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Aron Shane
1,211 PointsWhat is the best text editor to use?
What is the best text editor to use? I think, Code and Sublime look nice... better than Dreamweaver or Eclipse I would say. Any suggestions?
7 Answers
Mohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsI would suggest Sublime Text or Vim. I love both of them and use them both! Try them but my advise would be to try all the best text editor and choose the one you like :). By the way there is a workshop on treehouse about vim it's a good start
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 PointsI would highly recommend all of the following!
If you have any questions about any of these editors feel free to ask them!
-Luke
Aron Shane
1,211 PointsThanks! Im checking of coda 2 also.. its a paid editor. Sublime Text has a download free or paid option which is kind of confusing. Is Sublime text free?
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 PointsNice, I haven't used Coda so I can't really give you any info on that but Sublime Text is free yes. The only downside of having the free version is every 10 saves or so it will ask you if you want to buy it but it's no big deal as all you have to do is press the cancel button.
I would highly recommend it, it's a fantastic editor.
Aron Shane
1,211 PointsThank you!
jamesoneill
5,167 PointsI really like Brackets. Its free and has an auto refresh option so you can see the changes to your work in real time.
James Fulkerson
4,474 PointsI love Brackets. They really went above and beyond on the feature set, making it a wonderfully flexible editor. I also love editing CSS files through the HTML. Very well thought out.
Brigette Eckert
16,957 PointsI personally really like Notepad++ (totally free) and Sublime. Notepad++ has been nice for hmtl because its easy to run with a web browser to see what your work looks like. I've only used sublime for javascript so far but it can be used for a variety of languages. When you run your program with the cntrl b shortcut it tells you what line of code the error is on which makes debugging easier.
christopher walsh
10,763 PointsI like Brackets. its lets you get straight to the coding. other text editors take too much time learning all their features. Brackets is very simple. and you can upload a psd into Brackets and get all the CSS from it. so its very helpful.
Rob Turner
1,458 PointsFor now I'm with Brackets though I'm keeping an eye on Visual Studio Code.
Aron Shane
1,211 PointsAron Shane
1,211 PointsThanks! Was sublime free? Ill check out Vim as well.
Mohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsMohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsYes It's free ;).
Aron Shane
1,211 PointsAron Shane
1,211 PointsReally? Wow thats cool.. I thought it was a licensing thing. Ok thanks!
Mohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsMohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsActually you need a license but you can use it even without one. That's the thing
Aron Shane
1,211 PointsAron Shane
1,211 PointsOK.... "Sublime Text 2 may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no enforced time limit for the evaluation." lol
Mohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsMohammed Khalil Ait Brahim
9,539 PointsCoolest product ever hh