The Best and Popular Programming Editors.

Many programming editors are available on the Internet for free or for a low price. Some of the more popular editors include the following:

Arachnophilia (http://vps.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/)

This multi- platform editor is written in Java. Its CareWare, which means it doesn’t cost any money.

BBEd1t (www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html)

This editor is designed for use on a Mac. BBEdit sells for $179.00. Development and support have been discontinued for BBEd1t Lite, which is free, but it can still he found and legally used. TextWrangler is offered for $49 as a replacement for BBEdit Lite.

EditPlus (www.editplus.com)

This editor is designed for use on a Windows machine. EditPlus is shareware, and the license is $30.

Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html)

Emacs works with Windows, Linux, and Unix, and it’s free.

Notepad++ (www.notepad-plus-plus.org)

Notepad++: a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
 

HTML-Kit (www.chami.com/html-kit)

This is another Windows editor that you can pick up for free.
 

vim and gvim (www.vim.org)

These free, enhanced versions of vi can he used with Windows, Linux, Unix, and Mac OS. The gvim editor has a GUI that makes Windows users feel more at home.