I have been an ardent fan of sublime text for the last 4 years. I have never considered any other IDE for ruby. Here's how I am able to work effectively using sublime text and why is it hard for someone like me to switch to any other IDEs.
Quick Pros:
- Easy to set up
- No learning curve
- Simple. Fast. (much like the success of WhatsApp)
- Hassle-free for beginners (just focus on one thing - code)
Tools/Plugins that I use in Sublime:
- Rubocop
- Git Blame/Annotate
- Bracket Highlighter
- Snippets (in-built)
What I use 99% of the time:
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Cmd + P- switching between files -
Cmd + R- searching for a method in a file -
Cmd + Shift + F- global search
I am happy to delegate other activities to the terminal.
- Version Control - Terminal/ SourceTree
- Debugging/ REPL/ Server - Terminal
After spending quite some time with Sublime Text, I started looking for some IDEs. These two caught my eye.
- VS Code
- RubyMine
Both of these provides a complete package for development - code, commit, REPL, debug/server.
They have added support for docker, reviewing PRs, configuring multiple build tasks. You never have to go out of it to do something.
Somehow I felt these overwhelming and never once I considered switching to any of these in the past 4 years.
Reasons for hanging on to Sublime Text:
Most of the time, at least 5 projects would be open in different windows, yet Chrome would be laughing at the RAM consumption of Sublime Text.
To say, lightweight will be an understatementNo boot-time whatsoever. Opens in a flash
Strong muscle memory of key bindings (working with multiple cursors, swapping lines, find previous/next occurrence of a word)
The most important part - feel and comforts of using it
Now that I am considering it's time that I give a shot to either of VS Code or RubyMine. I will follow this up with whys and hows of migrating from Sublime Text.
PS: Sublime Text, you have been a great friend!
Top comments (2)
Wow. I just learnt about
CMD + R! Thanks for sharing and yes, Sublime Rocks 🤘🏽Cheers :)