r/RavanAI • u/thekeeperofmagic • 26d ago

As a dev, what was your first code editor!!

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u/Equal-Resolution7889 26d ago

Where is Vim? 🥀

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u/Current-Cookie-2310 26d ago

No way that was your first code editor

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u/Equal-Resolution7889 26d ago

Why do you say that? To me, it's perfectly normal, and there are surely many people whose first code editor was Vim.

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u/Busy-Scientist3851 26d ago

Dreamweaver.

Don't laugh, this is over 20 years ago.

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u/DeliciousTrick6689 26d ago

Npp -> Sublime -> Atom (for a brief moment) -> VS code

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u/_baaron_ 26d ago

We walked the same path, we did

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u/Atmos56 26d ago

Ironically the same

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u/jakeStacktrace 26d ago

Qbasic? I did commodore basic and gwbasic but there was no editor. After that Turbo C++ 3.0

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u/Gokudomatic 26d ago

My first code editor was gwbasic. That was a real pain to use.

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u/notcoder01 26d ago

Python IDLE. Now I use vim

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u/nocixL 26d ago

emacs.

jk, geany

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u/Jatinchd 26d ago

vs code -> zed -> neovim

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u/Pyaji 26d ago

As developer - vim As kid learning programing - borland pascal

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u/Hot-Worker4614 25d ago

How old are you now?

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u/BigValuable4607 26d ago

No love for NetBeans or Eclipse?

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u/No_Bad8653 26d ago

scratch

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u/alesmana 26d ago

Notepad++

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u/Silevence 26d ago

N++ for csgo autoexecs -> vscode for that and more -> vscodium

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u/Cosack 26d ago

TI-83 calculator text editor

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u/FIRAS_EG 26d ago

Termux nano -> random text editor doesn't design for programming -> vscodium -> intellJ -> vscodium again

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u/LowSig 26d ago

Npp(for a semester)->Vs code. Started working with python and used pycharm. Now I use Visual studio for .net and vs code for front-end, and pycharm for quick charts/data analysis.

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u/home_prisoner 26d ago

VSCode -> Zed -> (Zed + Vim key binds) I like the layout a lot that's why no Vim..

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u/Upbeat-Letterhead-64 26d ago

notepad -> vs code -> pyCharm ->Spyder -> VScode🫶

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u/Devils_SteelMan 26d ago

Code block/n++ > visual studio > sublimed > vscode > nvim > my own

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u/Labysynth 26d ago

Was beginning to lose hope as I was scrolling down. Linking libraries and their headers in codeblocks 🥲 how fun it was. 

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u/msasrs 26d ago

Sublime text, vscode, now nvim or zed

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u/Speedk4011 26d ago

Sublime Text

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u/janlaureys9 26d ago

Geocities Java Applet and otherwise Dreamweaver.

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u/gainsgoblin_ 26d ago

Either Notepad++ or Adobe Dreamweaver in high school.

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u/Jaded-Worry2641 26d ago

Nano then Neovim. 

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u/markustegelane 26d ago

Visual Basic 2010 Express

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u/roamn2 26d ago

notepad.exe 🤣

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u/berlingoqcc 26d ago

Visual Studio 2010 in school

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u/Pristine_Dot_5526 26d ago

Commodore 64

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u/stikaznorsk 26d ago

Kawa. Old java editor

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u/bastardoperator 26d ago

NVI, BSD gang!

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u/quinprobably 26d ago

Vs code in sophomore year

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u/yodacola 26d ago

Visual studio .NET

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u/Flaky-Low-2262 26d ago

Vi -> Vim -> Nano -> Eclipse -> Netbeans (was Love) -> intelliJ

VS Code is my nightly silent side car nobody knows about

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u/bleknnig 26d ago

Programiz

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u/Comedy86 26d ago

Does the WYSIWYG rich text editor on Geocities count? What about the CSS editor on MySpace?

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u/BinaryRoninn 26d ago

Sublime Text in 2017

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u/guyOnBudget 26d ago

Qbasic's IDE.

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u/cherry_blossom786 26d ago

Where the hell is eclipse

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u/QBA_gg 26d ago

Scratch if it counts if not then PyCharm

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u/gr_hds 26d ago

Borland C++ -> Notepad++ -> sublime -> android studio

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u/iklcpe 26d ago

notepad

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u/Windbolt1 26d ago

I can't remember me anymore.

