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[{"user_id": 671, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189059.382308, "message": "if the OP doesn't want to pay $45 for TM, they probably won't want to pay for coda.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264177}, {"user_id": 831, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189469.952275, "message": "I think TextMate is not worth the fee until it's significantly updated. I paid for it and loved it for a few years, but it is way behind in many respects.  I switched back to emacs.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264318}, {"user_id": 1348, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188682.9891889, "message": "Vim. I fear change.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264072}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188368.3059659, "message": "TextWrangler is good", "group_id": 95, "id": 264005}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189139.1550691, "message": "@mgkimsal true that", "group_id": 95, "id": 264219}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189152.822963, "message": "for java", "group_id": 95, "id": 264223}, {"user_id": 1138, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299188880.232904, "user_id": 16271}], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188824.0874259, "message": "Coda (mac):  panic.com/coda", "group_id": 95, "id": 264105}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188028.1999371, "message": "I used to use TextMate, but then after it's free trial ended I don't want to spend $45 on it... Any suggestions for a good editor in OSX? I am sure a lot will say vim", "group_id": 95, "id": 263939}, {"user_id": 651, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188375.1921539, "message": "MacVIM!!\n\nSo now that this is out of the way, I think Smultron is a good editor, though it is not maintained anymore IIRC. Kod looks like a very good replacement for TextMate, but haven't really tried it, yet.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264006}, {"user_id": 573, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188383.3365009, "message": "textmate is totally worth the fee. if you're making dough from what comes out, throw some back. that said, emacs!", "group_id": 95, "id": 264008}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188416.985451, "message": "everyone mocked me when I use emacs, why not vim they said? haha", "group_id": 95, "id": 264028}, {"user_id": 10237, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299190329.257529, "message": "Kod is definitely looking nice", "group_id": 95, "id": 264537}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188901.4117539, "message": "@travhimself Ooh thanks for mentioning that - I forgot all about Coda.  I used to use that a loooong time ago.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264138}, {"user_id": 17469, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188499.3221309, "message": "emacs. (Aquamacs)", "group_id": 95, "id": 264051}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189502.7433779, "message": "Am I the only one who likes TextWrangler?", "group_id": 95, "id": 264330}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188695.206975, "message": "It probably also depends a lot on what you are developing.  I tend to use Eclipse but then I also tend to do a lot of Java.  I don't get as much out of Eclipse with PHP but it seems as good as anything else so I still use it.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264074}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188487.090483, "message": "@mattdennewitz I am just a poor student, who doesn't earn that much as working developers out there...", "group_id": 95, "id": 264048}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189162.4771559, "message": "but now mostly PHP and scripting languages", "group_id": 95, "id": 264225}, {"user_id": 12064, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299188576.6473601, "message": "vim, all the time.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264063}, {"user_id": 831, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299190106.1554179, "message": "@mridley I tried it a while back (when i was first getting restive over TextMate) but decided against. Don't entirely remember why.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264487}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189147.9848549, "message": "I develop using eclipse", "group_id": 95, "id": 264222}, {"user_id": 6415, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189236.418844, "message": "As expected: vim ftw :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 264249}, {"user_id": 4151, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299208905.881649, "user_id": 15929}, {"date_created": 1299221208.0054281, "user_id": 11647}], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299190147.9522619, "message": "I have high hopes for Kod http://kodapp.com/", "group_id": 95, "id": 264501}, {"user_id": 45, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299193375.173908, "message": "MacVIM is pretty comparable to textmate assuming you take the time needed to find, install, and configure a bunch of vim plugins, I switched about 6 months ago and haven't looked back", "group_id": 95, "id": 264849}, {"user_id": 6165, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299192302.3894081, "message": "If you are not willing to spend money, learn either vim or emacs.", "group_id": 95, "id": 264738}, {"user_id": 45, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299193460.0438781, "message": "also using emacs or vim gets you a bunch of programmer hipster cool points which is the most important thing to consider when choosing an editor", "group_id": 95, "id": 264862}, {"user_id": 7440, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299195571.559077, "message": "Try Sublime, that one is pretty cool.", "group_id": 95, "id": 265055}, {"user_id": 18516, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299195442.602757, "message": "coda, text mate, netbeans, eclipse", "group_id": 95, "id": 265043}, {"user_id": 719, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299330688.725086, "user_id": 5734}], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299194833.497087, "message": "vim & emacs (there's no point joining the debates when you can use both.)", "group_id": 95, "id": 265003}, {"user_id": 115, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299198966.867841, "message": "+1 