Text Editors

What is a text editor?

A text editor is a program designed for editing and writing code.

What is syntax highlightning?

Syntax highlightning is what most text editors have as features to make editing and writing code easier, for example, colors your code so you can quickly recognize different parts of a program, a string might be green and a method might be purple.

What are some beginner-friendly text editors?

Sublime Text, Geany, and Atom are some commonly used beginner-friendly text editors because of their ease of use and familiar interfaces. They also have powerful features that help you work more effeciently as you learn.

What are some more advanced text editors?

Vim and Emacs are advanced text editors that were introduced in the 1970s. Their learning curve is steep, but once you learn to use them well, writing and editing code is incredibly efficient. Most Linux systems install Vim, or its predecessor vi, by default.