Best text editor for windows and mac in 2022 (free and paid)

  • 1) UltraEdit
  • 2) Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  • 3) Sublime Text
  • 4) Atom
  • 5) Vim
  • 6) Brackets
  • 7) Notepad++
  • 8) Expresso

Ultra Edit

It is and excellent choice for developer to use as main text editor. Ultra edit comes with security , performance and flexibility. it can handle large file and multiple files with ease.
Pricing: $99.95/yr with all access.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

VS Code is awesome editor for developer and most of the python programmer use the vs code. you can get free extension with this editor to increase work and its qualities. its comes with built in terminal.
Pricing: FREE.

Sublime Text

Rich features and attractive design is good for programmers. Distraction-free writing mode and split editing is key features for developers.
Pricing: $99

Atom

Atom is best for community-developed packages. it has many community developed packages and comes with cross platform editing functionality.
Pricing:FREE.

Vim

It is best for who want to performance at work. its built for command line uses and use in GUI. its available in Linux, Windows and Mac.

Brackets

its very good for web designers. It comes with many coding tools and real time website visualization and changes reflect instantly
Pricing:FREE

Notepad++

it is very good for working on TXT, HTML, CSS, PHP, and XML. Many supported plugins are available for the developers to enhance the work performance. it is free and opensource project. it has good interface for tabs, support for macros and plugins, and an autosave features which save files temporarily and allows you to save files in another location.
Pricing:FREE

Expresso

It is best for web designers comes with single window and offers quick editing. it has drag and drop features which designers like very much.
Pricing: $99

SOME OTHER EDITORS

  • TextMate
  • Light Table
  • BBEdit
  • Komodo Edit
  • Blue Fish

 


Top HTML Editors for Windows

NotePad ++

Notepad++ is a favorite free editor. It is a more robust version of the Notepad software that you would find available in Windows by default. That being the case, this is a Windows-only option. It includes things like line number, color coding, hints, and other helpful tools that the standard Notepad application does not have. These additions make Notepad++ an ideal choice for web designers and front end developers.


Komodo Edit

There are two versions of Komodo available – Komodo Edit and Komodo IDE. Komodo Edit is open source and free to download. It is a trimmed down counterpart to IDE.

Komodo Edit includes a lot of great features for HTML and CSS development. Additionally, you can get extensions to add language support or other helpful features, like special characters.

Komodo doesn’t outshine as the best HTML editor, but it’s great for for the price, especially if you build in XML where it truly excels. I use Komodo Edit every day for my work in XML, and I use it a lot for basic HTML editing as well. This is one editor I’d be lost without.


Eclipse

Eclipse (the latest version is dubbed Eclipse Mars) is a complex development environment that is perfect for people who do a lot of coding on various platforms and with different languages. It is structured as plug-ins, so if you need to edit something you just find the appropriate plug-in and go to work.

If you are creating complex web applications, Eclipse has a lot of features to help make your application easier to build. There are Java, JavaScript, and PHP plugins, as well as a plugin for mobile developers.


CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor

The CoffeeCup Free HTML comes in two versions – a free version as well as a full version which is available for purchase. The free version is a good product, but be aware that a lot of the features this platform offers do require you to buy the full version.

CoffeeCup now also offers an upgrade called Responsive Site Design that supports Responsive Web Design. This version can be added into a bundle with the full version of the editor.

One important thing to note: Many sites list this editor as a free WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, but when I tested it, it required the purchase of CoffeeCup Visual Editor to get WYSIWYG support. The free version is a very nice text editor only.

This editor scored as well as Eclipse and Komodo Edit for Web Designers. It ranks fourth because it didn’t rate as highly for web developers. However, if you are a beginner to web design and development, or you’re a small business owner, this tool has more features appropriate to you than either Komodo Edit or Eclipse.


Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio offers an interesting take on webpage development. Instead of focusing on HTML, Aptana focuses on JavaScript and other elements that allow you to create rich internet applications. That may not make it the best fit for simple web design needs, but if you are looking more in the way of web application development, the tools offered in Aptana may be a great fit.

