Notepad++ – The best text editor I’ve ever used so far!

A text editor and source code editor for Windows PC

Notepad++ is an open source freeware that is based on the Scintilla editor component. It is written in C++ with only Win32 API calls which uses just the STL to increase performance and reduction of program size.

This highly productive source code and text editor is very easy to use. If you want a simple, lightweight, and extensible programming plain-text editor, then go for this free, open source tool-Notepad++.

This software was developed by Don Ho for Microsoft Windows 10 users. Notepad++ has been downloaded over 28 million times on SourceForge.net, and also won the websites community choice for Best Developer tool twice.

Notepad++ does not have the most pleasant interface, but will allow you to personalize the look of the software to suit your taste. Where it fails with aesthetics, it makes up with its functionality.

Notepad++ Review

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Why You Should Use Notepad++

These days, programming and development has gained a lot of popularity and patronage by both adults and youngsters.

You will find a lot of tutorials about programming and development being published daily on the internet by tech authors. If you search the internet you will find a lot of good tutorials that will guide you in using applications like this Notepad++.

Notepad++ is basically used in editing text and source codes. You can use this software to edit C, C++,Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, RC resource file and several formats of programming documents.

Pay attention to your PC when you are about to install this software because several parts if unchecked will help reduce the space on your hard disk.

Notepad++ supports several common programming languages, and includes syntax highlighting for all of them. This programming software will let you perform more than one task at a time through its support for multi-tabbed editing.

It features code folding and limited autocompletion for programming, scripting and markup languages, but the code completion as well as syntax checking are not intelligent enough. This is why it may properly highlight code that is written in a supported schema but will not be able to guarantee whether the syntax is internally sound or compatible. 

Notepad++ can highlight the syntactic elements of ActionScript, Ada, ASN.1, ASP, Assembly, Autolt, AviSynth scripts, BaanC, batch files, Blitz Basic, Python, Nsis scripts, Resource file, Perl, SQL, TeX, XML and so much more.

This installation process is quick but you will be required to select the components that should be installed apart from the Core program, that can be quite confusing for amateur users.

Nonetheless, the default plugins you choose will be adequate for all types of users especially those who make use of the software for editing source code. You do not require any additional software to run it, and there are no ad-ware on the app. There are different options for you to alter how you view a text; you can zoom in or out, collapse sections of text, highlight all occurrences of different words and alter the text direction.

With the TextFX feature, you can manipulate texts in different ways like swapping single quotes with double quotes, converting numbers in one base to another, auto=closing braces and so much more.

Notepad++ supports macros and plugins which shows how robust the plugin architecture that enables several new features to be easily integrated with the program. There are more than 140 compatible plugins with Notepad++.

This software is available in over eighty languages some of which are Vietnamese, Welsh, Uzbek, Portuguese, Bosnian, Indonesian, Afrikaans, Basque, Gujarati, French, Finnish, Hindi, Malay, Punjabi, Slovak, Tagalog, Tatar, Thai, Polish, Persian, Telugu, English and so much more.

Key Features of Notepad++

  • Multi-language support.
  • Syntax highlighting and folding.
  • Tabbed document interface that lets you open multiple documents in a single window.
  • Drag and drop.
  • Bookmark and plugins.
  • Smart finder.
  • Auto-detection of file status.
  • Zoom in/out.
  • Macro recording and playback.
  • Auto-completion.
  • Brace and indent guideline highlighting.
  • WYS/WYG.

Conclusion

Notepad++ is a great programming and development software for editing text and source codes. It has support for editing different types of programming document, and is compatible with over 140 plugins (some of which are built-in).

If you are using a Microsoft Windows system and are interested in programming, then this app is one of the best in the market for you.

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