13 Best Text Editors to Speed up Your Workflow

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Sublime Text

As for the features, Sublime Text has an advantage in that it’s extremely lightweight (low resource usage), but still keeps around some of the more advanced features you would expect out of a top text editor. The primary benefit is that Sublime Text offers shortcuts and search tools for immediately finding certain functions and making changes to multiple lines at once. Jumping to specific symbols or words takes only a few seconds.

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Atom

With Atom, you gain access to an open source text editor with developers in mind. In fact, the creators of Atom state that they made it just for developers. Also, there’s a community of developers who contribute themes and plugins, much like WordPress or some other opensource tools. An experienced developer should have no problem working with Atom, since it offers clean collaboration tools, a sleek editor, and some great organization tools for keeping your projects in check.

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Notepad++

If you’re a beginner who needs a text editor, Notepad++ is far easier to understand than some of the other options on this list. Not only that, but you’ll enjoy the ability to locate words and replace them all, while also revealing certain bits of code with highlighting. As for advanced users, Notepad++ also does the trick, with its syntax highlighting for HTML, PHP, and JavaScript. The plugins also help out when trying to connect via FTP or integrate with other text editors.

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CoffeeCup HTML Editor

CoffeeCup HTML Editor – If you’re learning coding languages, think about trying this editor.

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Textmate

To get started, TextMate strictly works on the macOS. It seems like a simple editor at first, but it actually has quite a bit of functionality crammed into a small package. Some of the standards you would expect from a text editor include find search and replace tools, autocompletion, and board management. All programming languages are supported by TextMate, and it does have a tool for Xcode projects.

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Vim

It’s tough to say which developers would enjoy Vim as a text editor. It’s an old system with an outdated interface. Yet, it still has the charm and powerful feature-set that the average developer needs. I would recommend it to more advanced developers who enjoy using open source software and being a part of a community–like the one you can find behind Vim.

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UltraEdit

UltraEdit serves a few purposes. First of all, it allows developers and programmers an option for uploading and editing large files. You’ll also notice that it has incredible power and performance for locating files and searching for areas in those files. We also like it for corporate use, seeing as how you can install it on three different platforms and it’s one of the more secure and trusted solutions on the market. From regular text editing to web development and file comparing, UltraEdit provides an impressive set of key features that come at a reasonable price.

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BBEdit

Similar to Coda, BBEdit is also exclusively used on the Mac operating system. It offers highly advanced features, but also strives to have a bare-bones like appearance to go along with the acronym BB. BBEdit includes excellent features like Git integration and auto-completion. Syntax highlighting and quick lookups are also provided, along with editing windows that you can split up and place next to each other for easier editing. The current version of BBEdit costs $49.99 for an individual license. You can also upgrade to new versions for cheaper prices.

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Komodo Edit

However, I would recommend trying out Komodo Edit first to see if it has all of the tools you need for projects. After all, it’s a cleaner interface and lighter weight solution for keeping projects better organized. Komodo IDE has all of the features from Komodo Edit but then it adds on dozens more. For instance, both offer things like the multi-language editor, skin sets, and the ability to make multiple selections.

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Visual Studio Code

Finally, the Visual Studio Code website has numerous tabs for you to learn about the software. The documentation page walks you through steps like the setup and working with different languages. You’re also able to check out some tips and tricks and learn all of the Visual Studio Code keyboard shortcuts. Along with a blog, updates page, extensions library and API information, Visual Studio Code looks like a great choice.

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Brackets

The Brackets text editor comes from the folks at Adobe, in an attempt to offer a more modern, open source solution for developers creating websites. This is a free text editor, with some appealing visual tools for previewing your work and allowing for frontend developers to examine the changes. Writing code is the main focus in Brackets, and it’s done with the help of inline editors, live previews, and nicely organized files.

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CodeShare.io

First of all, Codeshare is made primarily for developers. So, it really doesn’t make sense to use it if you are a content creator or publisher. That said, Codeshare should be considered if you like the idea of having a video chat embedded into your online code editor. You don’t necessarily have to always use the video editor, but it is there as a feature. It’s also worth looking into if you want one of the best real-time code sharing solutions on the market. Overall, we would recommend it for those who would like to code with their teams, interview developers, or teach other people how to program through video.

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