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Just wanted to make a thread to see what TTG's preferred IDE/editor is when it comes to their work. I work mostly in Javascript and HTML/CSS, and I used to work a little with Java (Fiddle around with Python in the past aswell....not my strongest point though)

What I've used in the past:

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  • Very fast, with a native-feeling UI
  • Costs money for extended use, but a coder who is serious about his work will consider it $70 well spent if they really fall in love with it
  • Very good cross-platform support
  • Default Color scheme is very easy on the eyes for late night working
  • Community Support


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  • All the positive basics of a good Editor
  • Open Source
  • Extremely lightweight
  • Packages and development support
  • Crashes are an issue, but typically due to a 3rd party non-core package


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  • Well suited for Front end, and Web designers.
  • Live Preview feature
  • Extensions support
  • Not as well suited for Python, Ruby, or PHP developers to name a few


Those are just a few pros/cons I could come up with for them, I'm not an expert at programming or really an advanced user, nor do I claim to be, just a hobby I've developed over the years. If anyone else has any thoughts I'd love to hear them

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Thanks for this useful post. I'll refer to it later because I do in fact need a new text editor a.s.a.p!
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Would Adobe Dreamweaver and Notepad ++ fall in to this category ?
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Peas wrote Would Adobe Dreamweaver and Notepad ++ fall in to this category ?


I'm not an expert in the community, but I would consider Dreamweaver an editor in a way. The issue with it though is the dependency new users may form with it, but for experienced coders it is probably an extremely useful tool

And yes, NPP (Notepad++) falls in the category, with it's Syntax highlighting and all.
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Notepad++ and eclipse. Don't really use anything else
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Thanks for this post bro.

It was very helpful in allowing me pick a more reliable text editor!
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I've used a few (sublime and brackets which you've already mentioned), But you could always Eclipse and Visual studio 2013.

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  • Fairly robust and easy to navigate
  • Decent ammount of plugins


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  • Allows you to import full websites (assuming your website is all in one folder)
  • Detects items within other folders for href auto completion and CSS referencing
  • ctrl+f5 to preview in a web browser using IIS express


There are more but without using them a fair ammount of use and a decent opinion theres
no point in telling others to use them.



Peas wrote Would Adobe Dreamweaver and Notepad ++ fall in to this category ?


Dreamweaver is more of a WYSIWYG editor (like Kompozer and Frontpage)
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I've been using webstorm for HTML & JS & CSS lately. It's a fantastic editor. Would recommend it to anyone!
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Brackets is really fun to use although not something I often would. Usually I'm working with Visual Studio/Eclipse
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I use PhpStorm for both front-end and back-end web development. It's a powerful IDE with a lot of useful features, and good VCS support. I would definitely recommend it.

I use Eclipse for Java development, with a few specific plugins that I need for work (such as Force.com IDE).

Very rarely I do something in C#, when I do I use Visual Studio 2013.
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