Level 59
I wouldn't be so quick to ignore Vim. :) There's a reason why so many incredible developers prefer it.
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Level 51
What IDE/Editor is everyone using these days
I have been using PHPStorm for a while now and although it's a great IDE, it seems a little heavy. Meaning in terms of load times, sometimes over heats my macbook those sort of things.
I also have Sublime installed and use for more HTML/CSS projects, but as much as this is lightweight which I like there's no good stuff like auto import of classes etc like in PHPStorm (or am I missing something here)
I just wanted to find out what everyone is using to try out some different ones, seems @JeffreyWay as gone back to Vim, which I've tried but there's way to much config to do. I also do like Atom but again it's not quite right.
So this is not to copy anyone else but to find out other solutions and ideas from other developers.
Level 51
@JeffreyWay I'm not totally ignoring it, but need to spend a little time with it, just can't seems to understand how to theme it, plugins etc. Also not sure I like the terminal style INSERT etc
Level 3
Have been using Sublime for years, until i found: https://atom.io/. Haven't looked back since.
/Robin
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Level 75
I use netbeans, in old days I used plain text editor. That was rough.
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Level 51
Perhaps @JeffreyWay you can do a small series on how to configure Vim to make things quick, like auto import etc ?
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Level 2
I use PhpStorm. :)
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Level 48
I use vim ;)
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Level 47
Sublime, sometimes storm. Tried Atom wasn't my cup of tea, but arguably after using a editor for awhile it is hard to spend the time to set up and switch. I love storm but to slow for me.
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Level 2
I use sublime with some plugins like litern to mark the errors, auto import, git changes advices, autofill and something else, I use to code in laravel and also autofill helpers and something else.
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Level 1
I have installed both Sublime Text 3 and PHPStorm but i work 90% of the time with ST.
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Level 20
I've been using sublime text 3 for the last 5 months, before that I was using PHPStorm. Installing some packages in ST is almost possible to have some features storm have.
I love both!
Level 28
@aerojun said everything.
I'm like this too.
Level 36
I'm using PHPStorm and SublimeText 3
For the quick stuff it's ST3 but usually it's PHPStorm, although i'd prefer ST
Main reason i'm not using ST as often as i'd like is that i'm missing some features and conveniences in the workflow that offers PHPStorm to me.
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Level 30
Even though I think Sublime Text is great even in 2016, personally it just doesn't feel right using it knowing it's been abandoned by its own creator.
Level 4
My main is PhpStorm, with a side of Atom, followed by a pinch of Sublime Text 3.
Level 41
I like to mix it up with PhpStorm, ST3, and vim - depending on where I am (localhost, SSH, etc). PhpStorm are pretty much configured on-par, vim is almost there for me, but I need to figure out snippets, imports, etc.
For ST3, Matt wrote a pretty in-depth blog post about getting setup for PHP. I look forward to seeing what he (hopefully) comes up with after he completes Vimuary.
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Level 15
Used to use NB, moved to PHPStorm a couple of months ago.
I think it is does feel a bit heavy but I love the debugging with xdebug.
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Level 4
I tried VIM but vim seems cool for QWERTY keyboards.
But i'm French so i use AZERTY, how i can adapt this keyboard ? There are plugin ? How long to master VIM ?
Level 51
@frezno same here
Level 30
I agree that it would be really awesome having @JeffreyWay doing a Vim series. I mean he's done the PHPStorm series, so why not Vim?
As a total Vim newbie, that has given Vim many shots, these are some of the first questions popping up:
- Vi vs Vim vs MacVim vs WhateverVim?
- buffers
- quick jumps from file to file, searching symbols and methods
- tags
- leaders, maps, nmaps, and all other keywords seen in vimrc, different key bindings and most useful ones
- fast jump to specific string in file (that is, navigating in a file)
- Vim distributions - more specifically Janus - how are they different to just plain Vim, and why would I use them?
- and more...
Lots of things to drive a newbie away...
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Level 51
@toniperic absolutely couldn't agree more, @JeffreyWay should do the same series he did for PHPStorm but for Vim for all us newbies!!!
Level 10
PhpStorm only. It's heavy, but with an nice machine with SSD, everything goes fine.
Level 65
All editors have their pros/cons. Use what you like and find easy to use.
(not discarding those you don't know how to use though!)
Level 27
PHP Storm 10.0.3
Level 10
I've started using PhpStorm since I'm working with Laravel. Had a great help with the Laracasts series on the editor. I still haven't made a lot of commands my second nature, but that will come eventually, no need to rush to know everything there's to know about the editor.
I did some testing with Sublime Text as well but that was a few years ago. Atom also looks promising (and clean), I recently found this one http://nuclide.io/ which is a set of package on top of Atom. It even has remote development, which is a function I'm missing in PHPStorm so far (a lot of my older websites are procedural PHP, on which I'm working directly from the FTP).
In the end, all that matters is personal preference. Based on the looks I'd go for Atom (but I haven't used that), based on the editors I've used in the past years, PHPStorm is my editor of choice.
Level 3
phpstorm+ssd no cons, the old days when I used normal hd, only sublime text
Level 7
I'm using PHPStorm 10 with normal hd and it's working fast (once it's loaded).
Level 4
love st. mine is packed with plugins
Level 61
PhpStorm with IdeaVim, and vim.
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