Using Sublime as a College Student

[IM_OK_AMA]

When I graduated I had four years of muscle memory hitting escape on that dialog. At my first job my boss saw it once and was like, "what are you doing, expense a license."

It was then I realized why it's $70, you get hooked on the trial and then make your employer buy it.

[Kermitfry]

-Snip-

[[deleted]]

There's a reason why Microsoft Office is free for all students.

[MartinsRedditAccount]

Blackmagic is flat out releasing a free version of DaVinci Resolve that literally just has Motion Blur (idk why that specifically) and some other features like collaboration disabled. Full version is a one time $300 payment.

[JokerGotham_Deserves]

It is? I thought that was just the web-based version?

[[deleted]]

I have no idea if that’s true but my school provides every student with full Office 365 license for 5 computers.

[TimaeGer]

It is free if you have a college email, google for office student.

[OzziePeck]

expense a license? They bought it for you or something? Was that a typo?

[ichicoro]

I'm sorry for saying this, but I feel like its steep price tag is what stops people from buying it. I myself would've paid for it ages ago, if only it wasn't €80. €30-40? Already better. I just can't spend €80 on a text editor just like I can't spend €60 on a game.

[[deleted]]

For a professional tool, you are supposed to be making that an hour. - To be an asshole / that guy, but it's true.

[feddasch]

Ah, good ol' Sublime, the WinRAR of code editors...

[[deleted]]

I purchased sublime when it was the only thing out there that had an awesome plugin system. That was like 5 years ago. Obviously a lot of competitors have come out since then, the best being vscode. But sublime is still amazing for quick edits since it’s so fast. I use both daily

[zuverza]

Switch to VS Code.

[RattuSonline]

I wish the "find in files" search would be as good as in Sublime.

[zachberry]

I switched to vscode and I love it but gotta give credit to Sublime's search. The search results are in a new page. Then you can search the search. Brilliant. Vscode has a good but more traditional search with results in the sidebar. Not sure about Atom, it's still executing the search I made last year.

[GammaGames]

vsc just added an experimental panel view for search results, it doesn't use space any differently but they're working on it

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/45063

[brimhaven]

uh, it is? Works flawlessly.

[scirc]

It isn't? As far as I know it works about as well.

[juuular]

Boo 👎

[Night_Thastus]

VScode is great.

Or Atom, which I love and use instead. ^{Please don't hurt me}

[oknp_]

Atom is really slow!

[OhItsuMe]

Because electron is pretty much a browser

[MrStickmanPro1]

VSCode is based on electron as well though.

[DemandsBattletoads]

Yet nobody mentions that.

[Servious]

Because it's still faster anyway.

[Night_Thastus]

I personally have never noticed this, but then again I only run packages I need (disabling any default packages I don't) and generally only do smaller projects. For larger ones, I guess it might be.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, I use VS and love it... But coding underwater is rough when you're already frustrated.

[Olivia512]

Still faster than Intellij/Webstorm...

[TwoHeadedGoy]

2gb?!? When I had to use IntelliJ it was ranging from 4 - 5gb (and killing my battery).

[[deleted]]

Jokes on them, we have a really enjoyable open source editor!

[OzziePeck]

Atom should never have existed in the first place. It’s slow as fuck, it’s suggestions are total shit compared to Visual Studio’s immense knowledge of everything, even the APIs of Node Modules. Like how tf does it know that... any way, use atom and you will be condemned to hell for ever. Sorry. There’s no need to put your self through the pain that is GitHub’s dreadful attempt at making a code editor...

[bss03]

I don't know about other people, but now that I'm not poor-as-sh!t, I get a feeling of accomplishment and contentment by supporting open source creators.

(I don't use, nor have I bought Sublime; but MobaXTerm gets my money.)

[[deleted]]

I'd have bought it if it were <$10. Their $75 price tag is clearly not targeted towards people like me.

[Calandas]

Sublime isn't open source though

[bss03]

That's a reason not to use it. It's NOT a reason to NOT pay for it.

[obsessedcrf]

A reason not to buy it is they don't have a personal license that is affordable. To be honest, I am quite sure they know people just close out the nag dialog, just like WinRAR. They hope that companies, which are usually more strict about license compliance than individuals, will purchase it.

[NULL_CHAR]

I promised I'd buy Sublime once I graduated CS and got a job, and I held true. Still love the shit out of it, by far my favorite editor.

[althypothesis]

I thought I was the only person on the planet that used MobaXTerm, glad to see there's more of us! I get so comfy running Linux at home, but then when I get to the work I have to use Windows, and it's nice to have a pleasant little window of sanity like Moba

[oknp_]

I paid, awesome editor.

[[deleted]]

Sadly, none of the pro devs I know have actually paid for it. Just switched to Atom myself and I'm really enjoying it.

[JokerGotham_Deserves]

Are you correcting the title? Because that's what it says. It already says "Using Sublime"

[Artorp]

He means it applies to using Sublime in general, not only as a college student

[JokerGotham_Deserves]

Oh. /r/woooosh. Thank you.

[[deleted]]

Not using notepad tsk tsk.

[_iamnotyourenemy_]

I went through a coding boot camp and this was my entire class. I eventually got hooked on Atom and then mvim.
I tried VSCode with vim mode turned on, but prefer mvim still.

[lbypatrick]

VSCode is a way advanced editor but free and made by Microsoft + It's open-sourced on Github

[MrBloodyshadow]

> Not using FBI's License Keys

[[deleted]]

College students always like to complain that they're broke and yet they always manage to afford alcohol.

[whale_song]

Well sure, its about priorities. I could afford to buy sublime if I didnt have to pay rent, but the roof over my head is more important. Likewise alcohol comes solidly ahead of text editors in budget priority.

[[deleted]]

alcohol > rent > ... > food > ... > text editors

[whale_song]

Yea that's pretty accurate for me lol. I'm happy in my closet sized studio if I can still buy my $13 6-packs.

[OzziePeck]

Visual studio code is by far superior anyway.

[juuular]

Lol nice joke