Atom: Resistance is Futile

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1. Atom: Resistance is futile MILANO FRONT END MEETUP 29.03.2016 presented

   by Alessandro Muraro (@akmur)

2. name: “Alessandro Muraro” roles: [ “UI Developer”, “Meetup Organizer” ]

   worksAt: “Objectway” twitterHandle: “@akmur” website: “alexmuraro.me”

3. So, what is Atom editor?

4. None

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

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

7. We all love Sublime Text!

8. • Bad documentation • No sense of community • Slow

   development • Ugly package manager • Hard to extend • One man show • Not Open Source But…

9. So, what’s to love about Atom?

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

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

    • Slack channel

12. A beautiful Autocomplete

13. A beautiful Linter

14. Simple access to settings for core and community packages

15. default settings (cmd + ,)

16. find and install packages and themes

17. each package has settings

18. Strong Git integration (core + packages)

19. Git at a glance

20. Git Status

21. git-plus package

22. merge-conflicts package

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

    packages

24. Open source = Lots of potential

25. Github long term commitment & a clear roadmap

26. Recap • Good documentation • Awesome Autocomplete and Linter •

    Easy package installation and set up • Git integration • Hackable & Open Source

27. What’s to dislike about Atom?

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

    with those plugins

29. So, should you switch?

30. Bonus #1: Package madness!

31. git-time-machine

32. activate-power-mode

33. imdone-atom

34. clipboard-plus

35. atom-pigments

36. markdown preview

37. • Atom CSS Unit Converter • Filesize • Package Sync

    • File Icons • Highlight selected • Open recent • Project manager • Sort lines Gimme more

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

    atom-configuration

39. That’s all folks!