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Which editors do you recommend?

A heated question, oft asked in the nether of SO Chat. It's at the end, of course, a matter of taste and usage: Some editors are better than others at some things, some things are only possible in some editors.

So here's a list of editors and IDEs which we of room 17 use and can recommend, sorted alphabetically.

For beginners

Most importantly, here's a very short list of (free!) editors which are recommended for beginners to scripting or web-dev (i.e. no compiling necessary), aimed at people who just got into JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Bash, etc and want to get a feel of things. Just pick one and have fun!

Linux

Mac

Windows

The Meat

Here's The List. Feel free to edit yourself in if you can recommend an editor - just put a link to your username and why you recommend it. Also feel free to add editors. Just keep things sorted alphabetically.

Cross-Platform

Linux

Mac

  • Coda

  • Fast, clean, powerful text editor.

  • Recommended by:

    • Add yourself here?

  • Text Mate

  • (no catchy one liner, edit me)

  • Recommended by:

Windows

Specific Stuff

Herein lie editors which are really good for specific tasks.

  • RStudio (Free/Payed, Cross Platform)

  • Powerful IDE for R.

  • Recommended by:

    • Zirak: It's the shit. As if R wasn't fun enough.

  • TeXstudio (Free, Cross Platform)

  • Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.

  • Recommended by:

    • Zirak: Makes writing LaTeX less of a rollercoaster ride in hell.
@ryankinal
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Sublime: It's just, well... sublime. Features, plugins, build systems... all really good.

vim: When you're ssh'd into a system, there's nothing better to use.

@kirnovak
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Vim in compound with tmux makes you feel like a spaceship pilot.

Also:
http://vim-adventures.com
http://vimcasts.org

@ralt
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ralt commented Jun 6, 2015

Emacs: I was surprised to find a text editor.

@afonsomatos
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gedit: Simple and easy-to-use texteditor.

@mrk1989
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mrk1989 commented Jun 18, 2015

You need the comment of suggest editor.
Love too Kwrite, editor with perfect colour and "contest assist" but is only for Linux/Debian.
Zirak you had a good idea for build this page

@GottZ
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GottZ commented Dec 2, 2015

vim, chrome developer tools, notepad++
thats what i frequently use for editing (yes.. you can use vanilla chrome as editor)

@Serrin
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Serrin commented Apr 22, 2020

You can add my name as "Recommended by" at the Notepad++.

@Zahrak759
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I love atom for any web dev language. I like VS code for things like java and c++

@callpri
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callpri commented Nov 2, 2023

I use and recommend free cross-platform editor - Codelobster

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