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Followers143

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Notepad++ vs PlatformIO: What are the differences?

What is Notepad++? Free source code editor and Notepad replacement. Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

What is PlatformIO? Next-generation IDE for IoT. PlatformIO is an open source ecosystem for IoT development. Cross-platform build system and library manager. Continuous and IDE integration. Arduino and MBED compatible. Ready for Cloud compiling.

Notepad++ belongs to "Text Editor" category of the tech stack, while PlatformIO can be primarily classified under "Integrated Development Environment".

Some of the features offered by Notepad++ are:

Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
User Defined Syntax Highlighting and Folding: screenshot 1, screenshot 2, screenshot 3 and screenshot 4
PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) Search/Replace

On the other hand, PlatformIO provides the following key features:

C/C++ Intelligent Code Completion
Smart Code Linter for the super-fast coding
Multi-projects workflow with Multiple Panes.

"Syntax for all languages that i use" is the primary reason why developers consider Notepad++ over the competitors, whereas "It is the best" was stated as the key factor in picking PlatformIO.

PlatformIO is an open source tool with 3.18K GitHub stars and 416 GitHub forks. Here's a link to PlatformIO's open source repository on GitHub.

Decisions about Notepad++ and PlatformIO

Andrey Ginger

Managing Partner at WhiteLabelDevelopers · May 18, 2020 | 3 upvotes · 423.8K views

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Since communication with Github is not necessary, the Atom is less convenient in working with text and code. Sublim's support and understanding of projects is best for us. Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface. We use a good theme for Sublim ayu-dark

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Pros of Notepad++

Pros of PlatformIO

103
Syntax for all languages that i use
60
Tabbed ui
56
Great code editor
53
Fast and lightweight
38
Plugins
28
Nice GUI
26
Regex & Special Character Search & Replace
16
Fast startup
9
Application is free, and plugins are too
9
Themes
6
Free
4
Very Lightweight
3
100% Free
2
Column selection
1
Awesome autocomplete
1
Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)
1
Mksahammed1@gmail.com
1
Cos it's seck
1
Nice gui. are you kidding me?
1
Open Sourced

7
Support for various Embedded Boards
5
It is the best
3
Integrates with VSCode and Atom
1
Device monitor filters
1
CI (continous integration)
1
CLI (command line tools

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Cons of Notepad++

Cons of PlatformIO

2
No default plugin manager
1
Can't install more advanced packets

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What is Notepad++?

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

What is PlatformIO?

PlatformIO is an open source ecosystem for IoT development. Cross-platform build system and library manager. Continuous and IDE integration. Arduino and MBED compatible. Ready for Cloud compiling.

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What are some alternatives to Notepad++ and PlatformIO?

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform.

Atom

At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it.

UltraEdit

It is a powerful, fast, and secure text editor whose helpful features make every day life easier for any user type and programming language. Windows, Mac, Linux.

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

Vim

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware.

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