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Whether you’re a new web developer or a veteran code

junkie, you need a code editor robust enough to handle
everything you can throw at it. In fact, that might just be the
most important part of your toolset. Since this is an ongoing
search for most everyone the field, we wanted to give lay
out some of the best options — both free and premium —
for you to integrate into your workflow.
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We haven’t placed the editors below in any ranking order. A

developer’s code editor is a personal choice, and we are
not trying to create a dustup about whose personal favorite
is being snubbed. Our only goal is to present the field of
contenders as we see them and allow everyone to come to
their own conclusions based on their personal needs and
preferences.
So let’s get started!

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1. Atom
Atom, a project started by Github, has established itself as

one of the premiere code and text editors out there. The
best part is that Atom is totally free, open source, and highly
customizable. Built around a minimal core, Atom comes
with multiple language-specific packages built in, and the
library of community-written ones has exploded over the
years since the editor was first released. Atom is as robust
as you need it to be – if the editor doesn’t do something you
need, you can create that feature yourself.
Key Features (out of the box):
File system browser
Fuzzy finder for quickly opening files

Fast project-wide search and replace
Multiple cursors and selections

Multiple panes
Snippets
Code folding
A clean preferences UI
Import TextMate grammars and themes
Highly extendable
Highly theme-able
Platforms:
MacOS
Windows
Linux
Atom is for you if…
…you’re the kind of person who likes to have your software

be exactly what they want it to be and do exactly what you
want it to do. With the growing library of mods and add-ons,
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2. Sublime Text
Sublime Text is pretty close to the industry standard for text

editors. There’s a reason for that. Being designed for code,
markup, and prose is a big plus. They haven’t put the same
consideration into their prose workflows as
say, Scrivener or Final Draft, but you have the option of
doing everything within one editor. Like Atom, Sublime Text
has as an incredibly active package repository that
extends its features far beyond the initial download.
Sublime Text is a beautiful, feature-rich code editor. Maybe

the biggest draw is that it puts a premium on user
experience. The UX is probably the tightest of every entry on
the list. This us because of features like distraction-free
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While there is an $80 price tag attached to Sublime, they

offer an indefinite, never-ending trial. You have to deal with
upgrade prompts as you open the editor occasionally, but
you can use it as long as you wish to evaluate it. This is done
on the honor system as the developers feel confident
enough in their product that you’ll like it enough to pay to
support continued development.
And once you get used to Sublime’s, well, sublime keyboard

shortcuts, you’ll wonder how you ever wrote a word without
them.
Key Features:
Goto Anything (lightning fast search/shortcuts)
Command Palette
Split Editing
Highly customizable
Multiple selections
Distraction free writing mode
Instant project switch
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Sublime Text is for you if…
…you prefer a good user experience over everything else.

That’s not saying Sublime Text doesn’t have the features
you need for almost every project (it does), and that’s not
saying that Sublime Text isn’t a workhorse that can’t handle
major projects (it is and it can). It’s just that just using
Sublime Text is the most memorable part of the whole
package. And there’s a lot in the package.
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3. Notepad++
Notepad++ is an extremely popular text editor. That is in

part because it’s free and GPL-licensed open source. Even
more than that, though, the reason it’s one of the best text
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can get everything they need out of it. Coders and

developers often recommend this one as a great option for
someone just getting into code editing and might be
overwhelmed by the environment offered up by Sublime or
Atom. Notepad++ is a wonderful, simple option not just for
beginners, but developers at any level. A lot of professional
devs use Notepad++ as their daily driver because it’s light,
effective, and does what it needs to do.
The downside: the software is Windows-only. Many devs are

on Mac or Linux, but for those living in Microsoft’s turf, this is
a great option to try out since it’s free. You’ve got nothing to
lose.
Key Features:
Syntax Highlighting
Syntax Folding
Search/Replace
Highly customizable
Auto-completion
Multi-document tab interface
Zoom in and out
Multi-language environment supported
And more

