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it is a tool that help to write and manage text,
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some text editing software comes with features that other text editing software does not.
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Important features :
- code completion;
- syntax highlighting;
- a nice variety of themes (to reduce eye strain and fatigue);
- the ability to choose from a healthy selection of extensions available when you need them.
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Every computer will come with its own text editor : Windows computers, the text editor that comes with your computer is called, “Notepad.”
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examples :
- Notepad++, Text Wrangler, BB Edit, Visual Studio Code, Atom, Brackets, and Sublime Text.
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Visual Studio Code is a free text editor made by the folks at Microsoft. It is available for Windows computers, Mac computers and Linux computers. VS Code has the Emmet shorthand for HTML and CSS already built-in with no additional work from you at all. VS Code has everything: syntax highlighting, themes, extensions and code completion. It seems like VS Code has a very healthy following in the web developing community.
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The Difference Between Text Editors and IDEs:
- IDE :Integrated Development Environment
- a suite of different software all coming together.
- An IDE is a text editor, a file manager, a compiler, and a debugger all in one software package.
- pwd which stands for Print Working Directory : it tells you what your current or present working directory is.