[jvilk]

Like Sublime Text, it's somewhere between an IDE and a text editor. For example, both Sublime Text and Atom have a TypeScript plugin that uses the TypeScript language service to highlight compilation errors as you type, and to provide semantically-correct autocomplete suggestions. These are features typically expected in an IDE.

However, neither integrates with a debugger like a traditional IDE. You'll likely drop to a terminal or external tools to run / test / debug your program. (I'm sure they both have a plugin to make terminal commands a keyboard shortcut away, though.)

Hope that helps. It's a fantastic editor, although it can be a bit RAM heavy on my aging MacBook Air.

[badloginagain]

At this point I don't think I'm going to make the switch from Sublime Text and Atom. It feels like Atom is preparing the groundwork for market domination by creating an open-source framework that people use, love, and actively develop for.

But right now, it seems like its basically on par with ST, just with higher growth potential. That's not worth the switch for me at this current point in time.