Adobe Brackets hits 1.0

[moystard]

I have been a Sublime Text user for quite some time now but I am always interested in open source software, especially when they are built using web technologies. I decided to install Atom.io today and was surprised by the performances, the features (especially through the package system really close in richness to Sublime's) and the overall quality of the editor. For Brackets users out there, how does it compare?

[Uehreka]

I've been using it at my job to build prototypes. In general, I'm super-pleased with it, there are only two things that stop it from being awesome:

1. The LiveReload feature stops if you open Chrome DevTools, which I often use to debug. Unfortunately, Brackets' own tools aren't enough to match Chrome DevTools, so I have to work with the LiveReload feature turned off, which is a bummer. I really really hope they fix this.

2. We use LESS at my job, and while there are LESS autocompile plugins, working with LESS in Brackets is still not as seemless as working with CSS. However, I think that with some better plugin support and some tweaks to the current plugins, it eventually could be.

I've got to say though, Brackets has totally replaced Sublime for me as my primary editor whenever I'm working on front-end stuff. Theseus and the other Javascript debugging tools are top-notch. I recommend that any front-end developer at least give it a shot for a week or two.

[cjbprime]

I'm an Atom user too, and I'm envious of the Theseus plugin for Brackets: https://github.com/adobe-research/theseus

[myrryr]

I've been using it for a while and I really like it. I prefer it to Atom or Sublime or Idea (for small projects).

It's nice, it is a fair bit quicker then Atom (which just seem really sluggish on my system).

[freshyill]

I've been using Atom for months and I'm getting very frustrated by the slow, buggy performance and utterly terrible autocomplete. I'm giving Brackets a shot because I've heard great things about its autocomplete.

[pingec]

Lately it has become my editor of choice for JavaScript, TypeScript and MarkDown on Windows. I use a few extensions for linting and live preview and so far they work really well. I hope the startup gets faster with time because that's the only downside I can currently think of. Being open source and cross platform is a big advantage, if I invest time into learning a tool I'd like to be able to use it regardless which OS I'm currently using.

[pspeter3]

Do you have strong TypeScript tooling? I feel like that is the biggest reason for me to use IntelliJ right now.

[colinramsay]

The default link to 1.0 includes something called "Extract". I don't want Extract. Yes, there's a link to just download Brackets underneath this primary button, but given Adobe's form with packaging unnecessary cruft with their software I'd have thought they'd be trying to avoid this sort of nonsense.

[usermac]

I see on the http://brackets.io website, just below the download button there is a link to a version without Extract.

[gaelenh]

I use Brackets for my middle school game programming class (using Phaser). Cross platform, free, and works great for beginners out of the box. Testing out html + js is as simple as hitting a button, no extensions or server or any other hoops necessary.

[ryannevius]

It made itself the default editor for html, css, js, and php files...without asking me. After using it for a bit, I can't find a reason to drop Sublime in favor of it.

[snsr]

Not only does it assign itself as the default application for a number of common file types, it does so every time you start the application. Which is why I uninstalled it months ago, though if this has been fixed I may give it another shot.

[sarciszewski]

I've been using Brackets for a few months now. It's replaced Netbeans in my life.

[amelius]

Does it support collaborative editing?

Also, is there a live demo to be found somewhere?

Edit: Oh wait, I just found this: "Although Brackets is built in HTML/CSS/JS, it currently runs as a desktop application in a thin native shell, so that it can access your local files."

Still, a demo would be nice. I suppose the "access local files" part is not strictly necessary.

[talmand]

If you want a demo, any site running CodeMirror is a good start as that's the basis for the editor.

Otherwise, why not just download it and give it a try?

[antoinek]

I've been watching Brackets for a while now, and I'm pleased with how it's turned out, across all platforms; the in-line CSS editor and color picker really stuck out to me. I'm impressed by the overall fluidity of the program as well.

[prawn]

Does anyone use the Extract feature? I canned my Creative Cloud after Adobe were hacked, but do a lot of Photoshop work and then building templates from PSDs. Is it as useful as they proclaim? If so, I might need to create a new account.

[fenomas]

Extract is pretty brand new, so not so many people yet, but I've played with some previous incarnations (it was previously beta'd as a standalone web service).

That said, it's damned handy if you're turning a PSD comp into HTML/CSS. That's the use case it was made for - smoothing the workflow between the PSD-making designer and the HTML-writing coder. If a PSD comp has, say, a button with a gradient and a drop shadow, then Extract gives you CSS to reproduce that design, without your needing to open Photoshop and copy/paste the gradient colors and so forth. Even does a pretty good job of including prefixed CSS when needed.

My experience was, for reasonably well-formed comps it's a godsend. For pathological PSDs it's less useful, but you're still better off with it than without it. But it all depends how often you have to HTMLify PSDs.

[talmand]

It's been a fun and strange ride with this editor. I've been using it for a while now, I think before the Sprint 20 build. It still has some things to work out and new features it needs, but it's a solid editor for front-end coding.

It's been really fun writing extensions for it, gets me out of my comfort zone of working on websites all day. Really great that once I realize I want the editor to offer something I can just open it and create the feature myself using my current skill sets.

[emhart]

Started using Brackets a couple months ago as I'm on a contract that requires me to work on a client's hardware rather than my own. Killer feature for me has been the inline CSS editing from html. Particularly as I'm stuck using a single monitor atm, this is nice as it lets me keep my css generally hidden instead of concurrently displayed as I often do in other editors.

[vatotemking]

"Brackets stopped working. Close program" I guess i'll stick with komodo edit.

[moondowner]

Komodo is better for working with large files, but it's overall more sluggish and way slower in startup time.

[arvinsim]

But does it have vim mode?

If not, I guess will have to wait until someone extends Brackets to have it :)

[outdooricon]

Still no support for hdpi in Windows