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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 15,705 Points

Is there a text editor, other than workspaces, that you recommend?

Workspaces is great and it's relatively easy to use, but I'm interested in downloading a text editor that I can use that has the same functionality for offline use. I will be using it for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

What are some that you have seen? Which one do you use?

Thanks

Russell

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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
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I used Sublime for a while, but recently switched to Atom, and I've kind of stayed with it. I like how customizable it is.

:dizzy:

Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Thanks Jason,

I downloaded Atom and it looks great. The one thing I can't figure out is how to preview the project. I know I'm missing something simple.

Thanks

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Local editors are not like Workspaces. There is no way to preview directly from the editor (no preview button). Although, Brackets does has a live preview, I did not like the way it functioned.

Now previewing does depend on which language you are working in. If it's just HTML / CSS / JS, you would just open the index.html file from your desktop folder in a browser. I only use Macs, so I would navigate to where the file is saved and right-click and "open with" (I use Chrome).

Make sure any changes made in the editor are saved, and then all you need to do is refresh the browser window.

If it's a Backend Language (eg. Ruby, PHP, etc) then previewing is a whole course in itself.

:)

Jeremiah Allen
Jeremiah Allen
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Jeremiah Allen
Jeremiah Allen
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I personally have been using brackets and really like it. It's a great free option. You can always try out others and see what you prefer.

Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
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Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
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Sublime is my weapon of choice, as for previewing I highly recommend using either grunt or gulp in your projects and using browser sync as part of your work flow. There are some great tutorials on here how to use them. You'll never look back!