Was vim for many years, but now helix.
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I'll try it out!
I was skeptical at first, but have come to love it. vim has become a frankenstein's monster over the years, requiring plugins to do everything. helix comes with LSP / IDE support out of the box, formatting, multi-line editing, quick file switching, etc. It def has been useful for both rust and typescript.
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For a full blown IDE, nothing comes close to IntelliJ family in my opinion. Still, I mostly use Emacs (Doom to be more precise) in conjunction with a terminal.
Agreed! IntelliJ for me when working on any JVM languages, and (neo)vim for mostly everything else generally.
The Rust plug-in is top notch as well 👌
Helix
For anyone who doesn't know; Helix is an editor with vim like keybindings with more out of the box functionality than vim.
I am using it too and like it.
The only problem I ran into is that the search and replace function (across.multiple files isn't very good).
I'll try it out!
im trying it out now too
How does it compare to lunarvim?
Oh thats actually what I used before switching to helix, it mostly has the same features but you don't have to configure anything
Downside is no plugins, but I've never felt like I've needed any plugins using helix
IntelliJ (with IdeaVim) for Kotlin and Java programming; NeoVim for everything else.
Neovim, and ive been chipping away at learning emacs for a long time now
Neovim is my most used editor, I use Gedit for a scratchpad, and when I'm in a bigger project I'll sometimes run VS Codium.
Love me the Jetbrains apps. Webstorm in particular I use on the daily, and I love how everything works out of the box, unlike vscode where you need to install a whole bunch of plugins.
That is, except for rust. I have no idea why, but the Jetbrains rust plugin is absolute garbage; it’s slow and inaccurately reports some errors while missing on errors the CLI would pick up. Rust is the main use case I have for using vscode, the language server there is rock solid, have had nothing but good experiences (outside of the pains of dealing with the borrow checker as a rust novice…)
Not a developer here, I occasionally write scripts in bash/Python/go and sometimes tinker with php or ruby but mostly write yaml and asciidoc/markdown.
I use vim, with lots of plugins, as my plugins list and my vimrc grew over the years it's true it's become some kind of monster but I just love it and every other I tried (probably not long enough) required to much mouse interaction.
It's seems I am the only one using spacemacs/doomemacs.
Also kdevelop for C++
I have Emacs on every computer I use. That said, I mainly use it for Magit and org-mode, so I'm not sure it counts as an IDE at that point.
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Doom emacs. Has vim key bindings built in but I swapped it out for default emacs and use it really for its package management abilities.
I keep hearing all this excitement about Doom Emacs, and almost nothing about Spacemacs these days. Have you tried both? I'm considering trying a fresh Doom install, but I do like Spacemacs...
I hate hate hate spacemacs' layers (because I don't understand them)
Lite-XL is my light editor for all situations. Vscode for more stuff. Rider for .net
Huh that looks very interesting.
I used IntelliJ for a long time, but lately I find VSCodium does everything I need and it's generally pretty snappy.
I'm a big fan of the Jetbrains suite. I use Webstorm for Typescript dev, and Rider for .net core work.
Yeah, they make pretty solid stuff.
JetBrains for big projects, Helix for small file editing, kate for txt/MD/json
JetBrains IDEs are pretty good, it's hard to beat them.
My setup is same, except for Helix, haven't even heard of it. Going to look it up.
VS Code, with vim when I need to work in the console.
I prefer Emacs, though I use Emacs for more things than just as an IDE.
csharp dev, Use Visual Studio for backend c# work, VSCode for everything else.
My favourite IDE is a shell, Textadept for editing, and gdb for debugging.
I've been using VSCode as my main IDE/general notepad since ~2018... It honestly still amazes me how good it is, especially after experiencing VS on underpowered computers.
Neovim if I'm looking to waste time, as I haven't really figured out a good config yet
I'm a big fan of Rider + IdeaVim for C#/F# at work because it's just great for big projects and I pair program a lot. I'll use neovim though for macros and regex.
I almost never bother to setup Emacs on work machines (I tend to have several work machines and don't want to be constantly fussing about with differences between MacOS, Windows, and Linux - sometimes on the same day - all while keeping my config sane and synched everywhere). Also I tend to pair program a lot at work, so having a consistent setup with Jetbrains goes a long way to help more Jr devs learn the tools.
At home it's Emacs + Spacemacs + Evil. Sometimes I'll use other Jetbrains tools or neovim at home, but Emacs is my happy place.
This Fall I'm hoping to try out Doom Emacs, I've heard great things. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take the plunge though (come on grandpa, you switched over to Spacemacs like eight years ago).
regular vim with coc.nvim
Nvchad
JetBrains IDEs for coding, SublimeText for everything else. Sometimes Sublime also for coding on smallish code bases, thanks to LSP.
atom
Goneovim + Nvim + NvChad + custom Github Dark theme
I use Xcode for Apple stuff. I prefer vscode for logos and neovim in the terminal.
No one mentionning geany so here i go. Really simple and lightweight with a lot of extensions, themeing, and cool features. Good UX and very hackable.
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