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Eclipse vs Sublime Text: What are the differences?
Developers describe Eclipse as "IDE for Java EE Developers". Standard Eclipse package suited for Java and plug-in development plus adding new plugins; already includes Git, Marketplace Client, source code and developer documentation Click here to file a bug against Eclipse Platform.. On the other hand, Sublime Text is detailed as "A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose". Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform..
Eclipse and Sublime Text are primarily classified as "Integrated Development Environment" and "Text Editor" tools respectively.
"Does it all", "Integrates with most of tools" and "Easy to use" are the key factors why developers consider Eclipse; whereas "Lightweight", "Plugins" and "Super fast" are the primary reasons why Sublime Text is favored.
According to the StackShare community, Sublime Text has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1399 company stacks & 1308 developers stacks; compared to Eclipse, which is listed in 248 company stacks and 138 developer stacks.
Visual Studio Code became famous over the past 3+ years I believe. The clean UI, easy to use UX and the plethora of integrations made it a very easy decision for us. Our gripe with Sublime was probably only the UX side. VSCode has not failed us till now, and still is able to support our development env without any significant effort.
Goland being paid, as well as built only for Go seemed like a significant limitation to not consider it.
I originally chose IntelliJ over Eclipse, as it was close enough to the look and feel of Visual Studio and we do go back and forth between the two. We really begin to love IntelliJ and their suite of IDEs so we are now using AppCode for the IOS development because the workflow is identical with the IntelliJ. IntelliJ is super complex and intimidating at first but it does afford a lot of nice utilities to get us produce clean code.
Since communication with Github is not necessary, the Atom is less convenient in working with text and code. Sublim's support and understanding of projects is best for us. Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface. We use a good theme for Sublim ayu-dark
Pros of Eclipse
- Does it all130
- Integrates with most of tools74
- Easy to use62
- Java IDE60
- Best Java IDE30
- Open source8
- Great gdb integration2
- Hard for newbews2
- Lightweight1
- Great code suggestions1
- Professional1
- Good Git client allowing direct stage area edit1
- Extensible1
- Works with php0
Pros of Sublime Text
- Lightweight718
- Plugins653
- Super fast641
- Great code editor468
- Cross platform442
- Nice UI279
- Unlimited trial257
- Cmd + d is the best command ever154
- Great community92
- Package control, modules46
- Mac OS X support26
- Monokai22
- Easy to get started with22
- Built in Python21
- Everything you need without the bloat21
- Easy17
- Speed13
- Session & edit resuming11
- Package Control9
- Multiple selections8
- Well Designed8
- ALT + CMD + DOWN is the best command ever6
- Fast, simple and lightweight6
- Nice6
- Great4
- It's easy to use, beautiful, simple, and plugins rule4
- ALT + F3 the best command ever4
- So futuristic and convenient4
- Hackable3
- Free3
- Simple and clean design3
- Find anything fast within entire project3
- Pretty2
- Color schemes and cmd+d2
- Easy to use2
- UI + plugins2
- Totally customizable2
- Material theme best theme forever2
- Sublime Merge (Git Integration)2
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Cons of Eclipse
- 2000 Design8
- Bad performance6
- Hard to use2
Cons of Sublime Text
- Steep learning curve7
- Everything4
- Number of plugins doing the same thing3
- Doesn't act like a Mac app3
- Flexibility to move file3
- Don't have flutter integration2
- Forces you to buy license1
