Editors

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A basic text editor (or code editor) application is a simple graphical application which is used–you guessed it–to type text. If you’re already familiar with a word processor application like Microsoft Word, then you can think of a text editor as akin to a Microsoft Word with the same core capability to type text but without all the fancy fonts and other formatting features.

The native macOS graphical text editor application is TextEdit.

The native Windows graphical text editor application is Notepad.

An integrated development environment (IDE) extends what a basic text editor can do. An IDE bundles a multitide of components including editors, terminals and shells, file explorers and advanced search capabilities, version control, and more into an integrated UI.

Visual Studio Code is a popular cross-platform IDE.

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Tools & Technologies

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Atom

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Ed

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Emacs (GNU)

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Ex

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Helix

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Kakoune

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Micro

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Nano (GNU)

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Neovim

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Pico

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ][ g ] Spacemacs

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Vi

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Vim

  • [ h ][ d ][ w ] Visual Studio Code (Microsoft)

Online

  • [ h ] Editors (Vim) (MIT’s Missing Semester)

YouTube

  • [ y ] 01-26-2024. Theo - t3.gg. “This VS Code Killer Just Went Open Source (Written In Rust BTW)”.

Figures#

  • [ w ] 1954----- Joy, Bill

  • [ w ] 1961-2023 Moolenaar, Bram

Terms#

  • [ w ] Code Editor

  • [ w ] Emacs

  • [ w ] Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

  • [ w ] JetBrains

  • [ w ] Line Editor

  • [ w ] Notepad (Windows GUI)

  • [ w ] Source Code Editor

  • [ w ] Text Editor

  • [ w ] Text User Interface (TUI)

  • [ w ] TextEdit (macOS GUI)

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