Platforms:
Windows
Notepad++ is for you if…
…you are new to code editors and want to ease your way in.
Additionally, if you want a resource-light option, Notepad++
is it. Because of how simple and easy the developers have
made it, you’re not going to bog down your system as you
work. That means you might not be loading gigabytes of
information at once, but for most people’s web
development tasks and so on, Notepad++ is more than
enough.
4. Bluefish
Bluefish is more of an IDE than a real text editor, which

means it may be a little advanced for brand new users. It’s
free, supports pretty much every language because it’s
open-source, and comes with a wide variety of useful
features for use across many platforms. It’s constantly
updated by the community that’s built itself around the
editor and can handle some pretty complex code bases.
You can edit in full-screen or wrap the text as you want, and
the powerful search-and-replace tool keeps things tidy. The
IDE also supports a lot of secure connections, so you won’t
have to worry about a separate FTP client, as you can work
on your sites and repos remotely from within Bluefish itself.
Key Features:
Lightweight
Integrated Development Environment
Multiple document interface
Project support
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Unlimited undo/redo
Auto-recovery
Full-screen editing
Powerful search and replace
Customizable programming language support
And much more
Platforms:
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Bluefish is for you if…
…you want to learn all the nuance and power of a full IDE.
This might not be the best option for brand-new coders
because working in an integrated development
environment can be overwhelming at first, but if you’re
willing to put in the effort to learn how the environment
works, you will have a fantastic tool. With Bluefish, you can
do a lot if you want to put in a bit of effort learning how to
make it sing.

5. Brackets
Brackets is another free and open-source editor. This time,

it’s not simply a community-driven project: Adobe itself is
behind this one. Yes, the Adobe. Of Photoshop, Illustrator,
and so on. Because of that, expect polish and power.
Brackets is designed to be minimal-yet-powerful. It does,

however, offer some unique and useful features. One of
those features being Extract, a tool which allows you to
extract information such as colors, fonts, gradients,
measurements, directly from PSDs as clean CSS. For front-
end developers working in a design agency who have to
recreate pixel-perfect sites from mock-ups, there may be
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Massive extension library
Inline editors
Live preview
Preprocessor report
And a whole lot more
Platforms:
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Linux
MacOS
Brackets is for you if…
…you’ve already bought into the Adobe ecosystem. You will

feel right at home if you’ve ever used any Adobe product
regularly. Brackets feels like it is a part of Creative Cloud,
even though it’s not. The UIs are similar, and it feels very
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6. VIM
Vim is hardcore. Let’s be clear about that upfront. Where

Sublime Text, Notepad++, and some of the other editors on
this list are newbie friendly, Vim is unapologetic in its
utilitarian brutalism. From the official website down to the
software itself, Vim is a coder’s tool for coders by coders.
Once you get past the UI and the steep learning curve, you’ll
see why the text editor is designed the way it is. It does
roughly everything all the other best text editors can do. But
more than maybe anything else on the list, it’s designed for
efficiency and function. Watching people code in Vim is like
watching a concert pianist. The UI is keystroke based, and if
you thought the Sublime Text keyboard shortcuts were
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Key Features:
Designed for coders and developers
Brutalist UI
Blurs the line between IDE and text editor, depending

on how versed in it you are
Incredibly passionate community for documentation,

updates, and help
Unix-based
Huge plug-in system
Secure login
Gamified learning process, if you choose
Support for every programming language imaginable
And more
Platforms:
Windows
MacOS
Linux
VIM is for you if…
…you’re the kind of person who doesn’t just dabble in code,

but lives and breathes it. If you have any Linux installation,
Vim is for you. If you have any Linux distribution other than
Ubuntu, you will adore Vim. It is built for you. However, if
you’re a newbie, downloading Vim is like stepping into the
Matrix, so be wary. It is as powerful as anything out there,
maybe even more so, but the brutalist UI can be off-putting.
Get past the rough facade, and you will find a beautiful
experience.
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M&Ms and Reece’s Pieces. They’re almost two sides of the
same coin in that they are absolutely designed for the best
developer experience possible while cutting out many of
the extraneous features that are barriers to efficiency.
Emacs is lightweight, command-line based, and being a
part of GNU, available totally for free across a plethora of
operating systems.
Emacs takes a slightly more visually appealing approach to

editing than Vim, however, that doesn’t mean you lose any
power or functionality. It may come down to taste when
deciding which one you want. But if you’re in the market for
a hardcore, no-nonsense text editor and IDE that will pretty
much be around forever, Emacs is definitely an option. After
all, the core came around in 1976 and this particular
iteration (GNU Emacs) has been updated regularly since
1984.
Key Features:
Command line installation
Content-aware editing
Unicode support for roughly everything
Built-in documentation
Both Lisp or graphical interface
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Emacs is for you if…
…you like function over form, but Vim is a bit too minimal for
you. Additionally, you can install Emacs on any operating
system, so no matter where you are, your coding

experience will be the same. This is definitely not one of the
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7. UltraEdit
UltraEdit is part of a family of developer products by IDM

