Text Editors

When we are editing code or reading code, we use a text editor (NOT Window's Notepad or Microsoft Word).

Sublime Text

Sublime is our lab's favorite go to editor. See the download page here:

And if you want to install on Linux, see how to install with your flavor package manager:

Notepad++ is a decent text editor. It allows FTP protocol via the FTPExplorerPlugin. Notepad++ is highly customizable and easy to use. Download here:

Geany is an OK option. Geany is available through the official Ubuntu archives (Universe section). Install with the following command:

sudo apt-get install geany

Text Wrangler is the most popular option if you're on a Mac. You can download it from the Mac App Store:

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