Submitted 3 weeks ago by Mirokhodets@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
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Now I’m wondering who uses what development tools. I mostly use Qt Creator myself - I chose it because of its good integration with C++ and Qt projects, and I’m just used to it. On Linux I use Qt Creator, and on Windows I use Visual Studio. I wonder what others use? VSCode, Vim, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDE, Emacs, Sublime or something more rare?
neovim, because it’s much nicer and user friendly than vim.
nano because I can’t be bothered to learn the vi shortcuts beyond i, / and :wq.
And when I still worked on bigger stuff NetBeans. I got used to it and there were some features JetBrains lacked that kept me away. Can’t remember which.
Let me see if I can slip these into your brain: w/b and j/k.
Warner Bros?
Just Kidding.
j/k h/l I learned those playing Nethack
When possible JetBrains IDEs. The downside of this: other (has not tested that much to be honest) IDEs can feel like better text editors or outdated IDEs…
Neovim.
Vim because it’s ubiquitous, starts up instantly, works when ssh’d into a server, and doesn’t get in my way with lots of busy interface. Also modal editors are the only way to go, IMHO. 🙂
I use Emacs. I used to really love Neovim but it breaks too often and I can’t get myself to write my own configs. I tried all other Neovim alternatives (Kakoune, Helix,…) but they were all pretty immature. At the end, I learned to use Emacs and has been a happy user since.
I like Emacs because it is very extensible and IMHO it is easier to config than Neovim :) Emacs has a very large plugin repository so code integration is not a problem. I have been more productive since the switch. I think it got me addicted to programming, not gonna lie…
emacs has been with me since the 16-bit era, across paradigms, across generations, across careers. When I use emacs I think in terms of what the elisp is doing. It’s such a deep and developed relationship, I would be throwing away so much personal power to use anything else.
VScode locally, vim if I’m shelled into something
Used to use sublimetext, but roughly a decade ago VSCode ended up getting a lot of inertia, and that resulted in better plugins (at the time anyway)
I’ve used the jetbrains stuff and I do not get the hype whatsoever, it’s bloaty and cumbersome.
One of the main reasons I switched from vim as my main was ping-pong pair programming. I’m not gonna be the arsehole that tries to force a junior dev to figure out vim instead of actually working on the ticket. Still 100% my go-to in text mode though, it’s basically perfect.
I’m afraid to say that I too have been corrupted by VSCode.
It’s widely used, easy to get into, has LOTS of extensions, and works mostly the same across OS’es meaning it’s easy to setup by and explain to others.
The two extensions I’m missing most in other IDE/text editors would be the “Remote - SSH” extension by Microsoft, which gives unparalleled integration when working remote, and PlatformIO which, while it can be used independently in its core form, just works way better in VSCode.
Besides this, I’ll use Nano for small tasks and vi on embedded devices where Nano is unavailable, though, I’ll need a vi cheatsheet for anything more advanced than basic editing.
Helix, it’s like vim but with sane defaults.
I love Helix, but it’s like Neovim, where you spend 2 weeks relearning how to type instead of 2 months messing with configs and plugins 😂
Praise the Helix!
Neovim, because I wanted something that would not just disappear.
I never really got along with VSCode, opting for Atom instead. Microsoft bought GitHub, which owned Atom, and promptly discontinued it.
Nvim has such an active community (and no “owner”) that I’m certain that this won’t happen again. At the same time, the plugin system is so flexible that I’m also certain that I will never miss out on any shiny new features.
Over the years, my config has matured, and is mine. The thought of going back to an editor, any editor, less flexible in its configuration than nvim is just… an absolute “no”.
It’s a steep learning curve, but well worth it.
Visual Studio Code, I think it’s just the best, works on all platforms and there’s extensions for literally everything. If it enshittifies too much with e.g. copilot, etc. there’s always vscodium instead.
If I’m on a linux terminal, I use the micro editor. I can survive using vim if nothing else is available, but yeah, I used to be in emacs team back in the day…
I have used Qt Creator in the past and, while it was pretty good back then, nowadays I’m not sure if it can compete with vscode, I haven’t kept up with its development.
Micro or Kate. My needs are simple. Occasionally if I need something more capable, I’ll use VScode
KEIL, because I develop embedded systems.
Depends.
Mostly vscodium with a pinned c/++ plugin 'cos M$ eee’d it. It’s a fairly decent IDE.
And vim.
Kate/Kwrite.
Emacs since it’sa trojan horse for an operating system on an operating system.
Eclipse for the behemoth that runs most of the company and the collection of microservices; IntelliJ or Webstorm for front-end depending on the project; QT Creator for personal Python projects on Linux, Visual Studio for personal .NET projects on Windows. VS Code is a wildcard that I use more as a text editor than an IDE.
VSCode because I’m too lazy to learn Vim and I’m not enough of a masochist to configure emacs.
Spacemacs. I learned some keybinds for vim but don’t want to have to configure everything to the tee and add everything myself. Spacemacs seems to hit the spot for most stuff. For debugging I sometimes fall back to vscode.
VSCodium bcus AI coding extensions
I decided to use it because it was written in Rust which seems a bit weird but I always found Rust-based softwares to be awesome. Also, it’s FOSS, extension-based and most important, it’s not VSCode.
Pros: its speed, stability, memory usage (~200M, which seems a lot for a texte editor, but then again I come from VSCode) fast development cycles (a whole Git interface was added recently), extensions for nearly every language, refactoring capabilities, opt-in AI agent (can be a self-hosted LLM).
Cons: not a fully-featured IDE like IntelliJ, Git client is missing features, some frameworks are not supported by extensions
I tried to use it for several projects -->
I use nano and geany at home. Both simple to use.
At work it’s jetbrains because that’s my only option besides notepad++
gedit, nice and minimalist without any of the flashy features that overcomplicate things
mcedit, because I’m not nerdy enough for vim.
thenose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I used. Yeah the agentic ai feature is nice and all but I don’t use it much. However the whole speed of it and the layout of the ui is very close to my heart eg.: native remote server connection or you can hide stuff away to be distraction free. Tldr.: feels nice, looks nice
cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Never heard of Zed, trying it out now… I"m not sure I’ve ever seen such a responsive GUI app. Crazy.
thenose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Haha right? My first reaction exactly. Written in rust so that’s that. Oh forgot yo mention the collab features almost equally amazing
ilmagico@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Interesting, never heard of it before but looks promising, I should try it. I don’t care much for AI features, but I’m not against it either, especially if I can use locally hosted models, and it seems Zed supports ollama natively, so that fits the bill.
Coming from vscode, one of the features I use a lot is devcontainers, does Zed support something similar?