Notepad++ is a popular source code and text editor and is free to use on Windows.
It is a written C++ language. It supports only Windows and does not support Linux, or macOS.
It is a simple, lightweight, and customizable editor. By Default, It support popular languages - JavaScript,NodeJS,typescript and Nodejs
Notepad ++ features
- Syntax color highlight
- Auto-Completion
- Validation
- Find and replace all in file
- Supports multiple tabs
- Macros
- I18 support for languages
- Themes, Icons, and colors
- Display terminal/console and other features by installing plugins
- Merge and append lines
- Code folding
- Pretty print and beautify file types via plugins
Notepad++ Advantages or Pros
- It is a free and opensource source code text editor
- Automatic saving files
- Syntax Highlighting
- Folding editor content
- Nice Customizable GUI
- Tabbed interface with multiple files opened
- Backup of unsaved files, Restore and recover unsaved files
- Easily add new features with plugin support
- Support code format and syntax for multiple languages
- Handles Large and big size files very well while opening and updating them.
Notepad++ Disadvantages or Cons
- It supports Windows, Not Linux
- The terminal for developer support is not productive
- Code linters are limited support
- It is only a source code editor, not an IDE feature-rich