for [Mac]Vim", "group_id": 95, "id": 265267}, {"user_id": 158, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299200424.642169, "message": "I used to use Vim, now, I use it very lightly and primarily use Emacs.", "group_id": 95, "id": 265345}, {"user_id": 3100, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299201756.22455, "message": "Nano is by far my favorite editor :)  Easy to use and gets the job done!", "group_id": 95, "id": 265433}, {"user_id": 651, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299203667.0755889, "message": "@mahmoudimus any good tips/tutorials for switching? I want to be able to basically work with emacs, but every time I try, I end up with the equivalence of \"vim-insert-mode-only\" and give up", "group_id": 95, "id": 265670}, {"user_id": 115, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299202797.852144, "message": "@mahmoudimus were you a heavy vim user when you switched?", "group_id": 95, "id": 265531}, {"user_id": 11647, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299340569.460443, "user_id": 15929}], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299202022.6835921, "message": "I used to be in love with coda, but after tuning up my MacVIM with https://github.com/carlhuda/janus I can do way more than before without leaving vim.", "group_id": 95, "id": 265454}, {"user_id": 115, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299203406.9399159, "message": "so emacs really is better?", "group_id": 95, "id": 265604}, {"user_id": 12689, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299203697.189652, "message": "+1 TextMate", "group_id": 95, "id": 265671}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299425133.8319149, "user_id": 9108}], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299207743.3401959, "message": "mac: coda,\nwin: textpad (though i don't code in windows anymore),\nterminal: vim", "group_id": 95, "id": 266168}, {"user_id": 8539, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299207477.573771, "message": "gVim", "group_id": 95, "id": 266146}, {"user_id": 8539, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299207495.1314809, "message": "For mandatory reasons - Eclipse.", "group_id": 95, "id": 266149}, {"user_id": 158, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299207497.5030379, "message": "@andrewbadr Honestly, they both have their uses. Some things about Vim were amazing, i.e. modal keybindings are fantastic. Emacs just fit my development philosophy.", "group_id": 95, "id": 266150}, {"user_id": 158, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299207921.6028299, "message": "@mrtazz It's all about appreciating the Zen of Emacs. Re-bind your capslock to control, which is trivial to do on any operating system now. I used this cheat-sheet, http://karl-voit.at/vim-emacs-cheatsheet_of_freezing_hell.txt, at the beginning and I customized my emacs using technomancy's starter-kit, which I have forked and heavily customized for my Python development (https://github.com/mahmoudimus/.emacs.d/tree/mu).\n\nAfter two weeks of some productivity losses, I was able to re-gain efficiency and haven't looked back since.", "group_id": 95, "id": 266179}, {"user_id": 651, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299209480.5378871, "message": "@mahmoudimus thanks. Maybe this time I'll stick with it a bit longer.", "group_id": 95, "id": 266267}, {"user_id": 1116, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299208792.18927, "message": "Aquamacs or eclipse.", "group_id": 95, "id": 266221}, {"user_id": 18228, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299208871.9339089, "message": "I'm a TextMate loyalist but I've just checked out Kod based on a few suggestions above and wow, I'm pretty impressed!", "group_id": 95, "id": 266224}, {"user_id": 17546, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299216707.861675, "message": "I used vim for everything for years, in the last month or so I've picked up textmate and holy wow its awesome. I never understood why so many of my colleagues liked osx so much for development (Linux user here) until now.", "group_id": 95, "id": 266918}, {"user_id": 158, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299217734.105304, "message": "@mrtazz let me know if I can be of help at all!", "group_id": 95, "id": 266999}, {"user_id": 12978, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299222981.436636, "message": "@mridley Intellij Community edition is the free, open source version of the platform - give it a try.", "group_id": 95, "id": 267385}, {"user_id": 9640, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299226312.886137, "message": "Netbeans && (g)vim", "group_id": 95, "id": 267793}, {"user_id": 17814, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299225263.706491, "message": "e. since i don't have a mac/textmate", "group_id": 95, "id": 267687}, {"user_id": 16440, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299225520.1051359, "message": "PhpStorm IDE and Vim for the quick hacks. Sometimes Fraise (small quick editor for osx).", "group_id": 95, "id": 267712}, {"user_id": 18656, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299231493.858444, "message": "does anybody actually use skywriter/bespin for real development?", "group_id": 95, "id": 268386}, {"user_id": 18656, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299231443.7917459, "message": "vim, gvim", "group_id": 95, "id": 268372}, {"user_id": 8327, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299238076.941498, "message": "vim all the way; or for very tiny things on windows, e.", "group_id": 95, "id": 268947}, {"user_id": 3751, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299239771.4149189, "message": "vim", "group_id": 95, "id": 269024}, {"user_id": 17654, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299246387.0581191, "message": "IntelliJ for clojure and java. Pycharm for python. Vim for quick and small changes", "group_id": 95, "id": 269493}, {"user_id": 13077, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299249952.2944701, "message": "I use gedit on ubuntu, tweaked to the bone with various plugins and settings (including the gedit-gmate set and vim shortcuts). Vim on servers.", "group_id": 95, "id": 269773}, {"user_id": 8668, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299263853.8348899, "message": "However I will say that SWT and Eclipse are second-class citizens on OS X, so if you are on a Mac I would avoid Eclipse unless you