Text/Code Editor Showdown

Right now i use 4 different editors.

• Visual Studio Code
• Sublime Text 3
• Brackets
• LightPaper

Visual Studio Code

• Visual Studio Code is THE BEST editor if you want an IDE. Git, Terminal offered out of the box.
• This is my go to editor for most projects
• Preferred editor of JavaScript (React) coders. Has support for things like JSX, Standard style etc.
• Supports Emmet out of the box
• Installing (and Disabling) Extensions is really easy and simple
• Git support is awesome. Committing code, seeing changes side by side, reverting changes, pushing code is all relatively fast and simple.
• Terminal is awesome. You can have multiple Terminals, all Terminals open in the project folder
• Highlights syntax in fenced code blocks in Markdown files
• An extension is available for HTML/CSS/SCSS live preview

Sublime Text 3

• The multiple cursors and find and select all are my favorite features
• Loads really fast
• Great for text editing

Brackets

• Brackets is THE BEST editor for CSS Styling
• LiveReloads HTML/SCSS/CSS out of the box
• Live preview for your site, side by side editing, you immediately see every change you make
• Highlights all relevant areas on the page when you click a style

LightPaper

• LightPaper is THE BEST editor for Markdown
• Live preview, see your changes side by side
• Code highlights, see syntax highlighting for all your fenced code. This is the one feature that i miss the most in other editors. Most editors highlight Markdown, but not code entered in code blocks (Sublime Text, Brackets).
• Scroll sync, keeps both screens on the same area when you scroll

Misc. things all editors support

• Emmet (have to install it separately in Sublime Text)
• Color highlights (Shows you the color for your color values)
• Multi-pane views