Need recommendation on Text/Code editor or IDE

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hello everyone,

I’ve been researching and reading about text editor or IDE and I came up with these three:

  1. Corona Project Manager (Now …it’s Outlaw)

  2. Corona Editor

  3. Textmate

Which one would you recommend? or tell me if you use something different.

Thanks.

#2

I use CE but outlaw is nice also

#3

Thank you. Have you used outlaw? if you have, what’s the most different with CE?

#4

sublime is wonderful.

#5

I used to use notepad++ but switched to sublime and love it.

#6

Thanks everyone, isn’t sublime Corona Editor? right?

#7

I use LuaGlider for a long time and really like it. Their Debug tool is great, specially the Ultimote where I can test the sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope,…)

#8

@enzo93718, yes. Corona Editor is the corona plugin for sublime.

#9

I use ZeroBrane Studio from http://studio.zerobrane.com/

#10

I tried in order:

  1. Textedit (basic)

  2. Text Wrangler (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ ).

  3. BB Edit (http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/) - I paid for it but it lacks debug options.

  4. Lua Glider 1.9 (http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/34829-lua-glider-v-19-launch-discount-code-included/) - Nice but text update is slow on my mac, great debug options but it it a memory hog.  Lua hGlider has some nice plugins like http://www.mydevelopersgames.com/profiler.html

  5. Lua Glider 2 Trial (http://www.mydevelopersgames.com/Glider/) - Seems slower than 1.9 :frowning:

  6. ZeroBrane (http://studio.zerobrane.com) - Great product but lacks the customisation and themes, scrolling is slow.

  7. Sublime 3 Beta with Corona Plugin (http://www.sublimetext.com) - I disliked Sublime originally but now with the corona plugin it is working out for me.  I an still in non paid mode (they need a pay via iTunes options.  Don’t forget to install a theme from http://colorsublime.com (I use the hyrule theme). 

#11

Thank you so much for the info everyone. I have seen or read all those IDE above. I am trying out Outlaw at the moment. I just notice it will crash time to time. I might try something else.

I wonder which IDE has the feature of comparing files side by side. For example, if I have 2 .lua files from different projects, and I wanted to compare them side by side.

Thank you.

#12

sublime can

#13

I use notepad++ if I am doing only 1 or 2 lua files.  I love notepad++. 

For doing global updates I use UltraEdit Pro because I can click on all the
files and open them all at the same time.  It also support multi-line search
and replace on all open files.  But that can be dangerous and you should
have backups before doing that.

I will check out subline too…

 

#14

I wonder how long the trial is. I am still playing around with outlaw, but crashing pretty often and it’s annoying me.

#15

the trial doesnt end they just display a nag screen every so often

#16

I use Sublime Text, it’s perfect for what I need.

#17

I use CE but outlaw is nice also

#18

Thank you. Have you used outlaw? if you have, what’s the most different with CE?

#19

sublime is wonderful.

#20

I used to use notepad++ but switched to sublime and love it.