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Posted by Carisa Leal
Carisa Leal
2,101 Points

Text Editor

Hi there! What text editor would you recommend? Thanks!

8 Answers

Vincenzo Merolla
Vincenzo Merolla
9,901 Points

Carisa Leal

These are two editors I personally use and recommend: Sublime Text and Adobe Brackets

This one is currently in beta, but looks to be promising: Github Atom

Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points

Carisa Leal Yup, Atom IMHO is going to be a great editor :)

Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points

I asked for a beta key for Atom - it looks cool. Hopefully it will be awesome!

Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points
Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points

I have been using Brackets. It is free and works for me. Coda is nice as well.

Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points
Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points

Hi Carisa,

on a Mac Sublime Text - but i like Coda too :)

Devin Gray
Devin Gray
39,261 Points
Devin Gray
Devin Gray
39,261 Points

I'm with Patrick on using brackets. It's free and really customizable, I love the themes and the free add-ons you can download from inside the app from code hints to Ruby on Rails and Node.js commands. I'd try that first. But if you feel you have the money to spare and want to use something more of an industry standard, then use sublime text. Dreamweaver is overrated once you learn how to code for real.

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

I use Netbeans for any project with more than one file. Being unable to move files around in projects on editors like SublimeText (please let me know if there's a workaround for this) has been such a killer for me.

Though I'm going to try out Atom here soon.

Carisa Leal
Carisa Leal
2,101 Points
Carisa Leal
Carisa Leal
2,101 Points

Wow! Thanks for all the great replies, everyone!

Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points
Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points

I have 2 Atom beta invites if anyone wants one. Just need a github email.

Vincenzo Merolla
Vincenzo Merolla
9,901 Points

I wouldn't mind that invite. My email's vincenzomerolla@aol.com.

Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points
Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points

Vincenzo, Invitation sent! You will now get 3 keys to pass along too! Enjoy!

Vincenzo Merolla
Vincenzo Merolla
9,901 Points

Thanks a lot man!