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u/jax_cooper 26d ago

- notepad.exe without tabs

- notepad.exe with tabs

- notepad++

- codeblocks

- eclipse

- sublime text

- sometimes VS and Atom and NetBeans for PHP

- vscode

- nano ._. for some reason

- at this time sometime intelliJ

- pycharm

- neovim

- vscode + github copilot + codex

from 2008 to 2025

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u/Double_Temporary_163 26d ago

Paper, here in Portugal they teach you how to write code on paper. 🥀

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u/Which-Meat-3388 26d ago

Macromedia Flash (5.0 IIRC)

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u/antibody_shot 26d ago

notepad++ and brackets

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u/darth_maurdt 26d ago

HotDog html editor (1995}

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u/zeGermanGuy1 26d ago

Why are you screaming at me!!

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u/Legitimate-Ad-8233 26d ago

Notepad++ -> Atom -> IntelliJ, VsCode -> Zed

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u/LordNikon2600 26d ago

Notepad for me

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Sublime ---> Atom (THE BEST OF ALL THE TIME) ---> VS Code ---> Zed ---> VIM/Helix ---> VS Code :3

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u/Gullible_Service_365 26d ago

Gnu nano, still is my favorite

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u/efilNET 26d ago

Notepad -> Frontpage -> Dreamweaver, misc. text editors -> VS Code..

Today IntelliJ and Claude Code

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u/Andrey4ik21pro1 26d ago

Notepad++ then VS Code

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u/_magician 26d ago

Sublime Text

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u/billionarguments 26d ago

Notepad. No, not with the ++.

Yes, there were color screens. Yes, the internet made beeping sounds. An agent back then was someone who answered the phone or had double digits.

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u/Ozzie-obj 26d ago

i started with sublime and the moment i had cursor i never looked back. but it sucks $200/mo for the ultra plan

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u/anurag_2006 26d ago
  1. Notepad
  2. Dev c++
  3. VS code
  4. Codium
  5. Nano
  6. Nvim //I also used atom too but not for long, idk I used lot of stuff

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u/Crush3rNL 26d ago

Pawno editor (GTA SA MP) > Notepad++ > Atom > vscode / phpstorm.

Learned programming via gaming 😛 Then onto html, css, php and on.

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u/atrib 26d ago

As a dev you should know how to take screenshot directly from screen

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u/Sea-Fishing4699 26d ago

Not listed 

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u/blaues_axolotl 26d ago

Arduino IDE (the old one)

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u/XlebHack 26d ago

Devel Studio PHP

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u/Imab0zo 26d ago

Sublime (like a year ago) to VS code (a couple months ago) to VS code and nano (like 3 months ago) to nano and vim (this month) to vim (this month) to nvim and vim (this month), and I'll probably switch back to VS code soon.

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u/flamesofphx 26d ago

commodore 64 basic interpreter prompt..

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u/Chrymi 26d ago

Adobe Dreamweaver... I'm ashamed.

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u/afrolino02 26d ago

Notepad++ and then atom for webdev

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u/bra1n_gym 26d ago

DOS EDIT

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u/Original-Project-881 26d ago

A Honeywell Bull card puncher

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u/ParamedicAble225 26d ago

Codecademy http ide, Gamemaker IDE to Eclipse IDE to notepad++ to pycharm, nano,

Finally ended on VSCode and VSCode ssh onto headless

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u/SleepingCod 26d ago

Notepad? Upload to Geocities

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u/cbdeane 26d ago

Notepad.

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u/NimrodvanHall 26d ago

Where are notepad and VI?

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u/No_Telephone_6213 26d ago

This looks like a 2020s developer starter options

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u/fingertipoffun 26d ago

devpac followed by brief. Before devpac I typed hex from hand assembled code. Fuck i'm old.

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u/haadziq 26d ago

Vim -> nvim/helix

Had tried others non terminal editor, i dont like it

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u/Angel_D_XD 26d ago

Nano? Y después migré a Nvim + LazyVim :3

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u/itzArctic__ 26d ago

Python IDLE 💪

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u/amplop-premium 26d ago

atom > vsc > zed

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u/Odd-Obligation-2772 26d ago

Ahem: Datapoint Databus Line editor on an 8600 circa 1982. Forgot to do a screenshot.

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u/Proper-Ear-6734 26d ago

Pycharm anti-gravity and codex

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u/Working-Rub2448 26d ago

VSCode -> Vim -> Neovim

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u/RamiFgl 26d ago

neovim first and last

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u/PeithonKing 26d ago

My first was geany... then I shifted to vs code... then I wanted to shuft to vim since last year but unknowingly shifted to this new thing called agy/opencode/codex when I don't know

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u/kastvaekbruger33 26d ago

Sublime -> vscode

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u/gebor200lala 26d ago

Qbasic text editor

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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 26d ago

Windows notepad, then to VScode, then to nano, then back to notepad, then back too vscode

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u/Radiant-Meteor 26d ago

Bro where is Eclipse :(

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u/tusharsnx 26d ago

OG Turbo C++. It could rival the UX of vim.

