This guide will show you how to change the comment punctuation color in Atom. This is something that is easy to do by modifying your stylesheet. Many people will do this as a personal preference for their theme in Atom. If you have not already read the How to Change Comment Color I suggest you … Read more
This guide will show you how to change the font size of find and replace in Atom. This is definitely a preference feature. You could make it small to get it out of your way, or larger to help see what you are searching for. On the main menu, navigate to File > Stylesheet Next … Read more
This guide will show you how to use the find and replace feature in Atom. This is extremely helpful when you need to make a lot of the same edits across your code base. This could be updating some functionality, or misspelled words in your text. Typically for me it is word misspelling, can’t you … Read more
This guide will show you how to create a new file in your project using Atom. This is extremely helpful when you want to create the file within the ide, rather than using file explorer. Doing this is quick and easy as you will see in the steps below. As you can see it was … Read more
This guide will show you how to create a new folder in your project using Atom. This is extremely helpful when you want to create the folder within the ide, rather than using file explorer. Doing this is quick and easy as you will see in the steps below. Right Click on the folder in … Read more
This guide will show you how to update plugins that you have installed on Atom. This is something that you should be in the habit of doing on a regular basis. The main benefits of updating your plugins are: 1) gaining new features with the release, 2) bug fixes being addressed within the release, and … Read more
This guide will show you how to remove a plugin from Atom. This is quick and easy to do. If you want to reinstall the plugin you can do that later down the road as well. Another option could be to disable the plugin if you are looking for it to only be temporary. I … Read more
This guide will show you how to hide or toggle the menu bar in Atom. This is a preference setting for most. Sometimes I like to hide the menu bar when I am trying to maximize my display on my old MacBook Air. Sometimes as small as this can make a huge difference will my … Read more
This guide will show you how to install a plugin in Atom. These steps will work for installing just about any plugin that atom has to offer. What this does not go over though, is how to set up each of the plugins you install. Sometimes when you install a plugin they will work right … Read more
This guide will show you how to start Atom in safe mode. This is really useful when you are having issues with the application and are trying to isolate what might be causing the issue. Most likely it might be a plugin, or some sort of add on to the ide. Starting in safe mode … Read more