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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. | WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript. |
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;GUI entirely customizable: minimalist, tab with close button, multi-line tab, vertical tab and vertical document list;Document Map;Auto-completion: Word completion, Function completion and Function parameters hint;Multi-Document (Tab interface);Multi-View;WYSIWYG (Printing);Zoom in and zoom out;Multi-Language environment supported;Bookmark;Macro recording and playback;Launch with different arguments | Coding assistance for JavaScript and TypeScript;
Support for React and Angular;
Built-in debugger for client-side JavaScript and Node.js; Integration with build tools, linters and test runners;
UI for working with Git and other VCS including a visual merge tool; |
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Followers 16.8K | Followers 10.7K |
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