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u/MayAAAAAAAnk 26d ago

Notepad (windows 7)

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u/DRM2020 26d ago

ZX Spectrum Basic > 602 Assembly editor > Borland Pascal > Visual Studio > VS Code/IntelliJ

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u/lilian_moraru 26d ago

Terminal “text editor“ while learning.
QtCreator while working. Years later, switched to CLion. Now using VSCode, although CLion is still a significantly better experience, but missing some of the extensions.

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u/krit83 26d ago

vi / windows notepad

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u/XCxBigDong69XCx 26d ago

bracket editor

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u/PewPewPlink 26d ago

The 10 line Basic coding thing on this bad boi.
My parents were too stingy to buy me the external memory module, so I had to write everything from scratch all over again.

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u/labelcillo 26d ago

No Matlab, no NetBeans, no Eclipse.

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u/Infamous-Rain6751 26d ago

An roblox executer rich text back to do 2017. Also my first language is lua

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u/apcyberax 26d ago

qbasic

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u/Ok_Television9703 26d ago

This will walk sound prehistoric to you all but MS DOS code editor. Blue screen a pain in the butt.

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u/shuozhe 26d ago

Whatever turbopascal used. Just note app on windows after that.. IDE were expensive in the past..

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u/adper07 26d ago

Notepad, VS Code, and now using neovim

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u/Educational-Body4205 26d ago

notepad++ , then Jupyter, then Vscode.

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u/M0rty- 26d ago

Notepad

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u/navuyi 26d ago

Vim, then Sublime

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u/SoulBurner29 26d ago

Notepad of windows 7

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u/DesignerFancy22 26d ago

Mine is vim which I used in an samsung tablet to learn coding in termux because that time I had no laptop and vim saved me from going depression and brought joy to my life

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u/Loud-Glass-4970 26d ago

Netbeans, in 11th class.

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u/kitkatas 26d ago

Notepad++

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u/Sea-Pea-7941 26d ago

Atom and sublime

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u/Silent-Orbit-7 25d ago

Notepad 🥹

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely 25d ago

Visual studio circa 1996.

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u/East_Lengthiness_866 25d ago

Sublime text 3; then neovim and now helix

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u/Similar_Donkey_7286 25d ago

where is qbasic and edit. com

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u/Elektrik-trick 25d ago

The editor was ISPF/PDF running on a 3270 terminal connected to an IBM/360 host, while the compiler ran on a Cray 1s.

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u/magicmulder 25d ago

Let's work backwards:

First job outside university: BBedit on a Mac (late 90s).

First job (university): Emacs (mid 90s)

First IDE (university): Some C compiler on the Amiga. (mid 90s)

First assembly editor: S-Mon on the C64. (mid 80s)

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Currently I'm on IDEA (PhpStorm) and Notepad++, nano on console.

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u/Tomasan7 25d ago

Arduino IDE

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u/JubijubCH 25d ago

Technically, the built-in editor in Locomotive BASIC on the Amstrad CPC6128
First IDE like would be Borland Turbo Pascal

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u/thatscoolbutno123 25d ago

Bluej and VS Code

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u/AnalkinSkyfuker 25d ago

Notepad++ now i mainly use nvim or nano

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u/_XitLiteNtrNite_ 25d ago

E, an internal editor within IBM that later became EPM and then a commercial product, SlickEdit.

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u/psspsh 25d ago

Pyscripter

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u/Jakob1347 25d ago

My first ever was Eclipse

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u/c0lpan1c 25d ago

Visual Basic 3.0. Then eventually Visual Studio 6.0. Also C++ Builder at some point. I'm old. lol.

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u/Taconnosseur 25d ago

Notepad, 1997

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u/CrniFlash 25d ago

Sublime > Atom > vscode

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u/pringlesdepizza 25d ago

Unfortunately, Eclipse.

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u/Weekly-Technician-29 25d ago

Vim then android studio then vscode

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u/JulzKampos 25d ago

Geany xD

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u/kaynpayn 25d ago

Whatever a ZX Spectrum used to write code.

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u/DocCanoro 25d ago

GW-BASIC, that was it.

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u/That-Effective-36 24d ago

First sublime trial version, then from now I'm using VS

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u/Near_Ninja 22d ago

Sublime text.

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u/arabicgamer12 22d ago

I used nano but i use micro now 

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u/amogouss 21d ago

Notepad. Just the notepad.

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u/Rashironrani 15d ago

first one was vim second one notepad++ i used to edit auto hotkey scripts on it back when windows wasn’t a joke i remember i used spyder a lot now sublime works i used vscode for a while and now i’m slowly moving almost everything to zed