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What are the extensions to have functional IDE in zero time? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Spatolone@alien.top to c/emacs
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I have recently approached the world of Emacs, which I find great... The problem though is that I feel I'm wasting too much time trying to have it running in order to do the real work (and I've seen, there are several memes about it), so I was wondering what are the must-have extensions to quickly fire something functional (similar to vscode... Don't make me get back to that please) for development.

By the way, I've seen several configurations scattered around the web, and something tells me that I've ended up in another anarchic realm (which is, something I both hate and love), as if that of distros -being the same except for one thing- wasn't enough.

Of interest are: Python, Go, Bash, Clojure, Elixir, yaml (Docker, Terraform, Ansible), json, csv

I would also appreciate the general must-have extensions, currently I'm getting lost navigating Doom Emacs and Melpa packages.

Thank you!

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[–] SpotGoesToHollywood@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I agree with those who say that this is not the right time to adapt Emacs to your use case, being ready to use is simply not its selling point and you would just end up getting frustrated and making comparisons with other things (I.E. vscode).

My advice is to use what you already know and one piece at a time, figure out ways you can adapt your workflow in Emacs.

I warn you that it will not be easy, but if you have well understood the positive factors of this editor, you know how many doors it opens.

Generally speaking I would recommend:

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  • yasnippet
  • ivy
  • smartparens
  • hydra
  • request
  • projectile
  • swiper
  • magit
  • counsel
  • org-mode + org-roam

Explore org-mode a bit and try to get a sense of how you can leverage Elisp to do everything! (remember, that you can concatenate the different things and create very articulate workflows.)