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Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points
Posted by Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points

Looking for a good text editor with these features?

So I have a few questions.

  1. I'm currently using Notepad++ and it's fine, but I hate having to save my work and then refresh on chrome to see the changes. What I've been doing is just working the css on Chrome, but then there isn't really an easy way to copy and paste my changes onto Notepad++. Is there a better texteditor that would allow me to see my changes in real-time?

  2. I have been trying to edit the autocomplete function in Notepad++ as I would like to add a few of my own autocomplete words, but I can't seem to figure out how to do this?

  3. Is there a way to have notepadd++ show me all of the attributes there are for a given property like it does in TreeHouse workspace?

3 Answers

Ethan Moffat
Ethan Moffat
3,223 Points
Ethan Moffat
Ethan Moffat
3,223 Points

There is a lot of text editors you can use however, some popular ones are Brackets and Sublime Text Editor.

Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points
Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points

So I kinda figured out a workaround to problem #1... You can add an app on chrome called auto refresh. Set it to every second and then all you have to do on notepad++ is save your file and it shows your updates. I would like something a little more efficient, but this works for now. Still looking for answers to #2 & 3

Ethan Moffat
Ethan Moffat
3,223 Points
Ethan Moffat
Ethan Moffat
3,223 Points

There are some shortcuts on your keyboard that can refresh your page. For an example on how I code when I do a edit all I do is ctrl+s then open the web browser then ctrl+r it is only about 5 seconds when I do it.

Ethan Moffat
Ethan Moffat
3,223 Points

Also for #3 Brackets has that feature. http://www.brackets.io

Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points
Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points

That's what I've been doing, but it's kind of a pain or maybe I'm just really lazy. I just downloaded brackets. This is great and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Ethan!