Sublime Text Book
Learning and science
programming book
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
17 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 17 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Pricing: 6 for, 7 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Well written and useful for newcomers
From 2 comments
Looking at the sample chapter, this book seems reasonably well written and might be a good buy for someone new to ST who wants to get up to speed quickly. I think calling it a…
Silhouette on HNNice...I generally skip over the endorsements section but Addy Osamni's statement of confidence caught my eye, and it reminded me why I should even be interested in such a…
danso on HN
Good value for workflow optimization
From 1 comment
Nice...I generally skip over the endorsements section but Addy Osamni's statement of confidence caught my eye, and it reminded me why I should even be interested in such a…
danso on HN
Objections
Price too high for page count and online availability
From 3 comments
Let's talk about the price of the e-book, $36. For a standard nonfiction e-book, that price is fairly high, but when it comes to software/programming books, you expect it to be a…
jawns on HNI totally agree! I know that books are difficult to write and the author deserves his or her due. But these are paper prices for electronic content and I just won't pay this…
robertlf on HNEditor is $70 if you want to buy and this book is more than $30. Combined price of both of these is more than I paid for my OS long back. Too much investment for a editor and…
nayak on HN
Sample chapter layout had widows and orphans
From 1 comment
Love the concept - but reading the sample chapter, the layout was extremely distracting. Tons of widows/orphans, and even some images that were cut across pages. When you are…
ghshephard on HN
Does not cover power-user features like plugins and themes
From 2 comments
Looking at the sample chapter, this book seems reasonably well written and might be a good buy for someone new to ST who wants to get up to speed quickly. I think calling it a…
Silhouette on HNDisappointing that it doesn't have a chapter for plugin development, in my opinion that's the best feature of Sublime Text: You can use all the python ecosystem plus it has a…
ivanca on HN
Requests
Add a chapter on creating packages or plugins
From 2 comments
Very nice. One thing I'm missing in the TOC is a chapter on creating your own packages: the official docs are (as usual) quite sparse and I'd love to have a couple chapters…
_raul on HNDisappointing that it doesn't have a chapter for plugin development, in my opinion that's the best feature of Sublime Text: You can use all the python ecosystem plus it has a…
ivanca on HN
Accept PayPal payments
From 1 comment
Shame you only accept Credit Cards, I live in South America and only have access to PayPal for online payments.
sergiotapia on HN
Questions
Is it worth learning Vim versus Sublime
From 1 comment
I'm a proficient VIM user. Can Sublime compete? Is it worth trying to learn it?
alphabetam on HN
Is there a student discount for Sublime Text
From 1 comment
I know this is probably a common question but are there any student discounts for sublime text? I write nearly all my code in it and I love the editor and want to give back but…
Lrigikithumer on HN
Alternatives named
Pragmatic Programmer book
From 1 comment
On the pricing, The Pragmatic Programmer is about the same price and gives you a ton of tips related to writing code and more.
enknamel on HN
Atom editor
From 2 comments
I'm pretty tempted to buy a copy. However, the thing holding me back is, I've recently switched from SublimeText to Atom. I didn't see much development on the SublimeText front,…
victorhooi on HNI can't find a text editor superior to Sublime. Maybe one day I'll buck up and learn vim then join the superiority-complex crowd, but until then Sublime all the way. I was hoping…
kendallpark on HN
Practical Vim and other O'Reilly books
From 1 comment
Let's talk about the price of the e-book, $36. For a standard nonfiction e-book, that price is fairly high, but when it comes to software/programming books, you expect it to be a…
jawns on HN