have a good reason to use it", "group_id": 95, "id": 271786}, {"user_id": 8668, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299263812.3880301, "message": "I love Java and I love Eclipse... and PDT works pretty well for my day job (PHP, HTML, CSS, etc)", "group_id": 95, "id": 271778}, {"user_id": 1223, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299318525.671402, "message": "how about for windows", "group_id": 95, "id": 275753}, {"user_id": 1223, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299318533.7523501, "message": "any thing like intype or eeditor ?", "group_id": 95, "id": 275754}, {"user_id": 5734, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299330634.949194, "message": "vim 7.3", "group_id": 95, "id": 276170}, {"user_id": 1266, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299337429.321007, "message": "Vim. I tried Emacs and kind of like it, but I like Vim's defaults better and am too lazy to mod Emacs to resemble them. Plus, it's easier to modify - there, I said it.", "group_id": 95, "id": 276367}, {"user_id": 7762, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299339122.7999649, "message": "gVIM FTW ;D", "group_id": 95, "id": 276439}, {"user_id": 16260, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299358159.551867, "message": "TextMate for web stuff. XCode for app dev.", "group_id": 95, "id": 277634}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299359167.1425021, "message": "I don't have any currently", "group_id": 95, "id": 277692}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299359162.66046, "message": "can you guys share your vimrc if anyone is developing on PHP", "group_id": 95, "id": 277691}, {"user_id": 1307, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299360531.989125, "message": "I used to be a Vim fan, but have recently switched to Geany and I really like it. Syntax highlighting for less popular filetypes is all I really miss", "group_id": 95, "id": 277738}, {"user_id": 8947, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299359330.4504371, "message": "I'd also have to go with the popular opinion of vim for most development, and eclipse for java development.", "group_id": 95, "id": 277701}, {"user_id": 9108, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299425204.260937, "message": "@unwrangle I don't do a ton of coding anymore (usually just quick PowerShell scripts in PowerShell ISE), but when I did I was a huge fan of TextPad. I really liked that it had enough features to be fully functional, but it didn't go over the top and become too busy.", "group_id": 95, "id": 280332}, {"user_id": 19126, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299431918.7159669, "message": "I use Vim or TextMate.", "group_id": 95, "id": 281000}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299444847.271981, "message": "http://benatkin.com/misc/part_of_dock.png", "group_id": 95, "id": 281783}, {"user_id": 6478, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299443718.4242771, "message": "aptana", "group_id": 95, "id": 281687}, {"user_id": 14930, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299450533.124032, "message": "Eclipse, NetBeans are awesome solutions at the right price. I liked Textmate way back when -- still use it sometimes. Once I found NetBeans a couple years back, I was very pleased -- especially for $0.00. But now that Oracle has dropped Ruby support from NetBeans, I'm using RubyMine for most of my day-to-day. Been happy overall with the switch.", "group_id": 95, "id": 282137}, {"user_id": 13893, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299452304.9868829, "message": "Isn't this discussion boring the hell out of you already? In the last 2 months I have seen thousands of these. In blogs, SO, reddit, convore, even linkedin. Check python group and you'll see. There are finite number of editors and I think all are covered. Same goes for the IDEs. Stop it once and for all. Or at least make 3-6 months long break so that new features are added in the editors.", "group_id": 95, "id": 282275}, {"user_id": 15041, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299475621.357254, "message": "We love RubyMine!", "group_id": 95, "id": 285746}, {"user_id": 12108, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299476102.4033129, "message": "/me throws his hat in for vim.  I've tried others, and keep coming back.  Even gave emacs a solid week recently.  Jut couldn't do it.", "group_id": 95, "id": 285766}, {"user_id": 5145, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299475904.8369479, "message": "sublime text is awesome, and currently in a beta for v2. I just love it.", "group_id": 95, "id": 285759}, {"user_id": 7561, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299477483.619312, "message": "MacVim is awesome when you tune it with some good plugins!!", "group_id": 95, "id": 285814}, {"user_id": 7878, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299477567.497359, "message": "For PHP / JavaScript - Netbeans. For C# MonoDevelop, for writing docs (asciidoc) - textmate.", "group_id": 95, "id": 285820}, {"user_id": 14444, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299527054.208014, "message": "I use Vim or TextMate", "group_id": 95, "id": 290135}, {"user_id": 12821, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299541593.5181589, "message": "emacs", "group_id": 95, "id": 292493}, {"user_id": 14000, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299544315.074918, "message": "Coda. Coda. Coda.", "group_id": 95, "id": 292707}, {"user_id": 14000, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299544344.4600561, "message": "Wish it had out of the box support for Git/etc but hopefully that'll come when and if they release Coda 2.", "group_id": 95, "id": 292708}, {"user_id": 10885, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299545637.1895831, "message": "vim (on linux, for everything) and visual studio 2010 (for c#, day job)", "group_id": 95, "id": 292767}, {"user_id": 158, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299203019.0896349, "message": "@andrewbadr yes, I had been using it for 4 yrs and it was my primary editor (basically the only one).", "group_id": 95, "id": 265553}, {"user_id": 16271, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10595, "date_created": 1299189252.4174731, "message": "@equinox I hear IntelliJ is actually better but I still use Eclipse because a) it's free and b) everyone I work with uses it (the more important reason)", "group_id": 95, "id": 264254}]