBrains IDEs (PHPStorm for PHP, PyCharm for Python).
Also using Atom with Nuclide for a personal front-end project (no Jetbrains licence yet for that one).
And then, you probably need a good text editor for things where you don't want to use an IDE (reading librairies or random files, mainly). I use TextMate, but I should have taken SublimeText really, I just keep it because of habits.
I almost forgot: MacDown for Markdown editing, and the trusty HexFiend when you need to inspect odd characters (like \n\r or non-ASCII white space or some other random shit that isn't visible in a standard text editor).
Bottom line: use the best tool for the job. -
Emacs here still in the learning process with spacemacs but i am gonna stick with it. For multi cursor fast edit i still use atom
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thecode24677y@RodrigoF I know. I either use sublime or textedit when I just want to have a quick look at some file. Atom for everything else.
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