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I'm torn between Sublime 3, Atom and VScode and no one can give me some proper pro's and cons. Not even me...

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  • 2
    @h3ll I keep switching because in the end, they've all got (more or less) the same features/extensions and I just pick what I see first
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    What are you using it for?
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    @johnfoobar Webdev, mainly nodejs and php. I've already ruled out phpstorm tho
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    Atom is bae!
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    VSCode comes with a nice Node.js debugger. I believe it has some sort of linting built in by default too. I personally like atom with the material design theme it's pretty slick.

    They all can be made to do the same thing. I personally use VSCode whenever I want to debug Node.js but I use atom otherwise.

    Sublime and atom are almost identical. Sublime is faster, but I generally don't notice too much. Sublime has a material design theme too that looks nice.

    I pick atom because the package manager is easy to deal with and because I like the idea that it's made with html and CSS, but I believe VSCode is too. VSCode is less customizable though.

    It's all personal preference though you don't have to choose now just keep seeing which one you like.
  • 4
    Maybe the bottom line is that any of them will do the job - they are all very similar. Just pick one, settle on it and become familiar with it. Being forced to choose "the RIGHT one" is a pressure only you are applying.
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    There's definitely a lot of "grass is greener" between the three. I use Atom mainly, but I know that Sublime is much faster, and VSC has killer features (and is also faster xD)
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    Atom is slow but the packages are top shelf, 30-year distilled amazeness
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    @askerr it really depends on how large your files are and what plugins you get for how slow it is. I love ternJS for example but it slows everything in JS development on atom significantly.
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    @johnfoobar yeah personally I never hit the performance bumps that other people report. Most of the files I work with in my projects are < 120 lines and I never have more than 10 (if I'm lost in a sea of debugging) open at the same time
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    Memory and performance-wise I would always choose Sublime. It's memory footprint is a joke (a good one tho). Atom has some amazing packages, but I find it extremely slow (even having no plugins installed). I have a MacBook late 2015, 16gb memory, 512ssd and VSCode takes around 2 minutes to fully load on it, totally usless if you ask me, but then again: Microsoft.
  • 3
    I thought the correct answer is either vi or emacs depending on who your mentor was?
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