Computer Solutions. It can be used to edit HTML, PHP,
JavaScript, Perl, C/C++, Python, and just about any other
programming language. By all indications this editor is a
solid entry on this list and has some industry clout to prove
it. We’ve listed some key features below, but its full feature
list is quite extensive and can be found here. As a premium
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Key Features:
Column/block editing
Multi-caret editing
Multi-select
Syntax highlighting
Integrated FTP client
Integrated SSH/telnet
Editor themes
File/data sorting
And much more
Platforms:
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MacOS
Linux
UltraEdit is for you if…

…you work on large files and incredibly complex file systems.

This is an industrial-strength program, and that’s what
makes it one of the best code editors for people whose jobs
require gigabytes of code open at a time. With built-in
telnet and SSH access, UltraEdit is designed to make sure
that even the toughest and most complex jobs are handled
with care and ease.
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8. CoffeeCup HTML Editor
The CoffeeCup HTML Editor is a simple tool for creating,

organizing, and working on an HTML/CSS project. That’s
what it does, even branding itself “The HTML Editor.” The devs
are confident in their product, and it shows. They also offer
a split view where you can see the edits you make in real-
time (much like the Divi builder, but with code). CofeeCup
isn’t just for HTML, however. It supports PHP development, as
well as CSS and Markdown linting on top of the standard
HTML.
There’s a free version and a premium version with more

features, too. We are including this in the premium section
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Key Features:
Quick startup
Syntax highlighting
Code validation tools
Project organization
FTP sync
Site preview
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Platforms:
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CoffeeCup is for you if…
…you like to see your code develop in real time. Probably

among the best text editors anyway, when you add in the
real-time rendering of your HTML and PHP code, you have a
modern take on what can be a pretty drab ecosystem. Not
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9. Espresso
Espresso is a Mac-only code editor, but it can’t not be

mentioned. It’s nearly an IDE, but works as smoothly and
cleanly as Atom or Sublime. The program is fast, and it’s
relatively powerful. What sets Espresso apart is the real-
time editing that you can do in the code editing window as
well as in the browser, too. Anything you code will reflect in
the browser, and you have an intuitive drag-and-drop

interface that updates the back-end on the fly. With a slew
of plugins and themes and a focus on efficiency and speed,
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Key Features:
Simultaneous design
Modular SCSS and LESS
Custom spacing and tabs
Multi-edits (many changes at once with multiple

selections)
Plugins for lots of language support and linting
Markdown support
Themeable — no one wants to work in an ugly

environment all day
Many keyboard shortcuts
Intuitive find function
Tabbed workspaces
Set automatic replacement for tags and snippets for

efficient coding
Platforms:
MacOS

Espresso is for you if…
…like polish. Espresso is stylish and functional, and it offers

modern features such as real-time editing and a drag-
and-drop interface. It is smooth and quick and robust. This
is definitely one of the best code editors for web designers
as you can see exactly what your CSS and JavaScript does
in real-time. If you don’t mind a license fee, this is one
premium code editor you may just fall in love with.
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10. BBEdit
BBEdit by Bare Bones is a bit more advanced than the name

lets on. It’s more of a product you graduate to if you’re a
beginner who started with a simpler product and are
looking to work in a bit more of a heavy-duty environment.

