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bitreaper
Jan 1, 2007

But seriously, emacs. (I use vim but it isn't an IDE.)

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bitreaper
Jan 1, 2007

TodPunk posted:

I would say emacs has its uses, but as an IDE for all things, no. Especially if you're on a team of more than one.

I agree entirely.

For a team there are great benefits to standardizing on an editor, and the ramp-up for emacs is way longer and very likely not worth it.

Emacs is really a platform for building your own personally tailored IDE using duct tape, LISP, and bits of string. Some of the best developers I know use emacs to incredible effect.

I use vim because it's everywhere (and to avoid ever having to touch the mouse), but it's not an IDE and it's not really feasible to make it into one.

For honest-to-god IDEs I'm very fond of IntelliJ and WebStorm. One of those will probably suit your needs much better.

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