What is Sublime Text and what are its top alternatives?
Top Alternatives to Sublime Text
Atom
At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it. ...
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows. ...
WebStorm
WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript. ...
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License. ...
Brackets
With focused visual tools and preprocessor support, it is a modern text editor that makes it easy to design in the browser. ...
PyCharm
PyCharm鈥檚 smart code editor provides first-class support for Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, CSS, popular template languages and more. Take advantage of language-aware code completion, error detection, and on-the-fly code fixes! ...
Vim
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. ...
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications. ...
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- Free525
- Open source443
- Modular design342
- Hackable318
- Beautiful UI316
- Github integration170
- Backed by github147
- Built with node.js119
- Web native113
- Community107
- Packages34
- Cross platform18
- Nice UI5
- Multicursor support5
- TypeScript editor5
- Snippets3
- cli start3
- Chrome Inspector works IN EDITOR3
- Open source, lots of packages, and so configurable3
- Simple but powerful3
- Awesome2
- Code readability2
- It's powerful2
- Smart TypeScript code completion2
- Well documented2
- "Free", "Hackable", "Open Source", The Awesomness1
- full support1
- vim support1
- Split-Tab Layout1
- Made by github. YAY1
- Consistent UI on all platforms1
- User friendly1
- Hackable and Open Source1
- works with GitLab1
- Slow with large files19
- Heavy and slow7
- Slow startup6
- Most of the time packages are hard to find.1
- Can be easily Modified1
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I liked Sublime Text for its speed, simplicity and keyboard shortcuts which synergize well when working on scripting languages like Ruby and JavaScript. I extended the editor with custom Python scripts that improved keyboard navigability such as autofocusing the sidebar when no files are open, or changing tab closing behavior.
But customization can only get you so far, and there were little things that I still had to use the mouse for, such as scrolling, repositioning lines on the screen, selecting the line number of a failing test stack trace from a separate plugin pane, etc. After 3 years of wearily moving my arm and hand to perform the same repetitive tasks, I decided to switch to Vim for 3 reasons:
- your fingers literally don鈥檛 ever need to leave the keyboard home row (I had to remap the escape key though)
- it is a reliable tool that has been around for more than 30 years and will still be around for the next 30 years
- I wanted to "look like a hacker" by doing everything inside my terminal and by becoming a better Unix citizen
The learning curve is very steep and it took me a year to master it, but investing time to be truly comfortable with my #TextEditor was more than worth it. To me, Vim comes close to being the perfect editor and I probably won鈥檛 need to switch ever again. It feels good to ignore new editors that come out every few years, like Atom and Visual Studio Code.






We use Visual Studio Code because it allows us to easily and quickly integrate with Git, much like Sublime Merge ,but it is integrated into the IDE. Another cool part about VS Code is the ability collaborate with each other with Visual Studio Live Share which allows our whole team to get more done together. It brings the convenience of the Google Suite to programming, offering something that works more smoothly than anything found on Atom or Sublime Text
Visual Studio Code
- Powerful multilanguage IDE303
- Fast264
- Front-end develop out of the box168
- Support TypeScript IntelliSense145
- Very basic but free121
- Git integration99
- Intellisense85
- Faster than Atom69
- Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration40
- Great Refactoring Tools36
- Superb markdown support34
- Good Plugins32
- Terminal27
- Large & up-to-date extension community21
- Open Source18
- Extensions17
- Portable16
- Powerful and fast15
- Awesome UI15
- Built on Electron13
- Best code editor12
- Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates11
- Easy to get started with10
- Crossplatform10
- Extensible9
- Lots of extensions9
- Best editor9
- All Languages Support9
- Extensions for everything8
- Good for begginers8
- Easy to use and learn8
- Ui design is great8
- Totally customizable7
- Great community7
- "fast, stable & easy to use"7
- Faster edit for slow computer7
- Git out of the box7
- Useful for begginer7
- It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it7
- Great language support6
- SSH support6
- He is not Michael5
- Great document formater5
- She is not Rachel5
- Works With Almost EveryThing You Need5
- Powerful Debugger5
- Fast Startup5
- Easy azure4
- Awesome multi cursor support4
- SFTP Workspace4
- Python extension is fast4
- Features rich4
- Extension Echosystem4
- Can compile and run .py files4
- Language server client4
- VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn4
- Has more than enough languages for any developer3
- Excellent as git difftool and mergetool3
- Has better support and more extentions for debugging3
- 'batteries included'3
- Fast and ruby is built right in2
- Better autocompletes than Atom2
- Virtualenv integration2
