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Atom is a Good looking free editor and scripting tool for developers
October 12, 2021

Atom is a Good looking free editor and scripting tool for developers

Laura Glover | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Atom

Atom is my favourite free, open-source editor. We have use Atom in our development projects. We have used it as a collaboration tool by integrating with Git hub - it was easy to set it up so that the team can work on the same project at the same time from different computers. The code syntax is coloured by language type - which is helpful to see your code. We use it for HTML, JS, CSS, Sass, and PHP editing.
  • HTML, CSS, PHP and other code or text editing
  • Project collaboration with team and developers
  • Free and Open Source
  • Good looking interface
  • Colour coded syntax
  • High start-up time
  • Real time previews
  • Git Hub integration
  • Colour coded syntax
  • Find and replace
  • Project collaboration / shared editing
  • No negative ROI
They are both pretty good; however, Sublime is free to use but on a trial basis. Atom is free open source. Sublime doesn't have the Github integration or a project file browser. Sublime does have a workspace view option but haven't really used it as much as Atom.

Do you think Atom delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Atom's feature set?

Yes

Did Atom live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Atom go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Atom again?

Yes

Trello, Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), Divi, Discord
Atom is a great scripting tool for individuals, freelancers, and small development teams. The interface is slick, and if you require bits of functionality, there are packages which you can add on. No accounts or activation code - just download it, and the user can start coding and launching their web development project in a flash. I sometimes use it for the find and replace function for modifying and editing large batches of plain text.