After finding this site and looking at all the choices I decided to just stick with Notepad++ rather than trying something new. Notepad++ offers so many good features:
- The text is displayed in different colors depending on what it is
- When you select an opening
the closing is automatically highlighted. - There are line numbers which come in handy when you get an error that references a particular line number.
I am sure there are many other benefits to using Norepad++ but one of the main reasons I like it is because it doesn't add any extra space(s) or code to your project. The code is as neat and clean as you make it.
Also, I stumbled on a few good reference sites while I was looking for an HTML editor. It still amazes me how much good information is on the web! I found quite a few good explanations and references for JavaScript, CSS and XHTML. I also found a nice reference site for php while trying to figure out how to comment out a number of lines of code.
Terry,
ReplyDeleteAfter starting to code with the book, I spent last night looking for a good editor and found a decent editor in "Free Javascript Editor" made by Yaldex software (www.yaldex.com). It has intellisense and can also check and validate javascript syntax. I do have Notepad++ and see that as a viable option as well.
You know guys, another cool editor I just read about the other day and have tested out minimally is one called jedit. It allows for all kinds of customization as well as the coloring of text and such depending on the language being used. It is supposed to be comparable to the Mac only program known as Textmate. If anyone has used Textmate before, you know how powerful it is and any program that someone claims to be comparable to it, must be rather powerful in and of itself! Just something else to check out if you're interested.
ReplyDelete(You can see it at jedit.org)
ReplyDeleteI too started using notepad++ back when i took IS247 with professor Huei Lee, i use it quite a bit and have been quite happy with it's more IDE style fell and look. It is simply and easy to use and can handle a variety of languages easily. The latest version keeps information on how to modify your computers registry to be a direct replacement for the standard Windows Notepad program. I will probably checkout some of the other editors mentioned to see if i like them any better, but for someone looking for a Notepad updgrade that is easy to use Notepad++ is hard to beat.
ReplyDeleteI really haven't had the chance to use any other editors other than notepad++. I think it's a good editor tho and I might just keep using it for this course as well. As for the Jedit, Matt, what are the major differences between that and notepad++?
ReplyDelete