My Text Editor
I’ve had a few folks e-mail and ask me after class about the editor that I use for my own programming. Its name is “Textmate”, and it can be purchased at http://macromates.com/ — it is unfortunately Mac only. I highly recommend it — I spend an average of 5-10 hours a day sitting in front of it and still love most things about it. Another great (not-for-free) Mac text editor is BBEdit.
If you’re looking for a free editor that does (much more than just) the job, you should check out Smultron and TextWrangler.
Evan Larkin:
I always prefer VIM.
For programming, VIM is an amazing text editor (it’s a bit awkward for more mundane tasks, like word processing), and best of all, it’s for everyone. Mac gets it, Linux gets it, and Windows gets it.
Just head on over to http://www.vim.org/ to download yourself a copy (for windows) or just type for linux: sudo apt-get install vim-full
September 27, 2008, 2:12 am