BBEdit is full to the brim with professional-level features for
creating, editing, and manipulating text for your coding
projects. It is MacOS only, so keep that in mind as well.
Plus, their tagline is “It doesn’t suck,” so you have to respect

that.
Key Features:
Grep pattern matching
Search and replace across multiple files
Project definition tools
Function navigation and syntax coloring
Numerous source code languages
Code folding
FTP/SFTP
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…you want a code editor that doesn’t suck. But if you have
more requirements than that, BBEdit is for you if you want a
text editor that can handle heavy-duty projects and major
code bases. If you like to work in an IDE where everything
you need is wrapped up into one package, BBEdit may be
what you’re looking for. And if you are coming from a
simpler editor, BBEdit may be one of the best code editors
to ease you into more complexity without overwhelming
you with more features than you will likely ever use.
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11. Coda
Coda by Panic Inc. is everything you need to hand-code a

website in one app. You get a real-time rendering of your
code, a beautiful UI is beautiful, and regular updates and
improvements to the softwar. It has a plug-in repo like
many text editors, and you can contribute to
development even if you don’t write Cocoa, the scripting

language for Coda plugins. There’s also an iOS app you can
buy if you’re on the go, and it seems to be just as rich as the
desktop version.
Key Features:
Syntax highlighting
Code folding
Project wide autocomplete
Fast find and replace
Indentation guides
Automatic tag closing
Fast commenting and shifting of code
Great file management
FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3
And much more
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…you find yourself without a laptop and need to work on

projects. If you’re on-call or have issues that come up that
are incredibly urgent, Coda might be the code editor for
you. With its app interface, you can solve any problem while
on the go, and you won’t even have to find a spot to settle
in, unpack, and connect to wifi. You can handle it all from
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In Conclusion
When trying to make a list of the best code and text editors
available, it’s impossible not to miss a few strong
contenders. Every writer, coder, and developer has a
favorite set of tools just like every carpenter has a favorite
hammer and an artist has a favorite set of brushes. So if we
missed something you think we should have included on
this list, please feel free to add it in the comments (with your
reasons why, too, of course).
What do you think are the best code editors? Let us know in
the comments!
Article featured image by Julia Tim / shutterstock.com
By B.J. Keeton
B.J. is a content creator for Elegant Themes from
Florence, AL. He is a runner and fitness junkie, geek
and gamer. He is pretty much always writing
something, whether it’s a weird CSS doohickey, a
blog about running, or a tweet about video games.
135 Comments
John
January 3, 2019
I’m surprised about 2 things, why Visual code isnt listed, and
why it isn’t #1. I’ve used most of the top editors listed, and
non even come close I then power of VisualCode
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Aaron aely
January 3, 2019
Second this

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Mark Q.
January 3, 2019
I third it.
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Chuck Dee
January 3, 2019
Can I add a 4th?
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Aardvark
January 3, 2019
Count me 5th…
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Michael
January 3, 2019
I agree with you vscode is just awsome
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Owen
January 3, 2019
I fourth it
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Alex
January 3, 2019
100% agreed that post is super biased – or

uneducated
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Angus
January 4, 2019
Agree, clearly they haven’t checked for new

editors in the past couple years, click bait.
Downvoting this post!
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David T Hunt
January 3, 2019
Fourth. I started scrolling to find it. Was

absolutely surprised.
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Jason
January 3, 2019
Fourth this. Like I get off it’s not your favorite but how is
it not even mentioned?
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Marc de Ruijter
January 3, 2019
Agreed
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Adrian
January 3, 2019
Agree, shows a lack of research or awareness

perhaps?? Or maybe this is an old article that has
resurfaced.
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Mir Ayman Ali

January 3, 2019
Then the guy would not have this meny

views or comments
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JHH
January 4, 2019
Yep. VScode is the best. It’s pathetic these

guys are so anti-MS that they won’t even
dare speak the words.
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Manikanth
January 3, 2019
I 4th, 5th, 6th … and 1000th it, ‘coz vscode is THE editor. I
scrolled down just to check for vscode.
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patrick
January 4, 2019
thats why i dont use elegant theme anymore，old

tech stack
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Jason P
January 4, 2019
Serious, serious omission. Unless you got a real anti-

Microsoft stick up the rear… then Visual Studio Code
should be on here. Serious omission…
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amir daei farshchi

