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Development Tools

Posted by Lee Preslan
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Lee Preslan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 976 Points

What are all of the different categories of development tools for web development that I should know?

I am new to coding. I am currently in the Front-End Web Development Techdegree. I hope to one day become Full Stack but first, I need to know what text editors are out there, IDE's, Compilers, debug gets, etc.

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

For coding for the web, I recommend:

Pros:

  • Atom - Hackable; suits pretty much any language; tons and tons of plugins/themes
  • Sublime Text - Very fast; very popular; even more themes/plugins than Atom
  • Brackets - Designed for building websites easily
  • WebStorm - The JetBrains IDE for the Web; very, very powerful

Cons:

  • Atom - Slow startup
  • Sublime Text - Pricey ($70)
  • Brackets - Slow-ish, only for Web
  • WebStorm - Overwhelming with features; hard to get used to; also expensive

My personal favorite editor is Sublime Text, but it is a bit pricey. It, however, is one of the fastest and most amazing editors I've ever used (and believe me, I've tried dozens of editors)