A cool move, but for web stuff I'd be more inclined to use Sublime Text with an appropriate set of extensions or maybe something like Panic's Nova for their much better snappiness and reduced...
A cool move, but for web stuff I'd be more inclined to use Sublime Text with an appropriate set of extensions or maybe something like Panic's Nova for their much better snappiness and reduced typing latency. Jetbrains IDEs have a lot of features but they feel rather chunky in comparison.
Sublime Text is definitely my favorite editor. Paid for it and have no regrets. Blazing fast. Tiny, native, efficient. It embodies what modern software has forgotten. That said, still kudos to...
Sublime Text is definitely my favorite editor. Paid for it and have no regrets. Blazing fast. Tiny, native, efficient. It embodies what modern software has forgotten.
That said, still kudos to Jetbrains for doing this. Free non-commercial licenses reduce barriers to learning skills, etc.
I might still give these a try in case they cover a particular use case in a way I really enjoy
I hadn't seen Nova before! As a longtime Mac user I respect Panic and think this looks like a pretty slick program. Also the way the website lets you interactively explore the app's preferences is...
I hadn't seen Nova before! As a longtime Mac user I respect Panic and think this looks like a pretty slick program. Also the way the website lets you interactively explore the app's preferences is a great way to show off what's available without installing it — great marketing!
That said, for my purposes VS Code is basically a perfect IDE. It's fast and feature-rich and insanely extensible. I've used a bunch of programs over the years (including JetBrains' offerings) and none of them come close, IMHO. It would take ages for me to list all my grievances about Microsoft, but credit where it's due: the VS Code team knocked it out of the park. It would take a miraculous alternative (or a royal fuck-up on Microsoft's part) to make me switch at this point.
VS Code is good, but I don't care for some of the MS-isms in its UI (I cut my teeth on REALBasic, Project Builder/Xcode, and TextMate so maybe that's why) and its startup time could be better. Its...
VS Code is good, but I don't care for some of the MS-isms in its UI (I cut my teeth on REALBasic, Project Builder/Xcode, and TextMate so maybe that's why) and its startup time could be better. Its extension situation is also a mess in some cases, with there being several options in the marketplace and it not being clear which is still maintained and works as expected.
EDIT: Aside from that I tend toward more "do one thing really well", which has traditionally been the philsophy of both unixlikes and macOS, and so things like VCS integration go unused in favor of dedicated apps like Fork.
Man, I love JetBrains products and am happy that more languages get to be trialed by new users. My experience with JVM language IDEs have been universally excellent, PyCharm has the best static...
Man, I love JetBrains products and am happy that more languages get to be trialed by new users. My experience with JVM language IDEs have been universally excellent, PyCharm has the best static linking of any Python IDE I'm aware of, DataGrip is chef's kiss, and RustRover is delightful. Their navigation capability really shines in strongly typed languages or languages with type hints on and available. Excited to see some more uptake in the community for my personal favorite group of IDEs.
A cool move, but for web stuff I'd be more inclined to use Sublime Text with an appropriate set of extensions or maybe something like Panic's Nova for their much better snappiness and reduced typing latency. Jetbrains IDEs have a lot of features but they feel rather chunky in comparison.
Sublime Text is definitely my favorite editor. Paid for it and have no regrets. Blazing fast. Tiny, native, efficient. It embodies what modern software has forgotten.
That said, still kudos to Jetbrains for doing this. Free non-commercial licenses reduce barriers to learning skills, etc.
I might still give these a try in case they cover a particular use case in a way I really enjoy
I hadn't seen Nova before! As a longtime Mac user I respect Panic and think this looks like a pretty slick program. Also the way the website lets you interactively explore the app's preferences is a great way to show off what's available without installing it — great marketing!
That said, for my purposes VS Code is basically a perfect IDE. It's fast and feature-rich and insanely extensible. I've used a bunch of programs over the years (including JetBrains' offerings) and none of them come close, IMHO. It would take ages for me to list all my grievances about Microsoft, but credit where it's due: the VS Code team knocked it out of the park. It would take a miraculous alternative (or a royal fuck-up on Microsoft's part) to make me switch at this point.
VS Code is good, but I don't care for some of the MS-isms in its UI (I cut my teeth on REALBasic, Project Builder/Xcode, and TextMate so maybe that's why) and its startup time could be better. Its extension situation is also a mess in some cases, with there being several options in the marketplace and it not being clear which is still maintained and works as expected.
EDIT: Aside from that I tend toward more "do one thing really well", which has traditionally been the philsophy of both unixlikes and macOS, and so things like VCS integration go unused in favor of dedicated apps like Fork.
Man, I love JetBrains products and am happy that more languages get to be trialed by new users. My experience with JVM language IDEs have been universally excellent, PyCharm has the best static linking of any Python IDE I'm aware of, DataGrip is chef's kiss, and RustRover is delightful. Their navigation capability really shines in strongly typed languages or languages with type hints on and available. Excited to see some more uptake in the community for my personal favorite group of IDEs.