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Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
6,898 Points
Posted by Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
6,898 Points

What Text-Editors do you recommend?

I'm thinking of downloading Atom, because I'm running out of Workspaces on Treehouse.

I hear some, like BRACKETS, you have to pay, but I'm all about that free-free.

But just today Treehouse put out a Text Editor course thing to go over text editors, their function and how to use them and they recommend downloading Visual Studio Code... should I just use that one - apparently it's free as well.

And if I do download ATOM, is the Atom.io website legit? https://atom.io/ Because I'm paranoid about malware/viruses and such. My computer has been hacked before and my virus protects is....... not the best.

3 Answers

Richard Verbraak
Richard Verbraak
7,739 Points
Richard Verbraak
Richard Verbraak
7,739 Points

Visual Studio Code is a great tool to work with! And to comment on your worries on the Atom site. It's legit ;)

Dane Parchment
MOD
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points
Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

Visual Studio Code, it basically outshines every text-editor out there (though Sublime Text is faster in terms of start-up time). The plugin systems is really good, and the fact that it is built on electron (like Atom) means it is really easy to extend on your own.

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points
Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

Think most people are using Visual Studio Code right now.