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📣 interactivecode

Fastest IDE on macOS?


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 Accepted Answer ✓
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.
👤 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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