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Smiley Face
Courses Plus Student 243 PointsAny HTML & CSS Workspace alternatives
I was wondering if there are any IDE type things that are similar to workspaces, where you write in the HTML and CSS and then set it up.
If anyone knows any then id like to look at those as well, thanks!
5 Answers
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 PointsHey Smiley,
Jennifer's suggestion about NetBeans is a good alternative, and Sublime Text 2 and Brackets are two other potential alternatives to consider.
Sublime Text 2 has a free trial that is basically everything you need and limitless, although you do get popups every now and then asking if you'd like to pay for a license. It's a powerful tool and definitely highly recommended.
Brackets is another new user friendly code editor with really great customization options. However, since it's a free open source project at the core it does come with a few quirks. For instance, it doesn't have native support for right click copy and paste context menu options, but this can be added quickly with a plugin. It also starts to lag in rare circumstances when working with files that have a lot of information in tag attributes.
The plus side of Brackets is that it's one of the most easily customizable code editors around right now.
Good luck with the search!
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherI personally like NetBeans IDE. And it's free! It will even point out things that don't look correct and possibly what you should do about them.
Christian Thomsen
13,345 PointsI like using atom.io it's available for both PC and OSX
Smiley Face
Courses Plus Student 243 PointsThanks for that, workspaces is good but it drops out frequently, ill take a look at these alternatives, thanks again.
Smiley Face
Courses Plus Student 243 PointsI think i will use brackets, it looks really good and it's' suited to my needs. Thanks for the help!
Joey Frazer
Courses Plus Student 129 PointsI recommend atom.io
atom.io is made by GitHub and has a wide range of plugins. Windows and Mac.
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherI can also confirm that Sublime Text 2 is a good choice. I use that one also on occasion :)