A short review of Notepad++ , one of the most popular code editors!
This solution proposes itself as an alternative to the classical Notepad, adding new functionalities and a total large-scale support of the most common programming languages.
The editor runs on Windows (for Mac users an alternative can be Atom editor) and is regulated by a GNU General Public License.
Some features of Notepad++ are:
- Full support for a wide range of both high-level and other languages (e.g. markup type);
- Auto-complete text function;
- Macro recording;
- Bookmarks;
- Search and replace feature using regular expressions;
- Split-screen;
- Code Indentation;
- Highlighting of parentheses;
- Customizable interface, style and text size, including Dark Mode and Light Mode;
- Multilanguage support;
- Tabbed display, when working on different files;
- Plugin support.
- The interface is clean and easy to understand, in full WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) style.
Widely used in the creation of some of our video tutorials, Notepad++ is completely free, you can download it from the official site and start coding now!