

You have to download and install Sublime Merge (and yes, you guessed it! That costs money as well!). It's even more troublesome for Sublime Text. Pushing/pulling/fetching requires you to open yet another menu, while for Atom, the fetch/pull/push button is located at the bottom-left corner.
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VS Code also has this feature, but committing files require you to click on Source Control at the side of the screen, or press Ctrl + Shift + G. Atom also colours your files based on whether they were edited, or created (brown for edited files, green for new files). Scoreīeing a product of GitHub, Atom has a built in GitHub Desktop extension, which means you can push/pull/fetch from your text editor! All the functions are located at the bottom of the screen, and does not require you to navigate to a different menu. It's all done with GUIs in these two editors, but for Sublime Text, the configuration/settings are stored in JSON files (which can be confusing sometimes). You can also access Settings in VS Code by using Ctrl +, or File > Preferences > Settings. You can access it by using Ctrl +, or go to File > Settings. VS Code (0/10) (and yeah I'm sorry VS Code fans this is what it gets)Ĭonfiguration in Atom is very simple, and can be done in the Settings tab.Sublime Text also looks great (and spacious). I will give you my opinion, but as I said, since it's very subjective, don't scream at me if you think I rated the editors wrongly.īoth VS Code and Atom look good, but VS Code's settings and sidebar look cramped, while Atom's has larger paddings and gives you a feel of spaciousness. Scoreĭesign can be very subjective, and it varies from person to person. (A good UX is very important, so the scores for this section will be out of 20). Atom also tends to be sluggish when editing large files, and can result in a bad experience. However, VS Code still has a faster starting time than Atom. Both VS Code and Atom are made with Electron, which has a.well, bad performance when it comes to starting up. Score:Īs mentioned earlier on, Sublime has a much better performance than the other two. I don't have anything much to say for Atom and VS Code, as they're both free. That being said, Sublime has a lot of other features as well, and is better than both VS Code and Atom in performance (we'll cover that later on).


Well, if you think this way, you are wrong! Sublime text costs a whopping $99 USD! If you decide to purchase Sublime Merge as well, the price is $168 USD! You might think, "Hey, it's just a text editor! How can it cost me money?" Note: I will try to be as un-biased as possible Pricing I will rate them, but for each sections, the rating is relative (The first will be 100% points, the last will be 0%) You might be spoilt for choice, but this article aims to help you decide on which text editor to choose. These three text editors are among the most popular (and recommended).
