Github Rolls Out New Text Editor Atom 82
hypnosec writes "Github has introduced Atom, its new 'web native' code editor which has been in development for more than six years. Atom is available as a part of an invite-only beta program. GitHub describes Atom as an attempt to create an editor 'that will be welcoming to an elementary school student on their first day learning to code, but also a tool they won't outgrow as they develop into seasoned hackers.'"
You can request an invite on atom.io. The source to supporting libraries has already been released, but it looks like Atom itself might not be released (although it is a "specialized variant of Chromium designed to be a text editor rather than a web browser."). The editor is extensible in Javascript instead of "special-purpose scripting languages" like Emacs and VIM (is Javascript really any less messy than Emacs-Lisp though?). A preliminary user guide and customization guide are available to all.
looks like ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Looks like Sublime Tex [sublimetext.com]t as a web browser. Now when you screw up, you're tab will show a frowny face.
Atom Versus Brackets (Score:2, Interesting)
How does this compare to Brackets [brackets.io]?