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What do you guys prefer to use when it comes to your daily coding editor, an IDE or a text editor?
I used to always used IDEs like Visual Studio when doing C++/C# and then moved to PHPStorm for my web development. I have always really liked the autocomplete features mainly for parameters preview/hinting. I have been moving towards doing more work with client side technology such as JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. I have recently looked at Sublime Text 2 (because it has syntax highlight support for TypeScript) and was really impressed with it. I really like the fact how fast it is. Loading files and working within files is all really smooth. I also like the fuzzy search for files and within files. Being able to fuzzy search for symbols in a files quickly is really nice. The IDEs I have worked with have some of these features however they are noticeability slower and they don't have all the nice text editing features (like multiple cursors). If I was still using a compiled language, I would probably stick with an IDE just because I don't like dealing with compilers in command like but now that I am dealing with more interpreted and dynamic languages (and even though I might be using SASS/Stylus/TypeScript, those are easy to deal with in the command line) I am starting to think whether the speed and additional text editor features that Sublime Text 2 is better than the auto complete functionality but slower and with less text editing functionality that IDE have. I just wanted to get other peoples experience though I do know that just because one thing works for someone else does not means it works for me.
I used to always used IDEs like Visual Studio when doing C++/C# and then moved to PHPStorm for my web development. I have always really liked the autocomplete features mainly for parameters preview/hinting. I have been moving towards doing more work with client side technology such as JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. I have recently looked at Sublime Text 2 (because it has syntax highlight support for TypeScript) and was really impressed with it. I really like the fact how fast it is. Loading files and working within files is all really smooth. I also like the fuzzy search for files and within files. Being able to fuzzy search for symbols in a files quickly is really nice. The IDEs I have worked with have some of these features however they are noticeability slower and they don't have all the nice text editing features (like multiple cursors). If I was still using a compiled language, I would probably stick with an IDE just because I don't like dealing with compilers in command like but now that I am dealing with more interpreted and dynamic languages (and even though I might be using SASS/Stylus/TypeScript, those are easy to deal with in the command line) I am starting to think whether the speed and additional text editor features that Sublime Text 2 is better than the auto complete functionality but slower and with less text editing functionality that IDE have. I just wanted to get other peoples experience though I do know that just because one thing works for someone else does not means it works for me.