- CMake support with autocomplete2
- More tools to integrate with vs2
- Emmet preinstalled2
- VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code2
- Very proffesional1
- Light1
- Slow startup29
- Resource hog at times17
- Poor refactoring14
- Poor UI Designer9
- Weak Ui design tools8
- Poor autocomplete5
- Poor in PHP4
- Microsoft2
- Poor at Python2
- Poor in Python1
- Super Slow1
- Dilshad1
- Microsoft sends telemetry data1
- Poor intellisense. poor java1
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Our whole DevOps stack consists of the following tools:
- GitHub (incl. GitHub Pages/Markdown for Documentation, GettingStarted and HowTo's) for collaborative review and code management tool
- Respectively Git as revision control system
- SourceTree as Git GUI
- Visual Studio Code as IDE
- CircleCI for continuous integration (automatize development process)
- Prettier / TSLint / ESLint as code linter
- SonarQube as quality gate
- Docker as container management (incl. Docker Compose for multi-container application management)
- VirtualBox for operating system simulation tests
- Kubernetes as cluster management for docker containers
- Heroku for deploying in test environments
- nginx as web server (preferably used as facade server in production environment)
- SSLMate (using OpenSSL) for certificate management
- Amazon EC2 (incl. Amazon S3) for deploying in stage (production-like) and production environments
- PostgreSQL as preferred database system
- Redis as preferred in-memory database/store (great for caching)
The main reason we have chosen Kubernetes over Docker Swarm is related to the following artifacts:
- Key features: Easy and flexible installation, Clear dashboard, Great scaling operations, Monitoring is an integral part, Great load balancing concepts, Monitors the condition and ensures compensation in the event of failure.
- Applications: An application can be deployed using a combination of pods, deployments, and services (or micro-services).
- Functionality: Kubernetes as a complex installation and setup process, but it not as limited as Docker Swarm.
- Monitoring: It supports multiple versions of logging and monitoring when the services are deployed within the cluster (Elasticsearch/Kibana (ELK), Heapster/Grafana, Sysdig cloud integration).
- Scalability: All-in-one framework for distributed systems.
- Other Benefits: Kubernetes is backed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), huge community among container orchestration tools, it is an open source and modular tool that works with any OS.
I've been in the #frontend game for about 7 years now. I started coding in Sublime Text because all of the tutorials I was doing back then everyone was using it. I found the speed amazing compared to some other tools at the time. I kept using Sublime Text for about 4-5 years.
I find Sublime Text lacks some functionality, after all it is just a text editor rather than a full fledged IDE. I finally converted over to PhpStorm as I was working with Magento and Magento as you know is mainly #PHP based.
This was amazing all the features in PhpStorm I loved, the debugging features, and the control click feature when you click on a dependency or linked file it will take you to that file. It was great.
PhpStorm is kind of slow, I found that Prettier was taking a long time to format my code, and it just was lagging a lot so I was looking for alternatives. After watching some more tutorial videos I noticed that everyone was using Visual Studio Code. So I gave it a go, and its amazing.
It has support for everything I need with the plugins and the integration with Git is amazing. The speed of this IDE is blazing fast, and I wouldn't go back to using PhpStorm anymore. I highly recommend giving Visual Studio Code a try!
- Intelligent ide182
- Smart development environment122
- Easy js debugging104
- Code inspection92
- Support for the Latest Technologies91
- Created by jetbrains51
- Cross-platform ide50
- Integration35
- Spellchecker29
- Language Mixing/Injection24
- Debugger10
- Local History9
- Web developer can't live without this7
- Git support6
- Angular.js support5
- Fast search5
- There is no need to setup plugins (all from the box)5
- Paid but easy to crack4
- Built-in js debugger4
- Running and debugging Node.js apps remotely4
- Show color on the border next to hex string in CSS4
- Smart autocompletion4
- Better refactoring options4
- A modern IDE stuck in the 90s4
- FTP4
- Sass autocompletion3
- Awesome3
- Intelligent3
- Node.js integration3
- JSON Schema3
- 1113
- Protractor support out of the box3
- TypeScript support3
- Easy to use3
- Solid intelligent features2
- Great app2
- Smart coding assistance for React2
- Docker intergration2
- Integrated terminal2
- Dart support2
- Vagrant and SSH Console1
- Free for students1
- Grate debug tools for React Apps1
- Vim support1
- Remote Files Syncronization1
- Less autocompletion1
- Unused imports inspection1
- Easier to keep running than eclipse1
- Paid4
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When I switched to Visual Studio Code 12 months ago from PhpStorm I was in love, it was great. However after using VS Code for a year, I see myself switching back and forth between WebStorm and VS Code. The VS Code plugins are great however I notice Prettier, auto importing of components and linking to the definitions often break, and I have to restart VS Code multiple times a week and sometimes a day.
