Choosing a Text Editor :
it’s not matters as to which text editor you use. some text editing software comes with features that other text editing software does not. But for the most part, they’re all pretty similar.
which is the best text editor?? it is the one that you enjoy using the most. That’s really the best one.
so What is a text editor? A text editor is a piece of software that you download and install on your computer, or you access online through your web browser,that allows you to write and manage text, especially the text that you write to build a web site.
most important features in text editor are:
- code completion .
- syntax highlighting.
- a nice variety of themes (to reduce eye strain and fatigue)
- the ability to choose from a healthy selection of extensions available when you need them.
and Another nice feature is being able to write your HTML and CSS more efficiently. There is a kind of shorthand language called Emmet that can help. Emmet will speed up your code writing faster than you can imagine.
Another feature you should definitely look into is called syntax highlighting. Syntax highlighting is a feature that takes the text you type, and makes it more noticeable by colorizing the text. A text editor that has a great selection of extension will ensure that you have the ability to add functionality as you need. Using The Software That Already. .
there is a choice is that the text editor That Already Comes With Your Computer or with a Third-Party Options: talking about, software like: Notepad++, Text Wrangler, BB Edit, Visual Studio Code, Atom,Brackets, and Sublime Tex.
lets talk about some of them :
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NotePad++ , is a free text editor for Windows Computers only. It has a zoom in an out feature, it’s own online community, and its own chat room for questions that may arise.

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TextWrangler/BB Edit : is for Mac computers only, and you used to be able to download it from the Mac App Store.
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Visual Studio Code: Visual Studio Code is a free text editor made by the folks at Microsoft. It is available for Windows computers, Mac computers and Linux computers. VS Code has the Emmet shorthand for HTML and CSS already built-in with no additional work from you at all. VS Code has everything: syntax highlighting, themes, extensions and code completion. It seems like VS Code has a very healthy following in the web developing community.
The Difference Between Text Editors and IDEs: A text editor kind of gives away what it does in the title—it edits text,It also manages text, and manages files. An IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is really a suite of different software all coming together. An IDE is a text editor, a file manager, a compiler, and a debugger all in one software package.