# Is there a preferred IDE for Discourse dev?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [2016年八月27日 08:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312 "2016-08-27T08:23:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Muiran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/muiran/32/73797_2.png) [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)
#### Post date: [2016年八月27日 08:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312/1 "2016-08-27T08:23:48Z")

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I want to primarily work at building plugins that are popular on other platforms ie WordPress.

Thanks

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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [2016年八月27日 09:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312/2 "2016-08-27T09:14:47Z")

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I think there are more IDE/editor preferences than there are developers:

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-ide-editor-and-environment-do-you-use/2105](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-ide-editor-and-environment-do-you-use/2105)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年八月27日 10:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312/3 "2016-08-27T10:26:36Z")

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These days less, cause both @eviltrout and I are on vim 😜

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [2016年八月27日 14:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312/4 "2016-08-27T14:27:29Z")

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Yup, I’m at the point where I find myself going door to door asking people “have you accepted vim as your lord and saviour?”

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### Author: ![gdpelican](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gdpelican/32/81308_2.png) [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)
#### Post date: [2016年八月27日 18:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312/5 "2016-08-27T18:56:13Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/676695839524282368>

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2016年八月30日 03:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312/6 "2016-08-30T03:34:21Z")

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The Church of Emacs would like to remind you that “vi vi vi” is the number of the devil.