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Kevin Sawicki
June 28, 2014
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Atom: 10 things to know about your new text editor
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http://2014.lxjs.org
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June 28, 2014
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Atom ten things to know about your new text editor
GitHub San Francisco, California, USA
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Kevin Sawicki
kevinsawicki @kevinsawicki
[email protected]
3 years of open source at GitHub JGit and EGit
GitHub Android App Atom Editor
photos courtesy of apod.nasa.gov
Atom is a text editor #1
what is a text editor?
first you press a key
that key appears on screen
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Atom is open source #2
beta launch february 26th free and open source may 6th
atom.io atom/atom @AtomEditor
Atom is built on web technologies #3
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Bootstrap
Bootstrap
Bootstrap
Atom is cross platform #4
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5.5 million files opened last month
5 million mac 400k linux 100k windows
Atom is hackable #5
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what do you need to know to hack on Atom?
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Atom is styleable #6
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Atom is all about packages #7
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git diff package
git diff package tabs package
git diff package tabs package wrap guide package
git diff package tabs package bracket matcher package wrap guide
package
git diff package tabs package bracket matcher package status bar
package wrap guide package
git diff package tabs package bracket matcher package status bar
package wrap guide package markdown package
git diff package tabs package bracket matcher package status bar
package grammar selector package wrap guide package markdown package
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900 packages 300 themes
2,000,000 packages & themes installed
blog.atom.io atom.io/packages.atom
Atom runs on Atom Shell #8
cross platform application framework node with a window object atom/atom-shell
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cross platform JavaScript APIs to native things
cross platform JavaScript APIs to native things system menus
cross platform JavaScript APIs to native things system menus window
management
cross platform JavaScript APIs to native things system menus window
management automatic updates
cross platform JavaScript APIs to native things system menus window
management crash reporting automatic updates
browser process render process render process
Atom needs more desktop node modules #9
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emit an event when the setting changes
change a CSS class when the event occurs
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Atom will get faster #10
editor is being rewritten to use React library
text now rendered on the GPU
under 10 milliseconds per keystroke
60 frames per second scrolling
old editor new editor
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thanks!
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