We use Ruby here so I do like that Visual Studio Code highlights that for me out of the box, with WebStorm I'd need to probably also install RubyMine and have 2 IDE's going at the same time.
Should I stick with Visual Studio Code, or switch to something else? #help
We use Prettier because when we rebooted our front-end stack, I decided that it would be an efficient use of our time to not worry about code formatting issues and personal preferences during peer review. Prettier eliminates this concern by auto-formatting our code to a deterministic output. We use it along with ESLint and have 1st-class support in our WebStorm and Visual Studio Code editors.
- Syntax for all languages that i use100
- Tabbed ui59
- Great code editor55
- Fast and lightweight51
- Plugins37
- Nice GUI27
- Regex & Special Character Search & Replace26
- Fast startup15
- Application is free, and plugins are too9
- Themes9
- Free5
- 100% Free3
- Very Lightweight3
- Column selection2
- Cos it's seck1
- Nice gui. are you kidding me?1
- Awesome autocomplete1
- Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)1
- Can't open large files3
- Can't install more advanced packets1
- No default plugin manager0
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I have chosen Visual Studio Code after testing a lot of other editors like Atom, Sublime Text (with legal license), Vim or even Notepad++ because it is the sum of all their virtues and none of their defects. It's fast, it has all the tools and plugins I need to work, and it's pretty and very good optimized. It has what I need to work and nothing more. And the main plugins works like a charm. Developing for React or Flutter is amazing. Even the TypeScript plugin works great. I like how IntelliSense works, and all the extra tools to code remotely using #ssh, access #RESTfulAPI or event manage projects or collaborating remotely. Thanks #Microsoft for Visual Studio Code.
Hey there, I am using Visual Studio for C++ and Notepad++ for web development. Should I switch to Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code for web development?
- Beautiful UI50
- Open source44
- Lightweight39
- Extremely customizable25
- Free plugins19
- Live Preview13
- Free themes13
- Clean8
- Integration with photoshop6
- Easy6
- Perfect for web development4
- Fast3
- Simple3
- Code suggestions1
- Awesome UI1
- Clean UI1
- Not good for backend developer3
- You have to edit json file to set your settings.1
- Bad node.js support1
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- Smart auto-completion103
- Intelligent code analysis86
- Powerful refactoring73
- Virtualenv integration56
- Git integration49
- Support for Django19
- Multi-database integration9
- VIM integration7
- Vagrant integration4
- Docker2
- Plugin architecture2
- In-tool Bash and Python shell2
- Perforce integration1
- Debug mode support docker1
- Slow startup6
- Not very flexible4
- Resource hog2
- Periodic slow menu response1
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UPDATE: Thanks for the great response. I am going to start with VSCode based on the open source and free version that will allow me to grow into other languages, but not cost me a license ..yet.
I have been working with software development for 12 years, but I am just beginning my journey to learn to code. I am starting with Python following the suggestion of some of my coworkers. They are split between Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA for IDEs that they use and PyCharm is new to me. Which IDE would you suggest for a beginner that will allow expansion to Java, JavaScript, and eventually AngularJS and possibly mobile applications?
I am a QA heading to a new company where they all generally use Visual Studio Code, my experience is with IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm. The language they use is JavaScript and so I will be writing my test framework in javaScript so the devs can more easily write tests without context switching.
My 2 questions: Does VS Code have Cucumber Plugins allowing me to write behave tests? And more importantly, does VS Code have the same refactoring tools that IntelliJ IDEA has? I love that I have easy access to a range of tools that allow me to refactor and simplify my code, making code writing really easy.
