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Your favorite source code editor?

Started by pes2013, Nov 21 2012 16:41

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#1 pes2013

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:41

Hello

I know everyone likes and uses Notepad++ but I tried Sublime Text 2 and wow I felt in love with it :) The out of the box expirence is better than Notepad++ as much of Notepad++'s plugins are already a part of Sublime Text 2. Plus search is A LOT faster....

What source code editor do you use, why and with what language?

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:44

Sublime Text2 for quick editing and i use Eclipse for Java and for any Windows programming its Visual Studio 2012

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:45

Notepad++
Eclipse Classic
Visual Studio

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:45

Well if you're doing .NET work, then Visual Studio. Especially with Resharper Add-In.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:46

I use Eclipse for Java and Visual Studio 2010 for C++/C#.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:46

vim. Very powerful and you can do pretty much anything you want with the right plugin.

#7 OP pes2013

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:47

I was referring to a source code editor not a IDE :) Just in case anyone is confused.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:48

Text Editor: Sublime Text 2 for PHP, Node, Ruby - Why? Loads of great snippet/addons, Goto anything, Command line, VIM mode, multiple cursors, multi platform, etc.

IDE: Visual Studio 2012 for C#/ASP.NET MVC.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:52

Vote one for Dreamweaver

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:53

View Postpes2013, on 21 November 2012 - 16:47, said:

I was referring to a source code editor not a IDE :) Just in case anyone is confused.

One part of an IDE is a source editor... So why wouldn't an IDE be a valid answer to the question?

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 16:57

I usually use notepad
going to give Kate a try later though

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 17:00

gotta be VS hands down...

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 17:07

Visual Studio 2012 along with a few choice addons (CodeRush, etc) hands down for the various dotNET languages and platforms along with C++ and Python, Notepad++ for most everything else.

#14 OP pes2013

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 17:09

View PostLogicalApex, on 21 November 2012 - 16:53, said:

One part of an IDE is a source editor... So why wouldn't an IDE be a valid answer to the question?
The source code portion of a IDE would be. I just saw so many bloated IDEs poping up I was just clearing it up :)

My favorite IDE is VS without a doubt. But it is not my favorite source code editor.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 17:17

Sublime text 2 with package manager and a few plugins.
Jeffrey Way did a cracking tut on sublime text plugins on nettuts. Really recommend it.
Sublime is so much better with the plugins he recommended, especially zen coding. Ill never go back to writing HTML the way I used to.
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