I'm a tolerant person, but come on, man. Between VSCode, JetBrains, (n)vim and emacs, and I can't think of a legitimate reason to use np++ for development over any of them.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You havent lived until you wrote python over ssh in nano.

[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

But I mean this is (hopefully) an exception and not the norm.

[–] ByGourou@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

We wouldn't have to do that if vscode remote ssh was good

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Luckily all systems I had to do this on had vi installed.

[–] MikuNPC@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's super fast in comparison to full IDEs and is easier to use than most editors. I switch between vscode and notepad++ depending on what im doing.

[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago

Macros man, being able to record a macro and use it quickly and easily is worth it's weight in gold when you're doing something super repetitive that there are no automatic refactors for.

And i hate the "modern sleek design" culture of making all the options hidden and difficult to reach. Notepad s interface is so fucking clean and usefull.

I still use intellij because of a lot of other things but quite often I find myself using notepad for specific tasks and it's such a treat

[–] pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

The tiny, tiny footprint and speed to load.

I would think I'd probably use an IDE if I was coding all the time.

Heck, I'm only using it because JFE got too old.

I do have VSCode set up even with the same scheme as NP++... but let's face it, the most complex things I'm using are PowerShell and Node JS.

[–] droans@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'll use it for one-off short scripts. No point in doing the whole shebang for something that doesn't need it.