Ask HN: Fastest IDE on macOS?

[interactivecode]

I'm currently using vs-code which I really like but I'm done with my laptop sounding like a jet engine and making my hands sweat.

What IDE could I use that:

1) Doesn't require me to switch to vim or emacs key bindings 2) Has strong auto completion for web development 3) Is more performant than electron style applications

[laveur]

This is a bit of a loaded question. It greatly depends on what kind of IDE you need. iOS/Mac apps Xcode, Android apps Android Studio, Web stuff vs-code, atom or anyone of another handful of apps. Each one has specific markets.

[whammywon → laveur]

+1 for VS Code for general purpose dev.

I used Atom when it first came out and loved it, despite people's constant complaints about it crashing and being unstable. It just ran so smooth for me.

Then I moved VS Code so I'd be using the same editor for my personal development that I used at work. About a year ago (3 or 4 since I moved from Atom) I decided to give Atom another try, and was miserable. It crashed constantly and when it didn't crash it would run at a snail's pace.

I've installed VS code on multiple machines and haven't had any issues, despite both Atom and VS Code are Electron apps.

[Gibbon1]

What language are you using? I use codelite for developing firmware in C. Supposedly supports JS and node.js but I cannot vouch for that because I don't do web stuff.

I have noticed that IDE's based on Scintilla are very responsive. Much better than ones based on Java frameworks and vastly faster than VSCode. The memory usage is much smaller. Current medium sized project I have open is using 45mb of memory.

A suggestion is to do the brain dead thing I did and look at the lists of IDE's on Wikipedia and try the ones that might work for you.

[smt88]

Try JetBrains. They feel snappier to me than VS Code. YMMV.

[nguyenkien]

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