Install
MacOS: Atom follows the standard Mac zip installation process. Press the download button at the https://atom.io site. Once you have the .zip file, you can click on it to extract the application and then drag the new Atom application into your Applications folder. Important: all apps on a Mac should live in your Applications folder.
Windows: Head on over to atom.io and click the Download Windows Installer button to get started, then run the installer
Set Up
- Atom Basics: Remember to uncheck Show Welcome window, and check No I don’t want to help.
- Video: How to set up your Preferences.
- IMPORTANT: Install These Atom Packages.
Misc
- Atom is a free and open-source code editor.
- Atom’s package manager is accessible even for beginning developers.
- Atom is an Electron application, and is implemented using the same web technologies as apps that run in your browser– JavaScript, HTML, CSSm and Node.js.