If you are a WordPress Developer, You must be using Text Editor for Development Environment. Atom is an open-source Text Editor from Github. Lately, Atom is becoming more and more popular among developers.
What is Atom?
Atom Syndication Format is known as Atom. It is a format to publish content in XML to be used by feed readers and news aggregators.
Quick Support & Github Community is the best reason for choosing Atom as Text Editor over other software.
It enhances the workability of every WordPress Theme Developer or Plugin developer. It works seamlessly for all operating systems OS X, Windows, and Linux.
It is open-source software, so use it for free. You can download and use it completely free.
Atom Setup in WordPress:
Download the latest version of Atom from its official website.
Complete the Download into your device and run the main file. you’ll see the main screen for software.
You can select to whether send your data to atom developers or not. If you are working on learning projects, You can use it otherwise uncheck it.
After closing all the tabs you will access the main menu, From here you can start creating projects.
How to Install WordPress Packages into Atom
Installing packages into atom is as easy as installing plugins into WordPress. After downloading Atom, Launch the code editor.
Go to: Main Menu > Atom > Preferences.
You’ll see, +Install. Click on that tab from the left-hand menu.
You will see a search bar from where you can search for tall the packages.
Click on the install button below the package.
All the packages with additional information are listed on the Atom.io/Packages website.
Must-Have Atom Packages For WordPress
Atom developers are creating more and more packages so this is not a complete list of all packages. Community Developers are working for creating more and more WordPress-centric Softwares.
It is a list that will be helpful if you are a WordPress Developer using Atom.
It will help you manage all of your projects at a time with more efficiency.
It is used to keep packages organized. You have to atomlinter.github.io in order to find the specific linter for the languages you develop in
It adds several features including extensive support for WP CLI, few general features such as adding a WordPress root folder to the Atom sidebar, support for notifications, and others.
4. WordPress Core API Support Package
It supports the WordPress core API for the Atom Editor.
5. Git Plus
Git requires efficient and easy repo management. By using Git commands or IDE, It doesn’t get simple. Git plus is made to solve exactly that problem. If you have worked with the command line and terminal, It will be easy for you otherwise it might take time for you to understand how it works.
6. wp-dev package for Themes and Plugin Development
It adds common snippets for WordPress development works. Which is good for beginners.
7. WordPress Functions For Atom Package
It adds support for WordPress function suggestions and WordPress snippets.
8. Autocomplete WordPress Hooks Package
This package autocompletes WordPress actions and filters for your source code.
9. Minimap
Minimap was one of the very first packages we installed in Atom. Sublime Text comes with a document map by default, which makes navigating large files exponentially better. It adds the same functionalities
10. WordPress Dictionary for Atom Package
It adds support for snippets of all WordPress functions, filter hooks, and action hooks for the Atom editor.
Benefits of using Atom Code editor
Atom will help WordPress Development in the following ways.
- Community Support & Open source resources.
- Hackable Editor for Customizations. Provides complete expandability.
- Syntax Highlight and Autocomplete
- Packages
- Git Integrations
- Fuzzy Search Function
- multi-cursor, manipulating text methods, And good syntax highlighting
Conclusion
Code and text Editors are essentials for Developers. There are so many Code Editors But Atom is preferable because of open-source resource availability, functions extending capabilities.
