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Joshua Alberola
1,491 PointsWebsite Building Text Editor
I know Treehouse gives us workspaces- but what about when i write code on my computer? Should I DL some type of .txt program or a WYSIWYG? If so what is recommended? I tried using mac but it will only let me save in .rtf
3 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsI like Sublime Text. Its a simple text editor with great syntax highlighting. Ive also heard good things about brackets
I (and most people here on TTH) wont recommend a WYSIWYG editor simply because a lot of the time what you see is not what you get, but YMMV (wow whats with all these acronyms in this sentence).
missgeekbunny
37,033 PointsI like Sublime text best too but I've also used Coda2 and TextWrangler. If you are on a budget TextWrangler is a nice choice, but if you can spare a little cash I'd go for Sublime text.
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsyou can use Sublime Text free indefinitely, though it is nice to support the developers. just putting that out there.
missgeekbunny
37,033 PointsTrue but you do have to deal with a message encouraging you to license it after a while every time you save.
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsnot every time, just every 10th or so time IIRC
Joshua Alberola
1,491 PointsThanks a lot. I'm going to start out with Sublime. Thank you, guys.