One concern about Aptana is the lack of updates that the company has done over the past few years. Their website, as well as their Facebook and Twitter pages, announce the release of version 3.6.0 on July 31, 2014, but there have been no announcements since that time.

While the software itself tested great during initial research (and it was originally placed 2nd in this list), this lack of current updates must be taken into consideration.


NetBeans

NetBeans IDE is a Java IDE that can help you build robust web applications.

Like most IDEs, it has a steep learning curve because it doesn’t often work in the same way that web editors work. Once you get used to it you’ll find it very useful, however.

The version control feature included in the IDE is especially useful for people working in large development environments, as is the developer collaboration features. If you write Java and webpages this is a great tool.


Microsoft Visual Studio Community

Microsoft Visual Studio Community is a visual IDE to help web developers and other programmers get started creating applications for the web, mobile devices and the desktop. Previously, you may have used Visual Studio Express, but this is the latest version of the software. They offer a free download, as well as paid versions (that include free trials) for Professional and Enterprise users.


BlueGriffon

BlueGriffon is the latest in the series of webpage editors that started with Nvu, progressed to Kompozer and now culminates in BlueGriffon. It is powered by Gecko, the rending engine of Firefox, so it does a great job of showing how work would rendered in that standards-compliant browser.

BlueGriffon is available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux and in a variety of languages.

This is the only true WYSIWYG editor that made this list, and as such it will be more appealing for many beginners and small business owners who want a more visual way to work as opposed to a purely code-focused interface.


Bluefish

Bluefish is a full-featured HTML editor that runs on a variety of platforms, including Linux, MacOS-X, Windows, and more.

The latest release (which is 2.2.7) fixed some of the bugs found in previous versions.

Noteworthy features that have been in place since the 2.0 version are code-sensitive spell check, auto complete of many different languages (HTML, PHP, CSS, etc.), snippets, project management and autosave.

Bluefish is primarily a code editor, not specifically a web editor. This means that it has a lot of flexibility for web developers writing in more than just HTML, however, if you’re a designer by nature and you want more of a web-focused or a WYSIWYG interface, Bluefish may not be for you.


Emacs Profile

Emacs is found on most Linux systems and makes it easy for you to edit a page even if you don’t have your standard software.

Emacs is a lot more complicated some other editors, and so offers more features, but I find it harder to use.

Feature highlights: XML support, scripting support, advanced CSS support and a built-in validator, as well as color coded HTML editing.

This editor, whose latest version is 25.1 which was released in September 2016, can be intimidating to anyone who isn’t comfortable writing plain HTML in a text editor, but if you are and your host offers Emacs, it is a very powerful tool.


Arachnophilia

Arachnophilia is an open source HTML editor written in Java (because it’s creator, Paul Lutus, boycotts Microsoft products). It can support Unicode and can also help you edit your PHP, Perl, C++, Java, and JavaScript projects. It also has a built-in FTP client to help with deployment. Its last update was in November 2016.


NoteTab Light

NoteTab is upfront in its product description, warning those that might prefer or lean towards a WYSIWYG editor that this system might not be for them. But if you’re looking for a free, dedicated HTML editor, then you should check out NoteTab. They claim that their minimalist syntax highlight method makes your HTML or CSS code easier to read than in some other editors. And their customizable code snippet keyboard shortcuts cut down on all the time you spend copy-pasting code from one project to another. NoteTab also has “Standard” and “Pro” versions of its product if you’re looking for a more robust feature set.


BlueGriffon

BlueGriffon has a few paid versions of their product, but their free version offers the essential tools you’ll need for designing web pages. It’s one of three WYSIWYG editors on our list, and, according to their website, it’s “officially recommended by the French Government as the Web Authoring Tool for the French Administration.” So if you trust French admins’ taste in HTML editors, this is the tool for you!

BlueGriffon offers a dual view of your source code and the WYSIWYG design, so you can track code while also ensuring that your site looks pretty. It can also edit CSS and SVG. Extra features in the paid version of its product include design-oriented features such as a fullscreen editor, an eyedropper for color picking, and word count warnings.


Phase 5

Phase 5 is a widely known editor that has been steadily updated since 1998.