January 4, 2019
very big like !
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Salil
January 4, 2019
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Christian
January 4, 2019
Wholeheartedly agree with everyone on this thread.
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Neeraj
January 4, 2019
I think the author has gone nuts. Looks like he is very

biased towards it.
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Emilio Bool
January 4, 2019
+1
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Bahnan
January 4, 2019
6th exactlly
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Yohannes
January 4, 2019
I do agree VSCode is #1
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Steven
January 4, 2019
Agreed, VS Code blows half or more of these out of the

water.
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Zoltan
January 5, 2019
I’m surprised why no ‘ed’ on the list. I’m using it since

epoch. Sometimes.
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Nick
January 5, 2019
This article has just one thing wrong – it’s title. The
correct one should be “Code editors, made obsolete
by VS Code”
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Lucio M
January 5, 2019
I agree with this. Heck, I’ve been using VS Code in both

Linux and OSX and couldn’t be happier with its vast list
of features and versatility. I’ve used a few of those

editors and there’s no reason not to mention VS Code.
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Gaëtan Btp
January 6, 2019
Oh my god ! VS Code overcome so much every others

editors !
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Marie
January 3, 2019
Thank you for this. Which would you say is the best “starter”
for someone new to code editors?
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Gjergji Kokushta
January 3, 2019
Try Sublime or Atom.
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Thank you

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Dan
January 3, 2019
Try vscode
Win Linux Mac
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Olivier
January 4, 2019
You should definitely try vscode. I am surprised it is not

on the list as it is now considered by most of the
developers as the best code editor.
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Peter
January 3, 2019
How about jetbrains products ?
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David
January 4, 2019
I completely agree!!!

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Pinaki
January 4, 2019
It is geares towards python I guess.
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Dhiraj
January 3, 2019
You seems do not like Microsoft that’s why your list is biased
and does not have VS Code. I am surprised that it is not
even at 11th position in your list.
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Dav
January 3, 2019
How ignorant the editor is
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Chris Story
January 3, 2019
100% VS Code is, in my opinion, the best code editors

out there. The perfect blend of a text editor and IDE.
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Emily
January 3, 2019
This is 2019 but no VSCode??
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Irishetcher
January 3, 2019
I started using Visual Studio Code recently. Tried an

additional package to VS Code that FTP linked to the
remote site but it didn’t seem to want to push the the
css file preprocessed from my LESS file so I reverted to
using VS Code with Prepros. Prepros automatically
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David
January 3, 2019
Amen! VSCode comes with Emmet built-in, great Git

and SCM handling, and it’s faster than Atom. While I
agree Brackets is great if your converting PDFs to code,
VSCode is my go-to editor. I’ve used Notepad++, Atom,
and Brackets. I’ve still got Brackets and Notepad++
installed for cases where they shine. But for 80% of the
web dev situations I encounter, I’m using Visual Studio
Code.
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Davor
January 3, 2019
Pretty sad that someone who call’s himself geek

doesn’t know about vs code
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Timmee
January 3, 2019
Smultron

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Kannan Venkat
January 3, 2019
Visual studio code is amazing, am not using any other

editor these days and no mentionnof it at all,
Looks like you guys dont even know about it.
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Hamid
January 3, 2019
I think visual studio code is one of the best code editors for
2019
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Peter Derek
January 3, 2019
Surprised Blumentals WeBuilder is not on this list. Have you

tried it?
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Dave
January 3, 2019
Seriously – WeBuilder should be on this list! I’ve been

using it for over 7 years and it is one of the most
powerful and easiest editors for all types of code (php,
sql, html, css, etc…) and will accommodate running PHP
right on your local machine, along with all other
advanced functionality you could want. Yet still very
easy UI to work in, more visually friendly than most.
Definitely beats a couple in the list IMO.
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delixyr
January 3, 2019
Lol .. no VS Code? Its the king now.
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David McLeod
January 3, 2019
I cannot believe you didn’t even mention PHPStorm!!! It is

one of the best IDEs out there for PHP, HTML, CSS, WordPress,
and virtually everything else. And at $49 a year it is a
bargain for what you get.
Really???
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LeRoy
January 3, 2019
Jetstorm Php IDE is known to be a resource hog. Which

is probably why it’s not listed. Some of the IDE listed are
known to be easy on the CPU.
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Roland
January 3, 2019
I’ve always enjoyed the knowledge dropped by these blog

posts. I didn’t know “Brackets” has an extract feature. This
could come in handy when I receive psd/pdf mockups from
marketing.
But I have to agree with all the above comments… I am

quite surprised VSCode isn’t on this list. It is fast, lightweight
and has a ton of extensions. Plus it is Free.
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Cai
January 3, 2019
Have to agree witj the rest of the comments… No VS code???
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Chris
January 3, 2019
I prefer SublimeText, but yes, Visual Studio Code absolutely

belongs on this list. Next best editor in my opinion (and
superior in many ways to ST).
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Patrick Finney
January 3, 2019
Please note in the paragraph text about the Brackets

