[Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - Atom: A Hackable Text Editor for the 21st Century

[Jerry Feldman]

When: February 19, 2020 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic:  Atom: A Hackable Text Editor for the 21st Century
Moderator: Jerry Feldman
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 149

*** Note: Room change. This is on the first Floor

Note: Parking at E-51 is now free. See note below

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Note: Sorry for late notice: Our previously scheduled speaker's employer 
scheduled him to be out of town.

Summary:

Jerry shows us Atom, a graphical editor for software development

Abstract:

As the subject says, ‘Atom is a Hackable Editor for the 21st Century’. 
Jerry is a long time EMACS user, but while at Red Hat, he found that 
EMACS was not doing a good job with Python. Another developer suggested 
Atom. Atom is very customizable. First, for Python, it has a number of 
packages that provide syntax checking, automatic indentation as well as 
the ability to execute code from the console. Atom also has packages to 
support other languages. The things I like about Atom is that it can 
display a list of files and their status, and a number of panes. Jerry 
will demonstrate how he works on applications and displays code in 
multiple panes. In addition, Atom supports GIT and SVN. With git you can 
do a an add, commit, a pull or a push. He will demonstrate that on one 
of his projects.
Atom is fully open source. In addition to Python, Atom supports many 
other languages, including C, C++, Perl, JavaScript, Java, and many 
more. Jerry will show a list from the language indicator. Atom supports 
many different themes. Jerry uses the Atom Dark, but he will demonstrate 
others. He will also discuss the package manager. He will also 
demonstrate how to run the application being edited.

Atom can be installed directly from the Fedora repositories via the ‘dnf 
install’ command or the software center, and in Ubuntu via the ‘apt-get’ 
command or via the Ubuntu Software Center. It may be downloaded from 
https://atom.io/. [atom.io] For more detailed directions see the Atom 
Flight Manual: https://flight-manual.atom.io/. [flight-manual.atom.io] 
In many cases, when you install an application from a vendor repository, 
that version might be somewhat out of date. However, atom will notify 
you if there are updates to both Atom or your packages.

Jerry has tried many different editors over the years. More recently he 
tried Pycharm, a popular Python-oriented IDE. Pycharm is not open 
source, and the free version lacks many useful features. Several years 
ago, Jerry tested Geany, but decided that Atom was the better system for 
him.

Attachments
Atom Home:  https://atom.io/ <https://atom.io/>
Installing Atom: 
https://flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/
Atom Flight Manual: https://flight-manual.atom.io/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
On-Campus Free Parking (These parking lots are free after 5pm)

The Amherst Street/E51 parking lot is the best parking option. It
probably will have plenty of spaces. During the school year the lot
tends to be full, but tends to clear out after 6:30 or 7PM.


Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only
accessible via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and
directly under the Sloan library.

All other MIT lots require permits after hours.

The closest public parking
is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is
90 Broadway Street. For other parking options, see
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/public_parking.html


All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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