Best Text Editor For Programming

Best Text Editor For Programming

I think a lot of programmers are interested in what's the best text editor for programming. And so in this video I do my best at helping you decide which text editor is best and which text editor you should choose.

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[axu]

I like editing my files by throat singing the binary straight through the microphone. Anyone else?

[xsticcyds]

"If you like me, then you may have just started out writing code with whatever text editor or IDE your teacher used."

My teacher: Notepad

[wallawalla]

Bill gates: The best text editor for programming is “notepad”

[sidtrip_]

waiting for the vim and emacs users to arrive...

[nishita]

Unrelated, but can we get a sneak peek into your haircare routine lol

[samwebb]

I use Atom, mainly because I like the interface and the fact I can open a second pane to the right if I'm comparing or shamelessly plagiarising code. The fact I can select what language I'm working in and it gives me pointers and autofill on variables / functions in that language is a huge time saver.

[thgeremilrivera-thorsen]

A great shortcut to remembering many keybindings is to understand the Vim "language" of action-movement-object, basically a "verb-preposition-object" structure or, in easier words, "do what to which bite of text".

Easy "verbs" to remember are yank (y), put (p), change (c), delete(d)
Easy motions to remember are around (a), inner/inside (i), surrounding (with the plugin vim-surround, letter s), to (t/T), find (f/F), visual (v).
Easy objects to remember are word (w/W), sentence (s), paragraph (p), plus a bunch of code objects.

Most of these are mnemonic - the key fits with the words. Now you just need to put them together into "sentences"

diw = Delete Inside Word (but not surrounding spaces)
yis = yank (copy) inner sentence
ci) = change inside parantheses
d3w = delete next three words
v3fe = highlight (visual) to and including the 3rd occurence of 'e' forward
v2Tk = highlight to, but not including, the 2nd occurrence of 'k', going backwards

It's like talking to your editor - each key sequence is a sentence.

[rx]

It's maybe a matter of preferences but nothing is like VS Code

[yesido]

hey, i respect you, you are the youtuber who isn't just a youtuber, your work is qualitative, you don't just make videos, it is clear that this is your passion and tbh, when i watch your videos i get more attracted to coding and i feel very cool with that. Good job!

[carlostypes]

The two text editor thing is pretty spot on and I never really thought about it until now, Atom + Gedit are my go to. I tried out VS Code a couple of years but I think my laptop is too potato to run a text editor that's that heavy while also running all my other web dev stuff.

[Alfrednohike]

Kate in Manjaro and KDE distros is unparalleled, just uncharted by many developers

[ericliume]

Other editors are for sure capable of doing editing, but VS Code is like a universe with infinite possibilities.

[rxkqson]

My editors/IDE - >
For python - Pycharm
For Web development- VS code
For android app development- Android Studio

[shock]

Personally a Sublime Text guy. I just like the simplicity of the interface and how it doesn't come with any plugins out of the box so that I can install and have what I need and nothing more. I also use neovim for my single line code changes when I'm in the command line (which is pretty often)

Edit: As of late I've been using a combination of the two (Sublime / Neovim) using a plugin that runs a Neovim instance in the background for perfect vim "emulation" (not actually emulation since it's actually Neovim). This way I can enjoy the plugins and graphical interface of Sublime, and the fast/efficient text editing of vim. If I have a really big project then I've been using more sophisticated IDEs like PyCharm or IntelliJ

[CybrJames]

This was very helpful. Thank you so much. I am also just getting started out in coding and a BS degree in CyberSecurity, and this stuff can seem simple but is very overwhelming. Once again, thank you. I love your channel. Great content.

[enespinar]

Generally I can't understand English speaking but you're speakşng wery well and I could understand easily without subtitles.Thank you!

[Sra]

As a total vim head, after taking all points into considerations, I believe a new programmer should have vim as a quick fix text editor and vs code as a primary code editor. To make the learning curve a little flat for vim, and then slowly switch from VS to vim. After doing the same thing for over 6 months, I swear I can't move back to any other code editor anymore, The on;y reason why I even consider going back to VS is to handle conflicts in GIT. because I am still learning the ropes of git handling in vim.

[techieendou]

Been using VS Code as my main Programming text editor and sublime as my the default text editor.
Sometimes the smoothness and how fast sublime is really made a difference when you just want to look at that code without editing it. I love them both😍😅

[bradyredding]

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[darkbyteproductions]

Jeez the quantity to quality ratio if nuts! Keep up the good work man!