Which free editor (windows) do you use and recommend to beginners?

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm curious to know which free editor you use on windows? It seems like there are plenty available. Which one is your favorite? What do and don't you like about it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

notepad

Answer 2

notepad++

Answer 3

Sublime Text

Answer 4

I prefer free and open-source solutions. That's said, Notepad++ for absolute beginners, and Visual Studio Code (not Atom) for advanced users. Eventually try to learn vim/neovim, or at least have a look of vim keybindings, as they are widely used beyond vim, and vi is a fallback-editor of choice on Mac and *nix systems.

Answer 5

The answer really depends on what language you're going to be coding in. Each IDE has its pros and cons. I would suggest trying several of them and find the one that works best for you. Here are some good ones:

Komodo Edit or Sublime (HTML/CSS/JS, PHP)
Eclipse (Java)
Visual Studio (C#/ASP.NET)

However if you're still learning it might be a better idea to use notepad or notepad++ as it will force you to learn the language completely and won't give you any shortcuts.

Answer 6

Try https://ideone.com if you want to test your code fast. And my favorite editor is notepad++

Answer 7

Notepad

Answer 8

Sublime is my favorite text editor.

Answer 9

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.2.html

Answer 10

Do you mean the ordinary notepad editor which comes with the windows OS?

Answer 11

OK, I've seen notepad++ is great for html. Is it also great when it comes to Python?

And what about Atom?