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ComputerFido wrote:I still use Notepad++ for quickly editing config files, etc. as it loads a lot quicker than Atom does

That's because Notepad++ isn't a web browser that drinks gigabytes of RAM

Last time I was trying Notepad++, and that was probably ~2010, it exactly had clear memory leaks. I remember this funny game - close or switch between a tab and see how it increases in its working set monotonically.

I don't like IDEs. They're usually to bulky for my crappy laptop (not that I use an IDE on my, faster, desktop either). All I need is a terminal, a compiler, an editor and a browser.

VIM is the go to editor for me, always has been, always will be. I do however have a number of plugins installed to make my workflow a little smoother, most notably: nerdcommenter, nerdtree and vim-airline.

For OSDev I do not use an IDE . Just a text editor with syntax highlighting (TextWrangler for GUI and nano for CLI).

I use Atom.

Qt Creator, I find visual debugging and autocomplete too convenient to do without, and Linux really doesn't have any other good IDEs.

Atom. It's quick (and doesn't slow with many files open), has extremely good extension and linter support. It also doesn't come with any sort of build system cruft. Unless you add an extension to build things, it's literally just a fancy text editor with git integration.

MajickTek wrote:For OSDev I do not use an IDE . Just a text editor with syntax highlighting (TextWrangler for GUI and nano for CLI).

I use a text editor as well.

electrodeyt wrote:I use Atom.

I used it for Python. Great IDE from Github. It's not the best. I like Sublime Text.

MajickTek wrote:For OSDev I do not use an IDE . Just a text editor with syntax highlighting (TextWrangler for GUI and nano for CLI).

Isn't a "text editor with syntax highlighting" an ide in a way?

I don't know about any of you, but I haven't used an IDE in years.

SATA is definitely the way to go here, at least until I can afford an NVMe drive.

Schol-R-LEA wrote:I don't know about any of you, but I haven't used an IDE in years.

SATA is definitely the way to go here, at least until I can afford an NVMe drive.

Scribe-A-Text App!

Geany. Not much of an IDE but it's OK. It's just perfect.

matt11235 wrote:

ComputerFido wrote:I still use Notepad++ for quickly editing config files, etc. as it loads a lot quicker than Atom does

That's because Notepad++ isn't a web browser that drinks gigabytes of RAM

Atom... Atom... Atom... The colors are just... atom... Very nice colors. I use that for other projects. I use Sublime Text as well. It all depends who can do good syntax highlighting

I still use Notepad++ and previously Code::Blocks. For OS-dev I use Notepad++ as no integrated environment exists otherwise I use the dedicated IDE like QtCreator or Visual Studio. I tried Atom but decided it was not for me. When an editor is 160MB in just download size it is already disqualified for me. Same with Eclipse, its large, slow and the UI is unusable.

Keep it small and simple, that's where I like it. I miss the Q-edit days when I was using DOS.

when I program in Java, I use Eclipse
for C/C++ on Windows I use Code::Blocks
on Linux I haven't yet chosen my favorite, right now I am using Kate, like it. If I have to write in commandline, then nano.

EDIT: for anything else on Windows, I use Notepad++

obiwac wrote: Isn't a "text editor with syntax highlighting" an ide in a way?

IDEs have integrated tools for debugging code and invoking compilers/interpreters. GNU nano and TextWrangler for macOS do not have these features.

TextWrangler does have a run button for scripting languages which interprets the "#!/bin/whatever" at the top of the file and runs /bin/whatever on the source code.

But that is just a little utility and does not make it an IDE.