Text editors

We use text editors to write documentation in , external,Markdown and to develop code.

Editors you may like

• , external,Vim: Installed on OS X and Linux by default. Also available on OS X via , external,Homebrew.
• , external,Emacs: Installed on OS X and Linux by default. Also available on OS X via , external,Homebrew
• , external,Visual Studio Code: Free and open source. VS Code is very extensible with lots plugins. One great plugin for pairing is , external,Live Share, which supports live editing of the same file, sharing a terminal session, port forwarding to the host's computer, and even audio.
• , external,Sublime Text: , external,Request a license. If you use Sublime, you may wish to customize your packages. Feel free to ask others about their recommended packages. Notable mentions in past Slack discussions include:
  • Color Highlighter (turns color codes into the actual color)
  • DocBlockr (generates clean comment blocks based on active language)
  • Emmet (simplify writing HTML - expands CSS selectors into HTML)
  • GitGutter (monitors file changes in the left margin)
  • Random Everything (easily generate random strings)
  • SideBarEnhancements (provides better right-click options in file tree)
  • Better CoffeeScript
  • GitHubinator
  • Sass
  • TrailingSpaces
  • WordCount
  • EditorConfig
  • Markdown Preview