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Anand Kumar
Anand Kumar

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What editor and font you use for WebDev

Hello Folks,

Need two suggestions:

  1. Editor: which one to use for web development?
    • Sublime
    • VSCode
    • Webstorm
  2. Font: Please suggest best font for above editor?

Thank you.

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Kevin Woblick •

I use PhpStorm for like 6 or 7 years now. Tried Atom and VS Code when they bacame "cool", but always switched back to PhpStorm.
Changed the mono fonts a lot of times, but been using Fira Code for more like a year now.

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Anand Kumar •

Do you work on JavaScript?

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Kevin Woblick •

Yes. PhpStorm has the same features as WebStorm, or features like Typescript support can be added via plugins. No issues so far.

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Anand Kumar •

Nice. Good to know. Thanks

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Saugat Rai •

VsCode - JetBrains Mono font :)

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Anand Kumar •

Is it good enough to replace webstorm. I know that it is not free and it is an IDE but just want to know some insights.
That fonts looks nice. Thanks.

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Saugat Rai •

For me, VsCode is the best. I have tried webstrom, but it's a bit heavy than VsCode. Plus there's lot of extensions in VsCode that can ramp up the project. :)

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Anand Kumar •

Good to know. Thanks :)

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Rodrigo Lourenço •

VSCode and Fira Code

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Nate Vick •

VS Code and Fira Code for me

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Anand Kumar •

Fira code is something I use but jetbrains looks good too. Have you thought of trying it?

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Nate Vick •

No, I haven’t seen it. I’ll check it out.

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Anand Kumar •

Looks like I am settling down to VSCode too.
Theme: night owl
Font: JetBrains Mono...though planning to try recursive.design

Thanks for suggestions guys.

Dropping the idea of extending my webstorm license which is going to expire soon.

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Amitav Roy •

Yes, I would agree. Visual Studio Code is a great choice if you are primarily doing Javascript work. When I work on PHP, many times, I will use PHPStorm. Otherwise, I also stick to VSCode.

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Anand Kumar •

Nice. Thanks.

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Anand Kumar •

So, i purchased WebStorm and i am liking it so far. VS Code is good and i have it to but WS is my go to as of now. And I am settled down to recursive.design font.

recursive.design/