Learning Sublime Text 3
2h 7mBeginner2016-12-07
Authors
Kevin Yank
Front-End and Back-End Developer
Course details
Sublime Text 3 is an innovative text and code editor for OS X and Windows with a thriving ecosystem of add-on packages. But some of its best features are difficult to discover.
Instructor Kevin Yank takes students through the basic, not-so-basic, and downright hidden features of the editor, demonstrating how to use each tool and command to become more productive. Find out how to find and replace sections of code, bookmark your position, leverage helpful shortcuts, edit multiple lines of code simultaneously, and automate some of your work with autocompletion, snippets, and macros. Plus, learn how to tweak the appearance and configuration to make Sublime Text work best for you.
Learning objectives
Juggling multiple files
Managing files and settings across multiple projects
Finding and replacing text
Customizing the look and feel
Using multiple selections to edit multiple lines and large amounts of text
Autocompleting code
Using snippets and macros
Extending Sublime Text with packages
Instructor Kevin Yank takes students through the basic, not-so-basic, and downright hidden features of the editor, demonstrating how to use each tool and command to become more productive. Find out how to find and replace sections of code, bookmark your position, leverage helpful shortcuts, edit multiple lines of code simultaneously, and automate some of your work with autocompletion, snippets, and macros. Plus, learn how to tweak the appearance and configuration to make Sublime Text work best for you.
Learning objectives
Juggling multiple files
Managing files and settings across multiple projects
Finding and replacing text
Customizing the look and feel
Using multiple selections to edit multiple lines and large amounts of text
Autocompleting code
Using snippets and macros
Extending Sublime Text with packages
Skills covered
Sublime TextWeb Development ToolsLearningWeb DevelopmentOpen Source
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
Opening, Viewing, and Editing Files
- Touring the interface
- Switching between files
- Handling encodings and line endings
- Basic editing features
- Clipboard features
- Working on multiple files at once
- Working with projects
- Finding and replacing
Customizing Your Editor
- Changing preferences
- Recommended settings
- Package Control
- Adding custom color schemes
- Adding custom themes
- Creating custom key bindings
Power Editing
- Expanding selections of code
- Transposing and swapping code
- Bookmarking a position in the file
- Using the Goto Anything command
- Navigating your project by indexed symbols
- Using the command palette to access seldom-used shortcuts
- Using multiple selections to edit multiple lines simultaneously
- Creating a multiple selection using matches
- Using multiple selections to edit large amounts of text
- Switching into Vintage mode to make Sublime Text work more like Vim
Automation
- Autocompleting code
- Using snippets in code
- Using macros in code
Essential Packages
- ReadmePlease
- ColorPicker and GutterColor
- SideBarEnhancements
- HyperlinkHelper
- Emmet
- More packages
Conclusion
- Next steps