Switching from Sublime to Atom

It wasn’t an easy move. I always loved Sublime, and really got used to it for many years.

…but actually, Atom turned out to be pretty user-friendly as I could create two packages on my second day using it (without even knowing about coffeescript). On the other hand, I’ve never created any for Sublime.

These two packages I built aren’t the most useful ones — this was a joke at first to be honest — , but even though they’re not, it was extremely easy to build them. Just give a look at Atom’s API (take the text editor’s methods for example) and you’ll realise how dead simple it is to create complex logic using explicit and easy syntax.

Atom’s major con in my opinion remains its difficulties to deal with heavy files. But this must be its only one. Atom still is amazing, no doubts.

I mean seriously,

I even created a package so I could review my chinese vocabulary and code at the same time, and all this not even one day…

How much time would it take to make this for Sublime? How unlucky are the non-Python developers (okay they should learn it but some people just don’t, and this should be acknowledged)?

So what are you waiting for?

• Atom is free, and open-source.
• Tons of packages are available, and regularly maintained.
• A feature is missing? Add it, in less than a few days — or hours.
• Still working inside a webview, but fast enough.

At least, give it a try. One week. Please.

Note: if “yakalelo” rings a bell to you, you’ll definitely like this package.

Also: in case you’d still want to keep Sublime, do you know about Ayu theme? It’s really neat. Much beautiful.