GitHub's Atom is rapidly maturing into one of the best code editors available. While it lost to Sublime Text in last year's SitePoint Smackdown, many issues no longer exist:
- version 1.0 has been released
- it's easy to install on Windows, Mac and Linux
- speed has significantly improved, and
- it's still free but betters many commercial offerings.
The number of add-ons has increased exponentially with more than 750 themes and 2,400 packages at the time of writing. The reason: Atom can be extended using web technologies. If you're working on Node.js or front-end projects, Atom is a great choice.
Package installation is simple. You can either:
- open the + Install panel in the Settings tab then search for a package by name, or
- install from the command line using
apm install <package-name>.
Here are ten essential add-ons, plus a few bonus ones to make Atom even better …
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by Craig Buckler via SitePoint
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