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casadiella (phpBB)

(@phpbb_93:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:42 AM
What IDE's do yall use?
If you use yours on light mode your opinion doesn't matter.

Halamix2 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_103:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:43 AM
Mostly VSC, for game modding VS, and QT for some of my C++ projects

andreizabest (phpBB)

(@phpbb_84:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:44 AM
VSC for JS,HTML,CSS and Python, VS for the 3 C's (C++,C,C#) and JetBrains Intellij IDEA for Java

flatrute (phpBB)

(@phpbb_115:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:47 AM

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casadiella wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:19 pm If you use yours on light mode your opinion doesn't matter.
Every programs I use are in light mode and I do not care if my opinions matter or not.

EZ

casadiella (phpBB)

(@phpbb_93:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:47 AM
flatrute wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:43 pm

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casadiella wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:19 pm If you use yours on light mode your opinion doesn't matter.
Every programs I use are in light mode and I do not care if my opinions matter or not.

EZ
my condolences to your retinas

Coolsonickirby (phpBB)

(@phpbb_117:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:47 AM
VSC for everything, nano if I'm lazy.

MattKC (phpBB)

(@phpbb_2:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:48 AM
I should preface this by saying in many ways I feel like I shouldn't be using the IDEs that I use lol, but I haven't really found any suitable or compelling alternatives yet.

For C++, which is most of what I write, I use Qt Creator. I like it's C++ specific features, like its code completion, built-in CMake/Ninja integration, and the ability to autogenerate classes, functions, etc. It can be a little buggy at times though, and it seems like every update either slows something down or introduces a new bug/crash (though usually only temporarily, to be fair).

For everything else I use Sublime Text, whether it's web development, writing simple scripts, or just editing text files. I like how fast and light it is, seems like every other modern code editor is written in Electron and takes ages to open, which is annoying when I may just want to open a text file. As a code editor, I think Sublime's usability is generally superior to Qt Creator, however it doesn't really fulfill the purpose of an IDE, at least not without a lot of extensions. To get building/running working it seems I have to set up the steps manually because there's no built-in CMake integration. There are some Clang-based extensions that add some nice things like code completion, but I haven't found a great extension for auto-generating classes/functions. If I did, I might consider switching to Sublime for everything.

That being said, I'm not a huge fan of how Sublime isn't FOSS. I know that FOSS is a lot harder to monetize (and I do believe developers should get paid for their work), but I feel a lot more comfortable using software that isn't closed source when I can (especially on Linux, I don't like how you have to add a whole additional package manager repository just for Sublime because only they can distribute their proprietary binaries). There was briefly an open source clone of Sublime being written called Lime, but it's so dead it's official website is now a scam page packed with ads.

So that's what I use now, but I'm very much open to finding alternatives lol

Wam (phpBB)

(@phpbb_66:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:48 AM
seems like every other modern code editor is written in Electron and takes ages to open, which is annoying when I may just want to open a text file.
I'd tend to agree here but honestly Visual Studio Code is like, the one electron app I consider "done properly" in how well it generally performs and integrates with the system. Performance can be hit or miss but overall it runs fine for me until I open up 20 megabyte JSON documents.

casadiella (phpBB)

(@phpbb_93:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:48 AM
just use ms notepad smh guys

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:50 AM
MattKC wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 7:38 pm That being said, I'm not a huge fan of how Sublime isn't FOSS. I know that FOSS is a lot harder to monetize (and I do believe developers should get paid for their work),
For some things that are open source that are used more my "normies" making just the binary paid can make sense and if you want it for free you just have to build it yourself. but that doesnt really work for deveopment tools as most develeopers are comfortable compiling crap.

I mostly use neovim for most just text crap but sublime text. is fine whenever i have to do something like that under windows.

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:54 AM
flatrute wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:43 pm

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casadiella wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:19 pm If you use yours on light mode your opinion doesn't matter.
Every programs I use are in light mode and I do not care if my opinions matter or not.

EZ

I think the biggest crime here is the fact your using emacs on windows 11.

flatrute (phpBB)

(@phpbb_115:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:54 AM
Shaddow798 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:29 am I think the biggest crime here is the fact your using emacs on windows 11.
It is actually Windows Server Insider Preview but I get it Aware

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:55 AM
flatrute wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:31 am
Shaddow798 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:29 am I think the biggest crime here is the fact your using emacs on windows 11.
It is actually Windows Server Insider Preview but I get it Aware
well then the biggest crime is your using a laptop over wifi as a "server" running emacs for some god for saken reason.

flatrute (phpBB)

(@phpbb_115:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:55 AM
Shaddow798 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:08 am well then the biggest crime is your using a laptop over wifi as a "server" running emacs for some god for saken reason.
I use Windows Server basically as a workstation OS since there are no Microsoft Store craps preinstalled and I can remove (most of) Microsoft Defender without using any third party tools EZ and Emacs since I am going to switch to FreeBSD once I graduate from college and so do not have to deal with proprietary craps I have to use anymore kcSmile

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:55 AM
flatrute wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:28 am
Shaddow798 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:08 am well then the biggest crime is your using a laptop over wifi as a "server" running emacs for some god for saken reason.
I use Windows Server basically as a workstation OS since there are no Microsoft Store craps preinstalled and I can remove (most of) Microsoft Defender without using any third party tools EZ and Emacs since I am going to switch to FreeBSD once I graduate from college and so do not have to deal with proprietary craps I have to use anymore kcSmile
I suppose if you wanted to use basicly windows 11, but i run ltsc 2022 iot.
and thats 10-bullshit

flatrute (phpBB)

