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PlatformIO vs Vim: What are the differences?
PlatformIO: Next-generation IDE for IoT. PlatformIO is an open source ecosystem for IoT development. Cross-platform build system and library manager. Continuous and IDE integration. Arduino and MBED compatible. Ready for Cloud compiling; Vim: Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware.
PlatformIO and Vim are primarily classified as "Integrated Development Environment" and "Text Editor" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by PlatformIO are:
- C/C++ Intelligent Code Completion
- Smart Code Linter for the super-fast coding
- Multi-projects workflow with Multiple Panes.
On the other hand, Vim provides the following key features:
- Vertically Split Windows
- Vimdiff
- Folding
"It is the best" is the top reason why over 2 developers like PlatformIO, while over 334 developers mention "Comes by default in most unix systems (remote editing)" as the leading cause for choosing Vim.
PlatformIO is an open source tool with 3.18K GitHub stars and 416 GitHub forks. Here's a link to PlatformIO's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of PlatformIO
- Support for various Embedded Boards7
- It is the best5
- Integrates with VSCode and Atom3
- Device monitor filters1
- CI (continous integration)1
- CLI (command line tools1
Pros of Vim
- Comes by default in most unix systems (remote editing)346
- Fast326
- Highly configurable311
- Less mouse dependence297
- Lightweight246
- Speed144
- Plugins99
- Hardcore96
- It's for pros81
- Vertically split windows65
- Open-source29
- Modal editing25
- No remembering shortcuts, instead "talks" to the editor22
- It stood the Test of Time21
- Unicode16
- Everything is on the keyboard13
- Stick with terminal13
- Dotfiles12
- VimPlugins12
- Flexible Indenting11
- Efficient and powerful10
- Hands stay on the keyboard10
- Programmable10
- Large number of Shortcuts9
- Everywhere9
- A chainsaw for text editing8
- Unmatched productivity8
- Modal editing changes everything7
- Super fast7
- Developer speed7
- Because its not Emacs7
- You cannot exit6
- Themes6
- Makes you a true bearded developer6
- Intergrated into most editors5
- Most and most powerful plugins of any editor5
- Plugin manager options. Vim-plug, Pathogen, etc5
- Habit5
- Shell escapes and shell imports :!<command> and !!cmd5
- Great on large text files5
- Shortcuts5
- EasyMotion5
- Perfect command line editor4
- Intuitive, once mastered4
- Not MicroSoft1
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Cons of PlatformIO
Cons of Vim
- Ugly UI8
- Hard to learn5
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