Atom

Atom

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Atom	Score9.6 out of 10	N/A	Atom is a free and open source text editor offering a range of packages and themes.	N/A

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Considered Both Products	Open Source Flavio Mauri CRM Designer in Marketing at Asda (Supermarkets, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Atom is incredibly lighter than Dreamweaver, of course it doesn't have the tools DW provides in terms of preview and clicking an element to be taken to the code... but for small web pages this is not necessary. Atom is more similar to Notepad++ and the very popular vs code... … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Atom For the cost, there isn't another text editor or IDE that has more features, more supports, and better integration with packages than Atom. It may take a bit to get used to it, but once familiar, it's very efficient and feature-packed. I find that developers who put in the time … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Atom Our company likes to keep things open, and we don't want to prevent developers from customizing their environment the way they want. Atom seemed to be a lot more open than our existing tools and has good community support on pretty much any programming language. This can create … Incentivized Helpful? Laura Glover Information Designer in Professional Services at The Pixel Zoo (Online Media, 1-10 employees) Chose Atom They are both pretty good; however, Sublime is free to use but on a trial basis. Atom is free open source. Sublime doesn't have the Github integration or a project file browser. Sublime does have a workspace view option but haven't really used it as much as Atom. Incentivized Helpful? Deepshi Sharma Software Engineer in Engineering at Kognoz Consulting (E-Learning, 11-50 employees) Chose Atom In beginning stage of project, Atom wins the race against them all. I selected Atom because of its support for many plugins, simplicity, formatting tools, open source control . But for large scale projects, atom is not suitable editor because of its unexpected behaviour in case … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Atom Atom supports multiple programming languages with debugging options. Other IDEs also have these features but speed matters. I sometimes feel negative about plugins in Atom but all else is good. PyCharm is very heavy as compared to others. VSCode and Sublime are good. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Atom Compared to its major competitors, Atom is an IDE that does not run code but on the other hand it is also the one which allows multiple programming languages to exist at the same time, which make certain types of coding such as object-oriented programming much easier than any … Incentivized Helpful? Xiaotong Song Business Analyst in Corporate at 3M (Cosmetics, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Atom is the tool that does not run any code but at the same time, it is also the tool that allows you to write different codes. Even though you cannot use Atom on the cloud, but since it is using pure python, it is still preferred. Incentivized Helpful? Patrick Fong Senior Software Engineer in Engineering at Iterable (Internet, 201-500 employees) Chose Atom As I've explained earlier, I genuinely believe that VSCode is a superior editor in most ways (stability, feature development, the vibrancy of the community, wealth of plugins, performance). There is, however, one more editor to consider, and that is Sublime Text. Sublime Text I … Incentivized Helpful? Suleman Ahmad Senior Software Developer - NodeJS/Express, Angular, MVC Framework in Engineering at CareAxiom (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Atom NetBeans was a big application in terms of size, so it usually takes more time when starting development. Incentivized Helpful? Samuel Hadid IT Security Engineer in Information Technology at Softtek (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Atom is way more user-friendly than other text editors. However, I am not sure if this affects other aspects as compatibility with some languages or other features as having to save a file with a particular extension for autofill to be enabled for the current work. Still, … Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Städeli Business Owner in Information Technology at Freelance (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Atom Very similar in functionality and features. WordPress developers recommended Atom. Incentivized Helpful? Walter Aho Creative Director at Lake Superior Christian Church (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose Atom Compared to coding programs, I've found Brackets to be more robust. Some aspects of Atom I've found to be somewhat cumbersome (JSON customization when GUI should be an option), but ultimately Atom is a better experience. Other programs like Dreamweaver tend to be clunky and … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist in Information Technology at Pomona College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose Atom I like Atom because it is simple and not too complicated. Configurable, full-featured, yet remains nimble. You can not beat the cost of Open Source, so this leaves software like BBEdit out in the cold. Atom is not as hardcore as Vim or Emacs. Less complicated than full IDEs … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Nowowiejski Sr. Instructional Designer in Information Technology at Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (Education Management, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Adobe Dreamweaver is really meant more for designers who don't understand the underlying code/CSS principles etc. While it's improved heaving over the years it's still rights a lot of extra junk/redundant code and isn't taken seriously among true web developers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Atom Atom and Visual Studio Code are so similar it's hard to not compare them. But for new users, Atom is the clear winner. If you are looking for a clean interface, Atom is the winner. There aren't as many buttons and distractions in Atom which makes it very easy to just pick up … Incentivized Helpful? Chaithra Kamath Local Software Developer in Information Technology at KudlaRoot (Consumer Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Atom We needed an opensource program to tailor it to our needs. It was also stable enough to handle small to medium projects. It had one of the best built-in GIT integration. It has a clean UI. The simplicity of Atom is why we use it to train new members. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Atom Both Sublime Text and notepad++ have a long history for being good code editors. However, it's important to realize the changes and growth in the field of text editors, and Atom is simply a lot better now in terms of community and support. Incentivized Helpful? Steven Puringi Junior Software Developer in Information Technology at Freelance Software Development (Program Development, 51-200 employees) Chose Atom Easy to use. doesn't require registration or activation, you can use right after installation. has the option of packages to give the IDE more dynamics in terms of development and debugging. Its flexibility just gives it that edge over other IDE's. Incentivized Helpful? Dylan Cauwels DevOps Engineer in Engineering at CBRE (Real Estate, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Atom was a program I was familiar with when starting at the company. VSCode, however, has grown in popularity since I've started, and I might switch over in a bit. At this point, it's honestly personal preference. Both platforms have a large user base and accomplish the same … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Deakyne Academic Services Manager in Information Technology at The University of Kansas (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Atom is better than Notepad++ in that it can be used on a Mac. I much prefer Notepad++'s integration of macros for text manipulation, though. It also handily defeats TextEdit. MS Visual Studio Code is better for developers, and may just require rethinking where notes go by … Incentivized Helpful? Jonah Dempcy Web & Mobile Developer in Engineering at Bluefire Productions (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Atom Atom is not as great for Android development as Android Studio, as great for iOS development as Xcode, C# for Visual Studio, or even Java with Eclipse. Atom is less-preferred for any of those platforms for me. However, it is my preferred IDE for just about every other … Incentivized Helpful? Dhruba Jyoti Nag Associate in Information Technology at Cognizant (Entertainment, 10,001+ employees) Chose Atom Atom has many open source competitors in Sublime Text, Notepad++, etc. When we consider the presence of time tested players like Notepad++, the fact that Atom has been able to carve a niche market of its own says a lot about its capabilities. The user interface is very rich and … Incentivized Helpful? Reges Mendes Senior Developer in Information Technology at SolarWinds MSP (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Atom Atom is simpler to install and maintain, does not generate unwanted files, does not add folders or other hidden objects to your project. Incentivized Helpful? David McCann Director of Technology, Open Source Incubator Initiative in Engineering at Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation (International Affairs, 11-50 employees) Chose Atom Not listed is Vim, which is another free-form editor that is in the same product category. Vim and Emacs are both supported on more platforms and with lower systems requirements and similar versatility, but don't offer the ease of use (both being primarily keyboard-only … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Atom
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (31 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (13 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)