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What do you like best about Atom?

Is free.

It has a friendly interface.

It has a live preview feature.

Integrates with GitHub.

It has elegant fonts.

It has a find and replace function.

It has quick editing functions and suggestions.

Allows you to install themes other than those provided by the software.

It has an automatic indentation function.

It can be updated automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Occasionally Atom takes up a lot of CPU resources, making it difficult to preview live code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Atom:

Front-end developers will find that Atom to make their jobs much easier. It is free and has different packages to increase its functionalities. Also, it is also very customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I teach my students front-end code editing in Atom because it features automatic completion, which makes coding easier. Plus, it has a live code preview feature, allowing my students to refine the code live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Atom?

Atom is a desk application based on web technologies that allows you to take control of your editor with CSS and other features.

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Atom is a desk application based on web technologies that allows you to take control of your editor with CSS and other features.


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Aarohi B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Atom Use Review"
I like that you can use it to write HTML and CSS since it has color coding
Kush J.
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4.0 out of 5
"Good coding IDE"
SImple and clean user interface for coding, with decent features.
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"Great text editor"
I use it to solely for HTML editing for quick edits to the code of the email tempaltes and so on. It saves projects nicely and remembers where you...
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What do you like best about Atom?

i like the user interface of atom along with ui it also offers git integrated with it which helps us to push the text at remote.you can customise it according to you. its good in terms of performance. its quite fast. you can use various themes also. its open source and freely available on the internet.its cross plateform you can use it on mac, windows or linux.if you are a developer it will help you a lot as it helped me to create and modify the whole ui and i customised it as per my ease. it has good comunity support and it helps when we get stuck or face some issue. i faced a issue few days back it was crashing constanly i googled it and i resolved with the help of solution posted by the community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

continouse updates and bug fixes makes it little bit distruptive. you will see that git is integrated partially not all features are available.its resource intensive its not like other light weight text editor tools in terms of occupying resources you may suffer little bit slowness while using atom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

i use it to make the notes while attending teams calls and meetings. it helps me to memorise a lot of things i have noted down throughout my work experience. before any presentation i make notes using atom because of its simple and useful tools and user interface . from gathering requirement to developing the system a lot things come in between and i use atom to make notes of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rohit G.
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What do you like best about Atom?

Atom editor simply provides extensibility by I mean user can easily customise code editor as there preferences.

Atom also provide thems to be set and customise them as well. By which we users can easily enhance our coding experience.

Atom have very clean and welcoming User interface.

It also have package management tool which makes implementation easy.

Atom has built in Git Integration which makes version controlling easy.

Atom also have active and large community which provides best support and also have good customer support.

Because all of this features I use Atom editor frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I have faced issue of slower start-up or longer start up time.

It's resource intensive software so you will require some heavy specifications on your machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Atom solves our problems by mainly focusing on customisation and community driven development.

Atom have solved my problem of adapting new code editor by making easy allowing me to customise it and install packages and library as per my preference.

It solve problem of missing features by providing extensibility of adding library and packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aarohi B.
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What do you like best about Atom?

I like that you can use it to write HTML and CSS since it has color coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I've had trouble getting some packages to work sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I like Atom because it is simple and is a good alternative to some other priced text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Atom?

The memory utilisation and the easy to navigate shortcuts in atom is really user friendly.

It can be easily usable by a begineer for getting used to one of the best coding editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It can have supoort of multiple advanced level extension as well, like github copilot integration and chatgpt integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

So I am a full stack developer and I do code in multiple languages at a time. Atom comes with the support of multiple programming languages along with the easiest navigation among the project files and suggestions on the syntax of programming languages. It helps me in improving the productivity of writing the code in a faster way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shwetank S.
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What do you like best about Atom?

i like the way we can customise the theme in atom. its integrated with git so pushing changes on some remote place is an advantage. you will get the suggestions for autocomplete that's quite impressive. you can search , replace, navigate to diff words through ui. in my opinion its best tool i use it for my personal note making tool while attending the meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

it takes a lot of time while starting and performance is bit slow.it uses high memory while running on the system. there is a lots of competitors of atom which are doing quite better than atom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

i prepare notes through atom while attending the meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kush J.
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What do you like best about Atom?

SImple and clean user interface for coding, with decent features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Customer support could be better, for errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping me write code for my development work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Atom?

I use it to solely for HTML editing for quick edits to the code of the email tempaltes and so on.

It saves projects nicely and remembers where you stopped your work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It can take some time to load and updates or "what's new" can be annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

HTML, CSS, quick editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshaj M.
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What do you like best about Atom?

Customizability: Atom offers an extensive library of packages and themes to choose from, allowing me to customize the editor to my liking. I personally like a very specific theme (monokai pro)

Built-in package manager: Installing and updating packages is straightforward and hassle-free with the built-in package manager.

Cross-platform support: Atom can run on various platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux, making it accessible to a wider range of users. As a multi-OS user, this helps with consistency.

Multiple panes: Atom allows you to split the editor into multiple panes, making it easier to work on multiple files simultaneously.

GitHub Integration: Atom is built on Electron and is closely integrated with GitHub, making it easier to work with repositories and track changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Performance: Despite its rich features, Atom can be a bit slow and resource-intensive, especially on older computers.

Steep learning curve: Atom offers a wide range of functionalities, which can be overwhelming for new users. It might take some time to get used to all the features and shortcuts.

Stability: Some users have reported occasional crashes and bugs with Atom, which can be frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Atom is helpful with its highly customizable interface, the biggest help its cross-platform support. Some programs can only be run on Linux, editing on my windows machine and running programs on linux is a breeze with atom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sudhanshu Ranjan S.
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What do you like best about Atom?

Atom is one of the best editors I have ever used. It has awesome features that help you code easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

There's not as such to dislike about atom. But they can improve a bit in their UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a coder I constantly find text editors that can help me making my coding job easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Atom?

Atom's UI is pretty similar to Visual Studio, and I find it to be pretty easy to read and manage. Github integration is pretty easy and I've never had it crash. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Atom?

There's nothing in particular that I dislike other than the fact that there's more support available for other more popular IDEs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've been able to use Atom as a code editor to edit applications I've built. It's easy to push code to Github and it's been a good alternative to VS Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.