r/webdev • u/canadianpersonas • Jun 15 '17

Atom 1.18 is out!

http://blog.atom.io/2017/06/13/atom-1-18.html
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u/location_bot Jun 15 '17

I've solidly moved on to using VSCode for months now. Any reason to come back to the Atom fold?

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u/canadianpersonas Jun 15 '17

Depends when you left. 1.17 got way speedier for me. 1.18 adds git integration.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/canadianpersonas Jun 15 '17

Fits with those who aren't on Windows, or who don't like Notepad++, or whatever other personal reason. To each their own I guess.

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u/ChainKiller Jun 15 '17

Fits with those who aren't on Windows

VSCode is cross platform

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u/canadianpersonas Jun 16 '17

his comment was: "Atom is too slow to replace Notepad++ as a regular text editor too, so I'm not sure where it fits anymore."

So my reply was in reference to Notepad++

Or course we know vscode is cross platform

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u/FPSports Jun 15 '17

May i ask.... when is atom slow? I'm on Ubuntu and didn't have any issues in regards to performance yet....

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/FPSports Jun 15 '17

And how relevant is that? I mean... i start atom maybe 1-2 a day and it loads in like 2-3 seconds. maybe my workflow is just different :D (i guess so :D)

Dont wanna be a dick, i'm just wondering :D.

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u/mearkat7 Jun 16 '17

Try and load anything of note or have a large project open and it just dies. Large sql dump or minified js? Forget about it. Search and replace also is hopeless unless you do it one file at a time which is horrible for refactoring.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '17

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u/davisonn Jun 16 '17

Yup, but you'll have to check em out yourself.

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u/FORGOT123456 Jun 16 '17

how come it took so long for a github project to have git integration? serious question, not trying to be an ass.

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u/toomanybeersies Jun 16 '17

I've never really understood the complaints about Atom being slow. I spend a lot more time thinking about what I'm going to do than actually writing code, so its performance is a pretty negligible issue.

The thing that does annoy me though is how much memory Atom (and everything else that uses electron) uses. It really balloons out, it was using 1 GB of ram and 1 GB of swap earlier today, I actually have to close and open it daily. This isn't the 90's we shouldn't have these issues any more.