After launching
cinst bracketsI got an editor, it appeared that current version is 0.41. First impression was – “too lightweight”, and it is after Visual Studio. The first feature I missed was formatting of selected code – there is no such command to invoke (at least I was not successful finding it). After lurking back and forth, cloning the repo, looking through the code, adding new command to launch some existing APIs – I got what I want, but then I thought – there already should be someone who needed the same functionality. And that’s it, there were several attempts to provide such functionality, starting with the extension that does almost exactly what I did and ending with several cards in projects cardboard, describing different formatting desires.
I end up installing the Beautify extension for formatting and also Code folding for folding regions of code. Both does not look abandoned (Brackets itself as well) and they do the work so far.
There are several conclusions from that story:
- Before writing your own feature, check if somebody already did that
- You could pack Brackets with whatever you want - there are a lot of extensions for almost any needs
Why Brackets? I like its Live Preview feature, when you can edit page and see a result on the fly in browser. I like it for its weight – that’s exactly what I need for prototyping ideas. I like it’s pace of evolution – it’s moving forward quite fast, growing to a mature product. I like the fact that I can add the feature I am missing
Go and check if you haven’t seen it yet.