Extract feature, it incorrectly notes that it operates on PDF
files. The feature extracts from PSD files, as was earlier

correctly noted in the post.
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Diogo
January 3, 2019
VS code is great and no reference to it :/
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Ann
January 3, 2019
How can you guys not mention Visual Studio Code??
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Salman Kazmi
January 3, 2019
Where’s code in the list man?

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Maciej
January 3, 2019
Sublime Text my favorite
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Paulo
January 3, 2019
No VScode no jetbrains products (webstorm/phpstorm in

this case)?
Are you looking for a flame war?
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David Day
January 3, 2019
Uhh, maybe they didn’t have time to try or buy them, or

since this is a subjective piece, could be they just didn’t
like them…

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Geekcheck
January 3, 2019
Seriously, who writes these articles? You can’t have a list like
this and NOT have Visual Studio Code on it. It is by far the
best one to use. It may be a Microsoft product, but it is a
damn good one, free, open source, and available for all OS.
Seems like ET has some Microsoft hate going on here.
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David Day
January 3, 2019
You need to double check the license then…
It is only free in that you don’t pay money.
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Ben
January 3, 2019
Yes, it’s completely free and open source.

What’s your point exactly???
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Dave Ostroske
January 4, 2019
VSCode is based on an open source project

which I think is just called “code”. The
licensing for the binary VSCode is probably
due to some Microsoft-specific trademarks.
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Michael J. Ryan
January 4, 2019
MIT license isn’t free enough for you? WTF?
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AsToN
January 3, 2019
Where is VSCode?
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Sumedh Bengale
January 3, 2019
I’ll say that, most of these editors are great and all. But, VS
Code absolutely belongs in this list, probably even at the
top.
Why didn’t you even list it??
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Lee Fleming
January 3, 2019
No Dreamweaver? I have tried many different code editors

over the past 20 years but always go back to Dreamweaver.
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Alex
January 4, 2019
Same here.
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Brian
January 3, 2019
Visual Studio Code should be on here. No mention at all?

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Nick Zou
January 3, 2019
I’m not saying it has to be number 1 or whatever but how is

VS Code not even on the list?!
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Eduard
January 3, 2019
This article is worthless without VS Code
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AS
January 3, 2019
And VS code isn’t even in this? Why?

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David Lee
January 3, 2019
Is the anti-ms sentiment ‘still’ a thing?
VS Code is an amazing editor in so many ways!
(tho I just can’t quit the bells/whistles of the full VS IDE, with
Devsense extension)
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Ben
January 3, 2019
Where the hell is VS Code?! It’s by far the best editor/IDE

available
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Andrés Encarnación
January 3, 2019
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Richard Garganta
January 3, 2019
I use Edlin and love it. The fact it is a line editor keeps things
uncluttered and less confusing. Ok, just kidding. lol
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Leon
January 3, 2019
Not sure how this site popped up in my Google reading

suggestions, but I’m never visiting it again – lots of hardly
known editors but no VS Code, which absolutely beats all
other ones. Seriously?
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Tensor
January 3, 2019
Atom is a mess in terms of performance and I don’t

recommend anyone use it. Many of the packages for atom
are available for visual studio code which has a better
memory footprint then atom. Also, putting vim and Emacs
at the bottom when they are the most feature compete
text editors in existence is a bit of a joke.
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Frank
January 3, 2019
Another vote for vscode, neovim (continuation of vim) is

also good.
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Daniel S
January 3, 2019
Thanks for compiling this list, I’ll download some ideas to try
out…
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DLxx
January 3, 2019
Is the anti-ms sentiment ‘still’ a thing?
VS Code is an amazing editor in so many ways!
(tho I just can’t quit the bells/whistles of the full VS IDE, with
Devsense extension)
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David Day
January 3, 2019
For all the people whining about VSCode, my guess would

be because the liscense is nebulous. The source code is MIT,
but the binary is not….
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Dave Ostroske
January 4, 2019
Whoops, you beat me to it!

