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Top 9 Text Editors in Backend Development

The best Text Editors within the Backend Development category - based on our collection of reviews & verified products.

Vim Netbeans Brackets WebStorm GNU Emacs PhpStorm Light Table PSPad Kakoune

Summary

The top products on this list are Vim, Netbeans, and Brackets. All products here are categorized as: Software designed for writing and editing plain text, offering functionalities ranging from simple note-taking to complex code editing and document formatting. Tools and platforms for developing the server-side of web applications. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1

    Vim

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions

  2. NetBeans IDE 7.0. Develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, PHP, C/C++ and more. Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. NetBeans IDE is open-source and free.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #IDE #Text Editors #Software Development 15 social mentions

  3. A modern, open source text editor that understands web design
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 47 social mentions

  4. The smartest JavaScript IDE

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development

  5. GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 6 social mentions

  6. Professional IDE for PHP and Web Developers

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development

  7. Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from...

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 11 social mentions

  8. 8
    Text, code and hex editor.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1 social mentions

  9. Vim inspired — Faster as in less keystrokes — Multiple selections — Orthogonal design

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 9 social mentions

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