Can we use notepad++ to code with any languages?

Question

If so, how do you compile?

Answer 1

You can use it for coding a lot of programming languages. For compile, you must install the compiler acording the language and compile 'by hand'. IDEs do all of this, but if you want to learn compiler basics you can do it this way.

Answer 2

Notepad++ provides support for almost all the languages. But remember that it is just an editor, it does not have a built-in compiler like IDE's do. You should install a compiler for your language on your device. Then you might compile a source code using terminal/cmd.

Answer 3

need to be noted, i agree as Steppenwolf says. what i mean is nppexec not a compiler itself, it just plugin like a bridge between notepad++ with the compiler.
for detil please refer to http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Compiling_Source_Code

Answer 4

There's a reason it's called notepad++. It really is just a greatly improved notepad.

Answer 5

Ohh 😅 I didn't know it Steppenwolf ..Thanks for the knowledge.. Sunzuiana Marius Ovidiu I'm not interested 🙄

Answer 6

I feel newbie right now.. trying to execute classical Hello World first program, just by save my coding in Notepad++ and saving as a Java file....

Answer 7

How to have that?

Answer 8

Ben Zabid thanks !

Answer 9

I really enjoy using notepad ++. it's
free, lightweight, supports as editors of many programming languages.
with the help of nppexec as a "bridge", maybe the problem of Diogo Baruzzi could be solved :)

Answer 10

It's an editor you can write any program using Notepad++ but you might need an IDE for compilation and execution..

Answer 11

You can use Notepad to write lot of code of different programming language..

Answer 12

Sublime text 3 is the best editor ;)

Answer 13

I use Atom too

Answer 14

i use notepad++ to compile c and c++. just with nppexec (notepad++ plugin).

Answer 15

Notepad++ is not an IDE, it just a source code editor. ... Notepad++ provides support for almost all the languages. But it's recommended to use only if you don't have an IDE for the language like for scripting languages.

Answer 16

Sublime text is nice, bu with the free version you have this ox popping out every once in a while, encouraging you to buy it.

I advice to use - Notepad++/VS code - you can use those for all of the languages

Brackets/Atom - Mainly FrontEnd

Answer 17

Could Notepad ++ have other plugins besides nppexec?

Answer 18

Yes, you can, but you can't run the code without an external compiler installed, like IDE's can do. So I recommend you to use an IDE.

Answer 19

As far as I know, notepad ++ has many plugins with various functions

Answer 20

you can compile from command line cmd javac classname.java for example