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Atom Text Editor

  1. Go here to download Atom.
  2. Open the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the installation instructions.
  4. Open the Atom application.

Add Packages

Atom's core functionality can be extended using thousands of third-party packages that can help reduce your errors, and increase your productivity.

We can install Atom packages in the Atom settings menu, or via the command-line. Since we're learning to be awesome developers now, let's use the command-line!

Add open-in-browser

The open-in-browser package lets you quickly open your HTML files in the browser. Install it with:

apm install open-in-browser

Restart Atom and then you'll be able to right click on a file and see the option to open in browser.

Configure Git to Use Atom

When you forget to enter a commit message in the Terminal, git opens a text editor and reminds you to add a commit message.

  1. Run the following command in the Terminal to configure git to open Atom instead of the default text editor:

    $ git config --global core.editor "atom -w"