Best Code Editor Software for Programming
Nodepad++
Notepad++ is one the simple code editor. It is an open source program
and is the extended version of in built Notepad. Notepad++ is
supported by Windows, Linux, BSD and Mac OS. Upon starting the
program you will find difference between notepad and notepad++ easily.
It also support the additional plugins. Another features of it include
spell checking, tabbed editing, drag and drop capabilities, find and
replace, line interpreter, file comparison, zooming and much more. It
support syntax of 48 programming languages with content folding and
syntax highlighting including c, c++, HTML, JAVA, CSS, PHP etc.
JEdit
JEdit is another popular code editing program for Windows, Mac OS,
Linux, Unix and VMS. It is written in java programming language. It is
an open source software and support hundreds of plugins and Macros. It
support more than 200 languages with syntax highlighting and line
interpreter. It support different character encoding including UTF8 and
Unicode. It is alight weight program easy to install program and allow
quick editing to program with error checking. Because it is develop in
java programming therefore it is platform independent software just you
only need JVM of that OS to run it.
Crimson Editor
Crimson is another popular Code editor
which is written in C programming language. It is an open source
software which is developed for Windows only. It support only english
language currently. It is light programming software. It support more
than 60 programming languages with line interpreter, compiler
integration and syntax highlighting feature including C, C++, Ruby.
MySQL, Perl, HTML, CSS, PHP etc. It also provide support for plugins and
Macros. It also provide support for FTP client.
Araneae
Araneae is an editor for professional Web developers for Windows
only. It is available for free for non commercial use. It also support
various extensions to use with it. It provide instant browser preview
without saving the code. It provide support for HTML, XHTML, CSS,
JavaScript, PHP, Ruby and more. It also provide drag and drop support
for files and images. It support syntax highlighting with line
interpreting which provide easy debugging of code and reduce the chances
of error occurring. It provide easy to use tool and simple interface.
Borland Compiler
Borland is one of the common choice for C and C++ beginners. It is
compatible with Windows and Mac OS. It highlight the language keyword
with different colors. It is a lightweight, non dos based compiler which
provide easy development of C and C++ programs. It also compile the
entire program within few minutes and find the errors with line number
and provide the appropriate warnings to avoid that errors. We can save
and open the files with .CPP extension. It is light weight software easy
to install, run and include all C, C++ libraries.
Borland Compiler
Eclipse is a professional Java editor and Tools. It is platform
independent support any OS including Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OS, we
just only need the JVM of corresponding OS. It support only java. It is
smart tool that provide java syntax highlighting, sort the keywords
in different colors, auto suggestion for removing the errors. It
also provide suggestion for different functions available in java and
sort them in alphabetic order. It also include external libraries to
make a bridge between different databases and java. It is a smart
software you just create class, packages, interfaces with in few
minutes.
Brackets
Brackets is most popular editor for latest technology like Angular
JS, java editor, HTML, CSS, PHP etc. It is a professional web
development tool which provide line interpreter, line formatting,
different background colors etc. It is an open source web editor that
provide auto suggestion for HTML and CSS. Brackets is wise web
development tool which allow the Content folding and present the web
languages keyword into different colors. It can also provide support to
run files from PHP servers directly. It also provide files and images a
drag and drop capability.
So these few best code editors for windows PC and mac. In case we missed any of the best one let us know.
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