A few features of Phase5 are project management, tag completion, an integrated image viewer, a syntax debugger, support for special characters, indentation assistance, search and replace, and customizable menus and templates.

Phase 5 supports popular formats like PHP, Javascript, HTML, VBScript, Java, and Pearl. A file manager quickly lets you switch between documents. You can edit multiple documents simultaneously, and much more.

Phase 5 runs on Windows 7 and 8, Vista, XP, 2000, 98 32/64 bit, and server versions.


Sublime Text 2

No other HTML editor is quite as triumphant as Sublime Text 2. It launched to immediate praise from swooning professional web developers. It is deeply customizable via extensions and JSON files. It’s tough to imagine any functionality outside of Sublime Text’s grasp.

With the aid of Package Control, downloading and installing extensions is a breeze. Because the editor has enjoyed such widespread adoption, there’s an extensive plugin library available, even in addition to those offered on the developer’s website.

Sublime Text 2 stands apart for its extensive documentation, both official and unofficial. Tutorials for Sublime Text 2 are everywhere and lower the learning curve.

Sublime Text 2 is not free. It can be downloaded and evaluated for free with no limits, but if you like it, the $70 license is a very fair investment.


Brackets

Brackets is a modern, open-source editor with a few interesting features. It works with Adobe Creative Cloud Extract (Preview) to read design data such as colors, fonts, gradients, and more directly from a PSD file and convert it to CSS. It can also extract layers as images, use information from the PSD to define preprocessor variables, and easily get dimensions between objects. This is all possible without ever leaving the editor.

Note: Adobe Creative Cloud is a paid service. Extract (its free preview) can be directly installed alongside Brackets.

Extensions are another big plus for Brackets, which can be used to tailor the editor to the user’s needs. New extensions are released every three to four weeks. The robust support for preprocessors also merits mention.


Clicking an image could have hacked the WhatsApp

Users of WhatsApp Web (the browser-based version of the app) were recently targeted with an image-based security threat where simply clicking an image could have hacked their accounts.

A security vulnerability was present in WhatsApp Web and it was recently patched by WhatsApp. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could send a malicious code (virus or malware) hidden within an image to their target. And clicking this image would let the attacker take control of the victim’s WhatsApp account and access all its data – pics, videos, chats, contact lists, everything. And by having access to the contact list, the attacker could send the same infected image to the victim’s contacts – spreading it to others and making this attack into some kind of a fission reaction – one infection leads to another and so on.

The same security vulnerability was also detected in the browser-based version of another popular messaging app Telegram. Good news is, the flaw has been fixed for both of them.

Points to remember:

  • This security flaw does not affect the mobile apps of WhatsApp and Telegram. This does not mean that these apps won’t be affected in the future.
  • Avoid clicking documents, images or links received from unknown numbers.
  • If received from a known sender, ask them about what the content is about.
  • Always use an updated version of mobile apps.
  • Install a reliable mobile antivirus that can detect and block installation of fake or harmless apps.

PHP 5.6.0. Released

PHP 5.6.0. Released !
PHP 5.6.0. Released !

PHP 5.6.0., considered a very important cornerstone by many, has been released today.

The main features of PHP 5.6.0 include:

- Constant scalar expressions.
- Variadic functions and argument unpacking using the ... operator.
- Exponentiation using the ** operator.
- Function and constant importing with the use keyword.
- phpdbg as an interactive integrated debugger SAPI.
- php://input is now reusable, and $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated.
- GMP objects now support operator overloading.
-File uploads larger than 2 gigabytes in size are now accepted.

For a full list of new features, you may read the new features chapter of the migration guide.

PHP 5.6.0 also introduces changes that affect compatibility:

- Array keys won't be overwritten when defining an array as a property of a class via an array literal.
- json_decode() is more strict in JSON syntax parsing.
- Stream wrappers now verify peer certificates and host names by default when using SSL/TLS.
- GMP resources are now objects.
- Mcrypt functions now require valid keys and IVs.


"Outernet" - Free Internet to entire world from Space

A US based non-profit organization Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has announced to build an 'Outernet - a global network of cube satellites broadcasting Internet data to all the people on the planet - for free.

