Why would a front-end developer on OS X use any editor besides BBEdit?

2 points3nki11y ago11 comments

I have tried Sublime and Atom, BBEdit is better. Atom is slow and Sublime hard to grep and multi-file search/replace.

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You have violated the First Law of Computering

"Thou shall not start an editor war, for they are without end, lacking all rigour and decorum."

Because "grep and multi-file search/replace" is not exactly what a front-end developer does.

If you try to do actual programming, instead of grepping and replacing, SublimeText (and Atom, though slower) are much more featured. From build systems integration, to "go to function" and myriads of plugins for linting, AST based auto-complete, etc etc.

3nkiOP11y ago

to me a lot of "features" just get in the way. i code css/html/javascript, and for that bbedit seems to work better than submlime or atom.

however i guess for other, more complex situations, having more add-on options and such might be beneficial.

duncan_bayne11y ago

Sooooo many reasons. Here are a few:

* http://orgmode.org/

* http://www.gnus.org/

* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JabberEl

3nkiOP11y ago

those don't convince me, though maybe i'm not reading far enough in to see their significant use point. bbedit does what i need and does it well. i write css/html/javascript for dev work, and it works fine for keeping notes or whatever like that first link mentions.

duncan_bayne11y ago

I have the nasty feeling I'm being trolled, but ... try watching these to get a feel of what a proper programmable editor is capable of:

* https://vimeo.com/13158054

* https://vimeo.com/30721952

Basically, the idea is that your editor becomes your entire world. News, email, chat, source control, code, running code ... everything merges into the one system, and efficiency gains in one area tend to be applicable to others.

All your keyboard accelerators, macros, etc. etc. are available to all functions. Want to kill to the end of the line? It's C-k ... in everything. In your editor, in your email client, in your scheduler ...

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aethant11y ago

Because front end is so much more than vanilla html css etc. You have Sass, handlebars, svg and more to deal with. If you only use the basics, maybe a simpler solution works for you. But calling the others into question just because they don't work for you is pedantic.

3nkiOP11y ago

i deal with all of those - sass, handlebars, svg.

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leriksen11y ago

You have violated the First Law of Computering

"Thou shall not start an editor war, for they are without end, lacking all rigour and decorum."

coldtea11y ago

Because "grep and multi-file search/replace" is not exactly what a front-end developer does.

3nkiOP11y ago

to me a lot of "features" just get in the way. i code css/html/javascript, and for that bbedit seems to work better than submlime or atom.

however i guess for other, more complex situations, having more add-on options and such might be beneficial.

duncan_bayne11y ago

Sooooo many reasons. Here are a few:

* http://orgmode.org/

* http://www.gnus.org/

* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JabberEl

3nkiOP11y ago

duncan_bayne11y ago

I have the nasty feeling I'm being trolled, but ... try watching these to get a feel of what a proper programmable editor is capable of:

* https://vimeo.com/13158054

* https://vimeo.com/30721952

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aethant11y ago

3nkiOP11y ago

i deal with all of those - sass, handlebars, svg.

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