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Neil Bircumshaw
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Neil Bircumshaw
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Neil Bircumshaw
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,597 Points

For the first project, will I need to download my own text editor to start working on the project?

Or do they provide one somewhere?

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Alexander Davison
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Yes. You should probably install a text editor of your choice. Some great ones are:

  • Sublime Text ($79.99 but unlimited free trial)
  • Brackets (free)
  • Atom (free)
  • Visual Studio (free)
  • And many more (you can always look up something like "top 10 text editors" in Google search or your favorite search engine)

I personally enjoy coding in Sublime Text the most and Treehouse also commonly uses Sublime.

However, I recall using Brackets and I remember liking it a lot.

I never tried Atom but it seems like a great text editor as well, and Treehouse sometimes uses Atom, too.

Also, according to the project, you have to post the project on GitHub once your finished.

I hope this helps. ~Alex

Neil Bircumshaw
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Neil Bircumshaw
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Neil Bircumshaw
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Thanks Alex! It would be nice if they actually mentioned that you would have to do that, especially for someone who isn't aware that that needs to be done! I currently have only notepad ++, you think I should go for a better editor like one of your recommendations?

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
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It's 100% up to you! If you feel like installing a new text editor is a big waste of time, you don't have to!

However, text editors can be easier to work with, since they were design specifically for one purpose (I think you know the purpose, PROGRAMMING! :smile:).

For example, there is Text Coloring (Workspaces has this too, for example the keyword function is a different color than regular text, and there's special searches and code completion and so on.

You can always look up these special features that these text editors support. :)