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Posted by Cristian Brownlee
Cristian Brownlee
8,061 Points

Text Editors

As a newbie I am loving Workspaces and all the little benefits that come with it e.g. predictions, colour view, drag/drop files etc. The only downside I see at this stage is that it requires an internet connection to use. Are there any offline text-editors that this is perhaps based on? Or at least very similar? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

7 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

I use Sublime Text (70$ but unlimited free trial) and you can find it on www.sublimetext.com. There are others to choose from, but I will say Sublime Text is the most popular.

Hope it helps! ~xela888

Cristian Brownlee
Cristian Brownlee
8,061 Points

Thanks for your reply. What might be the limitations (if any) for the free trial?

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

There is no limitations, you can take the trial forever.

Cristian Brownlee
Cristian Brownlee
8,061 Points

So a bit like winRAR? Okay great thanks for your suggestion I'll give it a try!

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

No problem, but if you want a different text editor, you could try Brackets (free).

Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points
Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points

I've been using the Atom editor (open-source & free) and it's very similar to the workspaces (https://atom.io/). I've also enjoyed working with Notepad++ in the past.

Niilo Smeds
Niilo Smeds
12,540 Points
Niilo Smeds
Niilo Smeds
12,540 Points

Brackets and Atom are both free and great.

Kristopher Van Sant
PLUS
Kristopher Van Sant
Courses Plus Student 18,830 Points
Kristopher Van Sant
Kristopher Van Sant
Courses Plus Student 18,830 Points

Agree 100% with Karen Freeman-Smith and Niilo Smeds . Sublime is great but I think Brackets and Atom have become the industry standard and recommended editors. I personally use Atom and love it.

Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

I use atom and love it, it has the autocomplete function and color codes things. It is my favorite that I have tried.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Sublime Text is very similar to Atom