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title: Source Code Editors
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##Source Code Editors
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Source code editors are the programs that allow for code creation and
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editing. Any text editor can be used to write code. But dedicated code
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editors offer many useful features, including: text completion,
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markup coloring, and tabs/panes for side-by-side editing. These features can
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be useful even to new users who don't know their way around all of the
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advanced options.
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There are many, many editors available to download or use
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online, both paid and free. They offer many of the same core-features, but
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each have their own subtleties. Further research may help find the one that's
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right for you. The following editors are all cross-platform and
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free to use or evaluate.
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## <a href='https://www.sublimetext.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Sublime Text</a> 
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Sublime Text is a very popular editor that has been around <a href='https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/one-point-oh' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>since 2008</a>. There
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are many options and <a href='https://packagecontrol.io/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>extensions</a> available,
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and a lot of <a href='http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=sublime+text' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>help available</a>
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online to help
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<a href='http://www.websightdesigns.com/wiki/Setting_up_Sublime_Text_3' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>set it up</a>.
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(The license for continued use costs $70\. However, Sublime Text is free to
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download and evaluate, with a nag-screen pop-up.)
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## <a href='http://brackets.io/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Brackets</a> 
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Brackets is a relatively new open-source editor by Adobe. It is very user
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friendly, especially for people who aren't used to command-line interfaces
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or JSON-style settings/prefereces. Extensions and themes are quick and easy
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to find and install through the Extension Manager.
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## <a href='https://atom.io/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Atom</a> 
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Atom is an <a href='https://github.com/atom/atom' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>open source</a> editor, developed
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by <a href='https://github.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>GitHub</a>. Like Sublime Text, Atom is quite popular.
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It is very configurable ("hackable", as they say) but advanced features may
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be overwhelming to new users. There is also plenty of <a href='http://readwrite.com/2014/05/20/github-atom-5-tips-getting-started-tutorial-corey-johnson/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>helpful</a> <a href='http://flight-manual.atom.io/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>documentation</a>
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<a href='http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=atom' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>availble</a> online.
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## <a href='https://code.visualstudio.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Visual Studio Code</a> 
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Visual Studio Code is a source code editor developed by Microsoft in 2015, and is now one of the most known code editors for web development.
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It supports many programming languages, and like the others you can download plugins or extensions to make it more configurable for your coding style.
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Its main features are:
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* IntelliSense - For syntax highlighting, autocomplete, functions definitions and smart complete.
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* Debugging - Be able to debug using break points, call stacks and an interactive console.
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* Build-in Git - Review diffs, stage files, make commits, push and pull, all available in the editor.
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* Extensions - Install extensions to add new languages, themes, debuggers, and connect additional services.
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