Vim
- Comes by default in most unix systems (remote editing)342
- Fast321
- Highly configurable307
- Less mouse dependence290
- Lightweight239
- Speed138
- Plugins97
- Hardcore94
- It's for pros80
- Vertically split windows64
- Open-source24
- Modal editing23
- No remembering shortcuts, instead "talks" to the editor21
- It stood the Test of Time19
- Unicode14
- Stick with terminal11
- Everything is on the keyboard11
- Dotfiles11
- VimPlugins10
- Flexible Indenting10
- Programmable9
- Hands stay on the keyboard8
- Efficient and powerful8
- Large number of Shortcuts8
- A chainsaw for text editing7
- Everywhere7
- Because its not Emacs6
- You cannot exit6
- Unmatched productivity6
- Modal editing changes everything6
- Developer speed5
- Super fast5
- Makes you a true bearded developer5
- Themes5
- Habit4
- EasyMotion4
- Intergrated into most editors4
- Plugin manager options. Vim-plug, Pathogen, etc4
- Most and most powerful plugins of any editor4
- Shortcuts3
- Shell escapes and shell imports :!<command> and !!cmd3
- Intuitive, once mastered3
- Great on large text files3
- Perfect command line editor2
- Ugly UI7
- Hard to learn3
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I liked Sublime Text for its speed, simplicity and keyboard shortcuts which synergize well when working on scripting languages like Ruby and JavaScript. I extended the editor with custom Python scripts that improved keyboard navigability such as autofocusing the sidebar when no files are open, or changing tab closing behavior.
But customization can only get you so far, and there were little things that I still had to use the mouse for, such as scrolling, repositioning lines on the screen, selecting the line number of a failing test stack trace from a separate plugin pane, etc. After 3 years of wearily moving my arm and hand to perform the same repetitive tasks, I decided to switch to Vim for 3 reasons:
- your fingers literally don鈥檛 ever need to leave the keyboard home row (I had to remap the escape key though)
- it is a reliable tool that has been around for more than 30 years and will still be around for the next 30 years
- I wanted to "look like a hacker" by doing everything inside my terminal and by becoming a better Unix citizen
The learning curve is very steep and it took me a year to master it, but investing time to be truly comfortable with my #TextEditor was more than worth it. To me, Vim comes close to being the perfect editor and I probably won鈥檛 need to switch ever again. It feels good to ignore new editors that come out every few years, like Atom and Visual Studio Code.
- Go because it's easy and simple, facilitates collaboration , and also it's fast, scalable, powerful.
- Visual Studio Code because it has one of the most sophisticated Go language support plugins.
- Vim because it's Vim
- Git because it's Git
- Docker and Docker Compose because it's quick and easy to have reproducible builds/tests with them
- @Archlinux (wtf it's not here?!) because Docker for Mac/Win is a disaster for the human's central nervous system, and Arch is the coolest Linux distro so far
Visual Studio
- Intellisense, ui295
- Complete ide and debugger235
- Plug-ins160
- Integrated99
- Documentation90
- Node tools for visual studio (ntvs)34
- Fast32
- Free Community edition26
- Simple21
- Bug free16
- Made by Microsoft5
- Full free community version4
- Productivity Power Tools3
- JetBrains plugins (ReSharper etc.) work sufficiently OK3
- VIM integration2
- Vim mode2
- The Power and Easiness to Do anything in any.. language1
- I develop UWP apps and Intellisense is super useful1
- Bulky13
- Made by Microsoft10
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Secure Membership Web API backed by SQL Server. This is the backing API to store additional profile and complex membership metadata outside of an Azure AD B2C provider. The front-end using the Azure AD B2C to allow 3rd party trusted identity providers to authenticate. This API provides a way to add and manage more complex permission structures than can easily be maintained in Azure AD.
We have .Net developers and an Azure infrastructure environment using server-less functions, logic apps and SaaS where ever possible. For this service I opted to keep it as a classic WebAPI project and deployed to AppService.
- Trusted Authentication Provider: @AzureActiveDirectoryB2C
- Frameworks: .NET Core
- Language: C# , Microsoft SQL Server , JavaScript
- IDEs: Visual Studio Code , Visual Studio
- Libraries: jQuery @EntityFramework, @AutoMapper, @FeatureToggle , @Swashbuckle
- Database: @SqlAzure
- Source Control: Git
- Build and Release Pipelines: Azure DevOps
- Test tools: Postman , Newman
- Test framework: @nUnit, @moq
- Infrastructure: @AzureAppService, @AzureAPIManagement
.NET Core is #free, #cross-platform, and #opensource. A developer platform for building all types of apps ( #web apps #mobile #games #machinelearning #AI and #Desktop ).
Developers have chosen .NET for:
Productive: Combined with the extensive class libraries, common APIs, multi-language support, and the powerful tooling provided by the Visual Studio family ( Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code ), .NET is the most productive platform for developers.
Any app: From mobile applications running on iOS, Android and Windows, to Enterprise server applications running on Windows Server and Linux, or high-scale microservices running in the cloud, .NET provides a solution for you.
Performance: .NET is fast. Really fast! The popular TechEmpower benchmark compares web application frameworks with tasks like JSON serialization, database access, and server side template rendering - .NET performs faster than any other popular framework.