Awesome Atom Plugins

Posted by wojtek on July 26, 2015 in Development

I’m using and recommending to use Atom.io as a text editor. It’s advertised as “A hackable text editor for the 21st Century”. A lot of plugins are provided with it. Let’s check the best of them… I mean my favorites.

Minimap

Minimap is well know feature from Sublime, it’s really useful zoomed out view of file. It helps with really long files… but who want to create ‘really long’.

Install: apm install minimap
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/minimap

Git Control

Would like to have Git integrated in Atom? Simple add Git Control plugin which provides GUI interface for some of git commands. Probably enough for average daily usage.

Install: apm install git-control
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/git-control

Git Plus

Alternatively you can use Git commands in Atom with this plugin. To toggle palette press Cmd+Shift+h. Two grate ways of working with Git in Atom choice is yours.

Install: apm install git-plus
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/git-plus

Merge Conflicts

Need better solution to deal with conflicts in Git? Try this plugin.

Install: apm install merge-conflicts
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/merge-conflicts

EditorConfig

If you found package using EditorConfig or you want to start using it in your project. Of course Atom has plugin which enables this great standardization feature.

Install: apm install editorconfig
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/editorconfig

Autocomplete Plus

Need more of proper IDE in your Atom? Just install autocomplete-plus plugin which will display suggestions on keystroke.

Install: apm install autocomplete-plus
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/autocomplete-plus

Markdown PDF

Atom is my favorite Markdown editor, it comes with build in Markdown preview feature. But what if you want to save it as .pdf? Simply install this plugin.

Install: apm install markdown-pdf
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/markdown-pdf

Atom Beautify

Problem with sticking to coding standards? Just beautify your code with this plugin.

Install: apm install atom-beautify
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/atom-beautify

Zen Mode

Getting distracted while working in Atom? I can’t give you solution for your environment but you can resolve any distractions on your machine, just go for Zen. Activate with Cmd+Ctrl+z.

Install: apm install zen
Plugin link: atom.io/packages/zen

Additional Languages

Need additional languages support? In Atom, no problem! In your Settings (Cmd+,) then Install and search for language-[your_language]. In my case it was language-matlab. Works great.

What About You?

I’m curious what favorite plugins do you have? What I can still improve in my editor.

more soon…

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