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Best text editor

What is your fave text editor and why? I have started using brackets and I like it but wondered about pros and cons of other text editors. Thanks!

14th Mar 2017, 12:28 PM
Alice Kuersch
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Notepad ++ forever alone.
15th Mar 2017, 8:52 PM
mr.Frechman
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notepad++ we can open multiple pages in one time...
16th Mar 2017, 9:47 PM
Suyash Purwar
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Notepad++
14th Mar 2017, 12:29 PM
Andre van Rensburg
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I do most of my editing in Atom. Lots of packages you can add to it to help with syntax highlighting in various languages, some include skeletons that present themselves when you start typing something like a tag or a block and you can then [TAB] to place the skeleton and tab through between the places you need to add your own code. Also available cross platform. And if you're really good, it's open for customisations.
14th Mar 2017, 12:36 PM
Danny Smith
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I m also fond of web programming, I would like to suggest these editors: 1.Notepad++ 2.Sublime Text 3 3.Atom 4.Brackets 5.RJ TextED
16th Mar 2017, 6:17 AM
Shreyas Sable
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notepad
23rd Apr 2017, 11:46 AM
Prashanth Kumar
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Check out Sublime, it has everything you need :)
15th Mar 2017, 6:44 PM
Bogdan
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i use sublime text and i think its the best..
19th Mar 2017, 8:11 AM
Simpson Chacko
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vim 😋
15th Mar 2017, 12:05 PM
anas elbouziyani
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If Notepad++ worked on Linux & Mac I'd use it. As it doesn't... Mac: Atom Linux: Atom (or Nano in a terminal) Windows: Notepad++
16th Mar 2017, 9:11 AM
DaveW
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Phpstorm is really good for php codes and handles break points better. Also sublime can be used by a beginner, and it also has a lot of plugins like Emmet that can make it easier to code.
16th Mar 2017, 9:22 AM
Jegede Olubunmi Bosede
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Sublime text editor ✌️ Its simple and fast 😌.
30th Sep 2018, 1:54 PM
Vishnu
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Iam using notepad++
14th Mar 2017, 12:44 PM
Nithin
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Thanks Danny for the info. Any of you notepad++ crew want to elaborate on why you like to it?
14th Mar 2017, 12:47 PM
Alice Kuersch
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the best text editor is "visual studio code" it has a lot of additional packages and allows you to manage your git repositories from the same text editor with a great user interface for default and you can register it to open in the right click menu, additionally it automatically shows you when a plugin has an update and you can search the plugins from the same text editor, no need to search it from the web, and has more functionalities that just does the life easier for you.
15th Mar 2017, 6:21 PM
Sergio Rojas
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There are plenty of good editors, that both beginners and professionals use, such as: Notepad, Vim, Emacs, Brackets, Atom, sublime text, Webstrom IDE, etc... I've read many answers about that subject and almost all experts would say that: Stick with a Great text editor (such as the ones mentioned above) and get to know how to customize it become comfortable using and that will do the job. Besides, many would recommend Atom because it's free, open-source, light-weight and many developers are working on ameliorating it all the time via github and as long as a thing is more used contributers will keep making it better. - If you're working on more advanced projects using webstrom ( there're a good number of experts using jetbrain's webstrom IDE).and it's main pros: - light-weight. - Very fast. - integrations (ex: github) - supports different popular frameworks. - supports client and server sides JS code. Cons: not free but you can try for free for 30 days.
16th Mar 2017, 1:47 AM
H.Edin
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Thanks everyone for your help. Definitely a few options to look into.
16th Mar 2017, 3:19 PM
Alice Kuersch
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notepad++ or geany
21st Mar 2017, 4:19 PM
Philipp Ferdinand
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notepad ++
14th Mar 2017, 12:37 PM
Ch AJAY KUMAR
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Notepad++
14th Mar 2017, 1:45 PM
Yasiru Nayanajith
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