If custom configuration is your thing, Sublime might be the right lightweight and cross-language IDE for you
June 29, 2021
If custom configuration is your thing, Sublime might be the right lightweight and cross-language IDE for you
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Sublime Text
Sublime Text was used by certain engineers in the company. There were essentially 2 camps of coders, those that used Sublime and those that used VSCode. It solved the business problem of having to pay for an IDE as it is open source. For myself, it addressed the issue of needing a single IDE for coding across several languages for certain projects.
- Customizability
- Cross-language compatibility
- Speed
- Customizability has learning curve
- More seamless library installation
- Get rid of ads
- Multi-language compatibility
- Speed
- Customizability
- Quicker prototyping
- Some time wasted on configuration
- Faster runtime, less buggy than large IDEs
Visual Studio Code was honestly a tough competitor to Sublime for multi-language projects, and ultimately edged it out for some of the teams I worked with. It's library functionality was far superior, it is 100% open source vs ads, and it has a similar speed. PyCharm and WebStorm were better as dedicated IDEs for python and javascript respectively, although Sublime worked better for multi-language projects.
Do you think Sublime Text delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Sublime Text's feature set?
Yes
Did Sublime Text live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Sublime Text go as expected?
No
Would you buy Sublime Text again?
No