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May 13, 2022 07:45 am GMT

What do you look for in a Code Editor?

I find myself often searching for better editor experiences when writing code.

Things I've tried:

  • Visual Studio code: too slow, resource hog.
  • Atom: same as above.
  • Intellij: very slow to open.
  • NeoVim/Vim: steep learning curve and requires a good memory (human, not computer!).
  • Lite (and Lite-xl): lacking fully-featured language support currently.
  • Sublime Text: Has probably come the closest to my reliable editor, but actually getting it setup to be an editor can be fiddly, because it's primarily supposed to be a text editor.

Things I need:

  • Speed - my biggest frustration
  • cross-platform
  • LSP integrations (specifically gopls and pylsp)
  • debug support (delve, pdb)
  • Large extension library / list of plugins

Things I want:

  • Nice Testing & coverage visualisations
  • Kubernetes & docker support
  • hackability / customisation

This got me thinking, with modern LSPs (Language Server Protocols) and rich web-based ecosystems - what do you look for in an editor?


Original Link: https://dev.to/bassforce86/what-do-you-look-for-in-a-code-editor-516b

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