(@phpbb_115:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:55 AM
Shaddow798 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:42 am I suppose if you wanted to use basicly windows 11, but i run ltsc 2022 iot.
and thats 10-bullshit
Windows Server Insider Preview has actual free activation keys on Microsoft website so I basically pay nothing to use their OS legally kcSmug

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:31:56 AM
flatrute wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:56 am
Shaddow798 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:42 am I suppose if you wanted to use basicly windows 11, but i run ltsc 2022 iot.
and thats 10-bullshit
Windows Server Insider Preview has actual free activation keys on Microsoft website so I basically pay nothing to use their OS legally kcSmug
oh thats one reason to use it i get all my product keys legit for free without breaking eula.

Pankine (phpBB)

(@phpbb_134:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:32:01 AM
None, i don't program. pepeLaugh

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:32:01 AM
Pankine wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:01 am None, i don't program. pepeLaugh
so Microsoft word? or google sheets.

Pankine (phpBB)

(@phpbb_134:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:32:01 AM
Shaddow798 wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:32 am
Pankine wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:01 am None, i don't program. pepeLaugh
so Microsoft word? or google sheets.
pluma (mate text editor)

TheTechRobo (phpBB)

(@phpbb_138:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:32:04 AM
I use vim mainly. I'm not very good with it, but I use it because 1) I hate electron, and 2) I like modal (i.e. Vim) editing. There aren't very many non-Electron modal editors nowadays. Onivim looked promising but it's been abandoned so I've never gotten to try it. Lapce looks cool, but it's not mature yet.

(it also makes me feel ultra cool when other people see me programming kcSmile)

qzip (phpBB)

(@phpbb_164:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:32:25 AM
Notepad++, since it's not based on electron and it's a really good editor, not really an IDE tho.

acidiclight (phpBB)

(@phpbb_176:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:32:25 AM
No options for the JetBrains IDEs? :)

I use Rider mainly, and I use PhpStorm when doing stuff with phpBB. I got the JetBrains IDEs for free with GitHub Student Pack in college, and just never stopped...now I pay the full yearly subscription to get all of them. Considering I do this as a career, this is worth it. Plus they have lots of nice accessible themes for my blindness, and I wrote my JetBrains screen reader plugin.

I used to use Visual Studio back in 2015 but stopped liking it when 2017 came out and the Visual Studio installer became an entire program you had to install. It also always used to lag and go "Not Responding" in larger projects, even on my current computer. Not sure how VS2022 is nowadays but VS2017 left a very sour taste in my mouth.

Edit: I can't read, I need more coffee. Missed the very obvious "One of the Jetbrains IDEs" option.

a_regular_pear (phpBB)

(@phpbb_201:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:11 AM
Let the editor wars begin

Mikmoomamimocki (phpBB)

(@phpbb_148:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:12 AM
This is kinda the same thing as this.

a_regular_pear (phpBB)

(@phpbb_201:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:12 AM
Oh god I am blind. I don't know how I didn't see the other one

CrabHead (phpBB)

(@phpbb_186:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:12 AM
I use sublime, but for longest time i used notepad++

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:15 AM
i think using cat to get the contents of a file and using echo {string} >> {file}.{format} is the only real way to do things.

nah using windows 95 notepad in wine is the best text editor

All jokes aside I just use neovim its not hard to use and its better then most text editiors, and isn't just a web browser.

also emacs sucks and you know it.

flatrute (phpBB)

(@phpbb_115:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:16 AM
Shaddow798 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:02 am also emacs sucks and you know it.
As an Emacs user, it is both good and bad. It has so many odd defaults that it is tedious to reconfigure them to my preferences but I do not know any other "modern" editors that can load, view, edit and save HTML files in EUC-JP encoding for my personal website EZ

MattKC (phpBB)

(@phpbb_2:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:17 AM
Yeah I think I'll merge this into the other IDE thread.

Shaddow798 (phpBB)

(@phpbb_63:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:17 AM
flatrute wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:46 am As an Emacs user, it is both good and bad. It has so many odd defaults that it is tedious to reconfigure them to my preferences but I do not know any other "modern" editors that can load, view, edit and save HTML files in EUC-JP encoding for my personal website EZ
To be fair ive honestly never really used emacs. I just havn't bothered. For some reason i like hating emacs even though i just havn't tried to use it.

maxmoon (phpBB)

(@phpbb_234:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:33:27 AM
Vim... and nothing else than that for years, now.

Some people say it is just a text editor, but with the right plugins I find it even more powerful than current IDEs.

And I hate everything based on Electron, which is just swallowing resources and is spreading like Covid-19.

wisecar (phpBB)

(@phpbb_313:legoisland.org)

6/16/2026, 8:34:17 AM
My main source of income is a Ruby on Rails app, so RubyMine.

Used VS Code for years but having switched to JetBrains IDEs, honestly, there's a reason people pay for them. If you're working on "larger" projects, especially if they're ones that you make money from, I wholeheartedly recommend giving them a try.

I also have a license for Sublime Text which I rarely use.