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Popo
January 3, 2019
VS Code is the defacto standard editor for majority of

developers today.
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David Day
January 3, 2019
Source?
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Moff
January 3, 2019
Title should be “Best code editors that isn’t vscode”
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January 3, 2019
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Stefavag
January 3, 2019
Another VSCode comment.
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Siddharth Gupta
January 4, 2019
Viscose. Enough said!
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bkize
January 3, 2019
Visual Studio Code didn’t even make the list? It’s open
source. It’s cross-platform. It has a HUGE plug-in ecosystem.
It’s updated constantly with new features.
It’s massively popular and definitely considered the best by

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Mark
January 3, 2019
OMG, VS code is not just not #1, but not even on the list?
What a biased article…
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Soulicia
January 3, 2019
I have been using Atom for a long time. While using Atom,
Sublime Text is always the second editor. I use Sublime Text
when I need performance (Atom performance is bad when
handling large files).
Now I use VS Code, and I never use another editor again.
I think VS Code should be on the list.


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Dave Porter
January 3, 2019
Like so many, I was waiting for MS VS-Code as I scrolled

down!
I don’t know anyone not using it in the
React/Vue/WordPress/JS world!
Crazy!
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gsmhelper
January 3, 2019
Please try VSCode then rewrite your article and put it on the
top. Happy New Year!
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Gyan
January 3, 2019
Tell me, the person who wrote this post is a developer?

Because vs code is note in first place of list
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Chris
January 3, 2019
Two things:
1) imo, you absolutely nailed vim. Not sure it could be

described any better. It’d be #1 for me, but the learning
curve can be off-putting. That being said, if you work in a
*nix environment it will likely be everywhere you go.
1.5) what? No nano?!
2) I have to agree about VS Code. Not my preference. Lots of

programmes swear by it but, MS and I had a falling out, a
long time ago. Irreconcilable differences.
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Rajdeep Singh Parihar

January 3, 2019
Where is VS Code and JetBrains suits

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Dan
January 3, 2019
Try vscode
Win Linux Mac
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Jon
January 3, 2019
I also scrolled through the list to find VS Code and was

shocked to not find it. I wanted to comment to make sure
that glaring omission was addressed. I was pleasantly
surprised to see that so many of my fellow developers had
already beat me to it. Well done internet!
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Poe’s law is the only reasonable explanation for this article.

Emacs is in, but vs code is out?
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Shrinivas
January 3, 2019
Atom is my all time favorite code editor, I would like to add

“Teletype” to the features you have mentioned for Atom
which let developers work together from different places.
REPLY
Nigel Deans
January 4, 2019
Teletype *IS* a great feature. Kudos to the folks at

GitHub for that one.
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Nate
January 3, 2019
What no Eclipse?? Best out there…okay…just joking…I use

VSCode or Brackets.

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Nate
January 3, 2019
I scrolled and kept waiting to see it…but it was not there. I

can’t believe you could forget the best. Eclipse! (Hahaha)
….kidding…VSCode.
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Jason P
January 4, 2019
Visual Studio Code.
Or you’re a hater.
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zac
January 4, 2019
This is the most trash list I have ever seen in my life. Google
articles brought me here – I hope to never come back.
A list used by real developers:
1. vscode
2. vim or emacs
3. intellij products (pycharm, webstorm, etc)
4. atom/brackets
5. textwrangler
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Subbu
January 4, 2019
Looks like rehash of old articles.

VScode not making to top 10 shows lack of research in the

topic.

REPLY
Adeel Rauf
January 4, 2019
I was surprised by not finding vs code in top 3 and it was

funny to not find in top 10
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Marcel
January 4, 2019
Brackets is my favorite editor, the only thing i don’t like is the

icon.
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Excuse me, where the f is vs code!!

