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In Harry Potter, Garrick Ollivander stated that "the wand chooses the wizard". The same is true of text editors. In this challenge you're going to let a text editor choose you. Time ~1hour
Text editors come in all many different forms, but at their hearts they all do the same thing - allow you to edit files that are composed of straight forward, everyday text. HTML & CSS files are like this, their contents are simply plain text.
I've been using Notepad++ and Dreamweaver, but I'm going to try some of the others mentioned in the comments just to get a feel for what works best for me in any situation. I always like to have lots of flavors to choose from :)
I'll be using Notepad++ because it is part of my PortableApps setup so I can work with it no matter where I am or what (Windows) machine I'm on because I always have my flashdrive with me. I'm also cheating a bit by repeating all the exercises in KompoZer to see how it would do the same exercise.
I'm going with Scite. Its a good editor with color coding, tabs and is very light. It also can handle a few other languages.
Also another good editor is Eclipse.
I will be using sublime text2,because i love it,i feel very confortable with this editor,and i love its default colours scheme :).
Edit: i think that i wil better use vim.
I have used a number of text editors within the past couple of years but recently, I came across Sublime Text 2, and it has become my favorite tool to use. It is one powerful tool that can get the job done a lot faster than your normal simple text editor like Notepad or Metapad. Another text editor that I use is Codepen, which is also a powerful tool, and has plenty of great features to use. It is free to use, and here is the link: http://codepen.io/ if any one is interested in trying it out for themselves.
I DECIDED TO WORK WITH NOTEPAD++ SINCE ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND LECTURERS IN MY DEPARTMENT USE IT. IT SEEMS EASY AND LESS COMPLICATED.
im familiar with notepad and notepad++,but i will stick to the latter
I have decided to use notepad ++ as most of my collegues as well as my lecturer use this text editor. I also find it simply and nicer to use comparing with notepad.
Notepad++ since windows 98, now I have migrating to linux and use Vim..
I decided on Notepad++, however, I'm using Windows 8, and I happened to stumple accross sometime called "Code Writer". This app seems to be pretty awesome, and it has great reviews.. I'll play around with both of them to see which I like better.
I love Notepad++. I have it installed on all of my computers, and it's come in handy quite a lot.
For pure html coding, I love Edit Pad Pro. It's paid, but the syntax highlighting, plus the color coding of tags (blue if it's properly opened / closed, red if there is an issue with the closing tag, or the contents within the tag) make it hands down my favorite HTML editor.
Since I do a lot of php coding, I also use Eclipse. It's phenomenal for managing a project, jumping to functions, code hinting, and much more.
Thank you for the mention of some other options. I would like to eventually be able to design Wordpress themes which I believe is mostly done in php so thanks for the info about Eclipse.
I use Aptana Studio and SublimeText. Both are easy to use, feature rich, and free to use.
I have notepad, but I never used it because I word and word pad.
It's notepad++ for me. I have already used it and have had no problems with it.
I wasn't aware of how outdated my computer's OS has become. Most of these won't run on my Mac OS 10.5.8 system. For now I'll use my old Dreamweaver software.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned NoteTab Pro. I used that for years. It is a great text editor.
I think as a text editor notepad++ is best. But if you ask me for an IDE I think Webstorm is best.