The idea is to offer free Internet access to all people, regardless of location, bypassing filtering or other means of censorship, according to the New York based non-profit organisation, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).

MDIF proposes that hundreds of cube satellites be built and launched to create a constellation of sorts in the sky, allowing anyone with a phone or computer to access Internet data sent to the satellites by several hundred ground stations. The Outernet would be one-way - data would flow from feeders to the satellites which would broadcast to all below.

The organisation claims that 40 per cent of the people in the world today are still not able to connect to the Internet - and it's not just because of restrictive governments such as North Korea - it's also due to the high cost of bringing service to remote areas.

Founder Mr. Karim said “Outernet is the modern version of shortwave radio, It uses leading-edge technology to address a deep social problem. As the world moves towards a global knowledge-driven economy, more than 3 billion people are excluded by cost, geography or jurisdiction. Outernet will increase opportunities for everyone to access digital news and information, allowing greater access to opportunity and education than anything that currently exists.”

Outernet will also offer a humanitarian communications system, relaying public service transmissions during emergencies in places where there is no access to conventional communications networks due to natural disasters or man-made restrictions on the free-flow of information.

It embraces the burgeoning new-space startup industry, leveraging multicasting technology to take the Wi-Fi network to an extreme. Anyone with a device will be able to receive the signals, regardless of connectivity to the regular internet. Costly data plans from local telecom operators will no longer be a barrier to accessing information.

MDIF has acknowledged that building such a network would not be cheap. Getting one of those tiny CubeSats into orbit could cost upwards of $100,000, and slightly larger satellites could cost upto $300,000.


Firefox Launching $25 Smartphones

FIREFOX LAUNCHING $25 SMARTPHONES:
Firefox OS, an upstart smartphone operating system aimed at challenging the Apple and Google duopoly, will power a new category of $25 smartphones meant for use in developing countries .

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Samsung unveils water-resistant Galaxy S5

The S5 is set to feature a brand new Snapdragon 805 chip-set, 3GB RAM and up to 128GB of internal memory,  S5 is also going to host a 16 megapixel camera according to information.
In terms of software features, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is looking to be home to a brand new Touch-wiz user interface running on Android 4.4 KitKat.

Samsung S5 key features like:
- Apple : fingerprint sensor.
- Sony : water and dust resistance
- Nokia : camera features
- Asus : back panel design


Nokia with Android is official at the MWC 2014

Yes, Nokia with Android is official at the MWC 2014.
Nokia has announced first-ever smartphones based on the Android Open source project. It is powered by Microsoft services but can run Android apps.
We were expecting Nokia X but company has announced range of smartphones. Nokia has launched Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL dual SIM Android smartphones.


Google offering $2.7 million USD to hack Chrome OS

Google is going to offer $2.71828 million USD to researchers who can hack its browser- based operating system, Chrome OS as part of its Pwnium hacking contest to be held in March this year. Pwnium 4, will be hosted at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, Canada.

"Security is a core tenet of Chromium, which is why we hold regular competitions to learn from security researchers. Contests like Pwnium help us make Chromium even more secure," Google said in a blogpost.

"With a total of USD 2.71828 million in the pot, we'll issue Pwnium rewards for eligible Chrome OS exploits at USD 110,000 for browser or system-level compromise in guest mode or as a logged-in user, delivered via a web page, Google will also pay USD 150,000 for providing an exploit to be able to persistently compromise an HP or Acer Chromebook, i.e. hacking the device to retain control even after a reboot.

The earlier editions of Pwnium competitions focussed on Intel-based Chrome OS devices, but this year Google will allow researchers to also choose from ARM-based Chromebook, the HP Chromebook 11 (WiFi) and the Acer C720 Chromebook (2GB WiFi) based on Intel's Haswell microarchitecture.

Google said it would consider larger bonuses this year to researchers who demonstrated what it called a "particularly impressive or surprising exploit".

"New this year, we will also consider significant bonuses for demonstrating a particularly impressive or surprising exploit. Potential examples include defeating kASLR, exploiting memory corruption in the 64-bit browser process or exploiting the kernel directly from a renderer process," it said.