Top 10 Best Code and Text Editors for Web Developers

Introduction

If you're a web developer, there's no doubt that you use a code editor on the job. Whether it's so you can keep track of your HTML, CSS and JavaScript files or because you want to get more done with less effort, we all need an editor to help us write code. There are many different types of editors out there—some free and some paid—and each one has its own pros and cons. In this article we'll look at ten different types of editors (including text editors), as well as their benefits and drawbacks so that you can make an informed decision about which one is best suited to your needs!

Code and text editors are among the most essential tools for web developers.

Code and text editors are among the most essential tools for web developers. They help you write code, edit code, organize your code, navigate your code and test your work.

There are many options when it comes to picking a text editor that's right for you — which one should be used depends on what kind of experience level or preference you have. If there's something specific that you're looking for in an editor (like syntax highlighting), then look at some reviews before making a decision!

Atom

Atom is a free, open-source text editor for the web. It's written in JavaScript and runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

Atom is a lightweight text editor with a focus on code editing. It doesn't have many features like those found in other editors but it's still easy to use and powerful enough to get you started with your web development projects.

Sublime Text 3

Sublime Text 3 is a text editor for code, markup and prose. It's available for Windows, OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.

Sublime Text has a large community of users who are always adding features to the software such as themes (themes are color schemes that change how your text appears), snippets (code snippets that you can insert into your document) or new commands (keyboard shortcuts).

The syntax highlighting feature shows you which keywords and symbols are used in your code so you don't have to keep track yourself! There are also plugins that add extra functionality such as autocomplete when typing an abbreviation into the search field.

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform, extensible code editor that runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It's free, open-source software with support for multiple languages and frameworks.

Visual Studio Code has been around since 2013 but only recently started to become popular among developers. The reason behind this is because it was built by Microsoft to compete with the likes of Sublime Text and Atom among others in terms of ease-of-use while still retaining its full credit card refund policy if you're unsatisfied with their products after 2 years (which is pretty amazing).

Brackets

Brackets is a code editor for web developers. It's open source, free to use and available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Brackets supports many programming languages including HTML & CSS, JavaScript, PHP (PHP syntax highlighting), Ruby (Ruby syntax highlighting), Python (Python support) and more. It has built in support for Git which allows you to easily collaborate with other developers by pushing your changes up to GitHub or Bitbucket without any hassle!

Vim

Vim is a text editor that has been around since the 1980s. It's one of the best tools for programming, as it allows you to edit multiple files at once and use features like syntax highlighting and file previewing in real time. The editor also has an extensive plugin library that lets you customize it further to suit your needs.

Vim is great for web developers because it has many built-in features specifically designed for editing HTML and CSS files, making it easier for them to write code on their websites without having any problems with syntax errors or typos (which are common when using other editors).

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor that supports many languages. It's available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Notepad++ is easy to use and has a lot of features such as syntax highlighting, autocomplete and search functionality.

Notepad++ has an open source license so you can modify its code if you wish to improve it further.

Light Table

Light Table is a programming environment for building and running code. It allows you to edit and run programs in the same window, making it easier to quickly write code by creating simple interactive prototypes.

Light Table is open source and free to use. It also has an active community of developers who are actively contributing new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates on GitHub.

Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a free open-source text editor that's been around for years and has become one of the most popular code editors in recent memory. It's available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, with an Android version on its way as well.

Komodo Edit supports features like syntax highlighting (for HTML/CSS/JavaScript), project management tools (like Git integration) and autocomplete functionality so you can easily find out what your code should look like when it loads up in your browser window. It also comes with several built-in languages including PHP, Python and Ruby; if those aren't enough for you there are many more options available through plugins or extensions (which can be downloaded separately).

There's no need to install anything extra because Komodo Edit supports both Google Drive cloud storage files (*.gdocx) as well as locally stored files (*.*). This means that even if someone else has access to your computer they won't have any idea what kind of files exist on it unless they manage their own cloud storage space too!

Aptana Studio 3

Aptana Studio 3 is a cross-platform IDE that supports JavaScript, HTML, CSS and more. It's free and open source.

The best feature about Aptana Studio 3 is its built-in Git client. This allows you to integrate the code editor with your repository management tools like GitHub or Bitbucket so that you can keep track of changes in real time as they happen within your project files (and not just by saving them locally). Another handy feature is the built-in debugger which allows developers to debug their applications as they progress through development cycles without having to use external tools like Google Chrome's Debugger Extension or Firebug for Firefox/Chrome/Safari browsers respectively which may not always work properly since they rely on plugins rather than native functionality provided by operating systems themselves!

BBEdit (for Mac)

BBEdit is a text editor for Mac OS X and iOS. It is available as freeware, or you can buy it from the official website. BBEdit was first released in 1992, but has since been updated many times with new features and capabilities. The current version is 7.2 which was released on October 19th 2019 (as of this writing).

It's easy to use: just open up your favorite document file, click on Edit > Find in Files... then choose where you want to search within that document file - like underlined phrases or sentences - then click Find Next! You'll see these highlighted results appear below your cursor line so that you can easily select any one of them before hitting Enter again to replace those selected words with whatever else should replace them instead!

These are all good code editors.

Atom is a lightweight but powerful text editor written in JavaScript. It supports syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, code folding and many other features that make it a great choice for web developers.

Sublime Text 3 is a popular cross-platform text editor developed by Sublime Text Inc., which has been used by thousands of programmers worldwide to write code comfortably on Mac OS X or Linux.

Visual Studio Code is an open source project that aims at bringing Visual Studio experience to the web so you can edit your files without leaving your browser window as well as debugging them with built-in debugger (watch windows). You can also use it alongside Visual Studio for building websites using TypeScript/JavaScript or NodeJS development frameworks like Angular 2+.

Conclusion

I hope you have found this guide helpful in choosing the best editor for your needs. If you're looking for more information or advice on how to get started with development, please check out my article “How to Start Building Web Apps” where I discuss how developers can get started with their first projects.