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Mark
January 4, 2019
“Thanks” for this great list i,m using notepad++ but now i just
found this amazing post i must check these softwares nice
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Makhate
January 4, 2019
Not mentioning VC Code is a deadly sin…let alone putting it

on the #1 spot.
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Aardvark
January 4, 2019
Add me to thePlugins
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article looking for it. Maybe it needs its own article. I use it
with ESLint and Prettier to do Node.js (also legacy Perl code).
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Nigel Deans
January 4, 2019
Nice article B.J. I really like the format, especially the “…is for
you if…”
However…
You really should add Visual Studio Code and make it a list
of 12. Leaving VS Code out of the list would be like leaving
WordPress out of the list of blogging tools, or Apache out of
a list of web servers… With a list as extensive as yours it’s
nearly impossible to assume it slipped your mind and it’s
absence leads one to think you just didn’t want to include it.
I’ve been coding since 1979 and I’ve used almost all the
editors on your list but since the end of 2017, I’ve cut it down
to VIM (or Vi) for ninja command-line sessions and VSCode
for everything else… It’s that good.
We all have our quirks and biases, but for the sake of your
journalistic integrity, you need to add VSCode. Just go to
your command line and type “code revisedlist.txt”
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Diego Diaz
January 4, 2019
I’m wondering where are IntelliJ (or other JetBrains editors)

and VSCode?
I understand the market has some well-stablished editors
but in an article with a title like “The 11 Best Code Editors for
2019” one would expect to have a focus oriented to
performance and tooling. Cof cof Sublime Cof!
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Michael J. Ryan
January 4, 2019
Like so many others, I’m absolutely surprised that it isn’t in

the list. By comparison, Atom and Brackets which use
similar tech as a base were so bad when I had tried them
that I almost didn’t try VS Code. I’m glad I have. The
cadence and features are by and far away the best of any
code editor I’ve ever used. Integrated directory tree and
terminal are two things that have been missed in so many
editors.
Specifically VS Code is the single largest open source editor

in terms of use, extensions and community support of any
current popular editor. The license of the codebase is MIT.
And there’s continuous support for Linux, Mac and Windows.

A key reason I use it is the cross platform support. It’s one of
the best options for JS/TS projects and absolutely tops for
go. While it is not without a few rough edges it is definitely a
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I’m not sure if there is an anti-ms bent from the author, or

simply ignorance beyond belief.
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Jim Frenette
January 4, 2019
This has so many code editors listed, and why no VS

Code!?? It is the best one and I’ve tried a lot of them on this
list, no question. It’s also free and it’s cross platform. And it
has a ton of Themes you can add to it. For Visual Studio
Code to not be included in this list when the site is named
Elegant Themes?? This has to be some kind of mistake I
would hope.
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Vinod
January 4, 2019

Without VSCode this list is useless
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Jules Webb
January 4, 2019
David, you are being a negative Nellie!
It’s okay for people to speak up and voice their opinions

about Visual Studio Code. It’s a contender, and it is a bit
surprising that it didn’t make the list. AND though there may
be costs associated with its development, it is offered free
to users. “Code editing. Redefined. Free. Open source. Runs
everywhere.”
I would encourage you to voice your opinions without

casting negative adjectives toward others. LOL—I wrote that
and then laughed because I started with “negative Nellie.” I
almost deleted that part of my message but thought the
irony was too funny to remove.
Enjoy your day!

jules
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Victor Cardins
January 4, 2019
Are you serious? Not even taking VSCode in consideration,

not even to say it should be #1? I don’t want to be
disrespectful, but can’t trust this, period!!!
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Michael
January 4, 2019
the only reason because I began to read this article is to

find VS Code.
Why there is no VS here??
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Vishal
January 4, 2019
VS code is not there Because he can get more comments

on this post.
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Bahnan
January 4, 2019
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Ryan Alexander
January 5, 2019
Seriously, something smells a bit off here. There is no way

the author forgot about vscode.
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Mathias
January 5, 2019
Leaving out vscode from the list and having every

comment mention it, was a clever way to prove its
popularity.
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January 5, 2019
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Enrique
January 6, 2019
I begin to suspect that not including VSCode in this post

was to get many comments. I was happy with Netbeans… I
think I’ll have to try it…
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KPiedra23
January 6, 2019
Well I think he didn’t forget vscode. How could he, right? So I

can think the next post will be: I forgot the best code editor
ever! Greetings.
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Tim
January 7, 2019
+1 vote for VSCode! Both VSCode and Atom belong to

Microsoft right?
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