Atom: Resistance is Futile

A presentation about Atom Text Editor

Transcript

1. Atom:
   Resistance is futile
   MILANO FRONT END MEETUP
   29.03.2016
   presented by Alessandro Muraro (@akmur)
   

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2. name: “Alessandro Muraro”
   roles: [
   “UI Developer”,
   “Meetup Organizer”
   ]
   worksAt: “Objectway”
   twitterHandle: “@akmur”
   website: “alexmuraro.me”
   

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3. So, what is Atom editor?
   

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5. • Text Editor inspired by Textmate and Sublime
   Text
   • 1 million active users
   • Created by Github
   • Open Source and cross platform
   • Based on Chromium, created with HTML, CSS
   and Javascript.
   • Easily modifiable / extensible
   Atom in a nutshell
   

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6. Mmmh… what’s wrong with
   Sublime Text?
   

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7. We all love Sublime Text!
   

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8. • Bad documentation
   • No sense of community
   • Slow development
   • Ugly package manager
   • Hard to extend
   • One man show
   • Not Open Source
   But…
   

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9. So, what’s to love
   about Atom?
   

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10. Up to date
    learning resources
    atom.io/docs
    

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11. • API documentation
    • Atom Flight Manual
    • Discussion forum
    • Slack channel
    

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12. A beautiful Autocomplete
    

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13. A beautiful Linter
    

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14. Simple access to
    settings for core
    and community packages
    

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15. default settings (cmd + ,)
    

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16. find and install packages and themes
    

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17. each package has settings
    

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18. Strong Git integration
    (core + packages)
    

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19. Git at a glance
    

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20. Git Status
    

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21. git-plus package
    

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22. merge-conflicts package
    

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23. Hackable to the core…
    from css to init scripts
    to packages
    

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24. Open source
    =
    Lots of potential
    

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25. Github long term
    commitment
    &
    a clear roadmap
    

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26. Recap
    • Good documentation
    • Awesome Autocomplete and Linter
    • Easy package installation and set up
    • Git integration
    • Hackable & Open Source
    

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27. What’s to dislike
    about Atom?
    

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28. • Speed: search and startup
    take longer
    • Stability: careful with those
    plugins
    

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29. So, should you switch?
    

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30. Bonus #1: Package madness!
    

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31. git-time-machine
    

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32. activate-power-mode
    

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33. imdone-atom
    

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34. clipboard-plus
    

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35. atom-pigments
    

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36. markdown preview
    

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37. • Atom CSS Unit Converter
    • Filesize
    • Package Sync
    • File Icons
    • Highlight selected
    • Open recent
    • Project manager
    • Sort lines
    Gimme more
    

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38. Bonus #2: Steal this config!
    • https://github.com/genoma/
    atom-configuration
    • https://github.com/akmur/
    atom-configuration
    

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39. That’s all folks!
    

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