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Posted by Huy Tran
Huy Tran
1,994 Points

What are the best editor to make a website?

I'm clueless on what software to get in order to create my own website. Anyone recommend one that's good and does treehouse offer any tutorial on how to use them?

4 Answers

Neil Docherty
Neil Docherty
10,418 Points
Neil Docherty
Neil Docherty
10,418 Points

I personally use Sublime Text.

It's very easy to use and I believe it's used a lot in this community and in some of the videos that do not use Workspace.

Huy Tran
Huy Tran
1,994 Points
Huy Tran
Huy Tran
1,994 Points

ok thanks I also heard brackets is also good as well and its free

Neil Docherty
Neil Docherty
10,418 Points

I've never used that. I'll maybe have a look at it - Sublime is pretty good though :)

Sublime is free too! I know it provides a buy option but it's optional really. When you download it you will occasionally be asked if you'd like to pay for it or if you want to continue to use it for free.

Brandy Dandy
Brandy Dandy
195 Points
Brandy Dandy
Brandy Dandy
195 Points

I've heard good things about Sublime Text 2 as well as Brackets. I prefer Webstorm as it's a proper IDE. You can get a free trial if you are a student somewhere.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I use Brackets and Sublime. I find Brackets great when I'm working on front end stuff, as it has a live preview, meaning the preview of the site changes as you code, not just when you save, which is kinda cool, as you can shift things by a pixel or two and it updates without having to hit ctrl+s.

But I find brackets a pain to use on the backend stuff, so I than use Sublime Text 3, about 80% of what I do really.