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CodePen vs Notepad++: What are the differences?
- User Interface: CodePen provides an online platform with a user-friendly interface that allows for collaborative coding, while Notepad++ is a desktop text editor with a simple interface primarily for coding alone.
- Feature Set: CodePen offers a wide range of web development tools, live previews, and pre-built components, whereas Notepad++ is mainly a text editor with syntax highlighting and macro recording features.
- Platform Accessibility: CodePen can be accessed from any device with an internet connection, making it cloud-based and versatile, whereas Notepad++ is limited to the device it is installed on.
- Community Interaction: CodePen allows for sharing and collaboration within its community, including code sharing, commenting, and live examples, while Notepad++ lacks these interactive features.
- Real-time Collaboration: CodePen supports real-time collaboration among users, enabling simultaneous editing and viewing of code, while Notepad++ does not have built-in functionality for real-time collaborative coding.
- Project Management: CodePen offers a project-based approach with easy access to previously saved projects, whereas Notepad++ requires manual project management without built-in project support.
In Summary, CodePen provides an online collaborative platform with a wide range of tools and community interaction, while Notepad++ is a desktop text editor focused on individual coding tasks.
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Andrey Ginger
Managing Partner at WhiteLabelDevelopers · | 3 upvotes · 494.2K views
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 Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface.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++
- Syntax for all languages that i use103
- Tabbed ui59
- Great code editor56
- Fast and lightweight53
- Plugins38
- Nice GUI28
- Regex & Special Character Search & Replace26
- Fast startup16
- Application is free, and plugins are too9
- Themes9
- Free6
- Very Lightweight4
- 100% Free3
- Column selection2
- Awesome autocomplete1
- Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)1
- Cos it's seck1
- Nice gui. are you kidding me?1
- Open Sourced1
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- No support for any other git-server than github4
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- No default plugin manager3
- Can't install more advanced packets2
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What is CodePen?
It is a social development environment for front-end designers and developers.. It functions as an online code editor and open-source learning environment, where developers can create code snippets, creatively named "pens", and test them.
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.
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What are some alternatives to CodePen and Notepad++?
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
CodeSandbox
CodeSandbox allows developers to simply go to a URL in their browser to start building. This not only makes it easier to get started, it also makes it easier to share. You can just share your created work by sharing the URL, others can then (without downloading) further develop on these sandboxes.
Codeanywhere
A development platform that enables you to not only edit your files from underlying services like FTP, GitHub, Dropbox and the like, but on top of that gives you the ability to collaborate, embed and share through Codeanywhere on any device.
JSFiddle
It is an online community for testing and showcasing user-created and collaborational HTML, CSS and JavaScript code snippets, known as 'fiddles'. It allows for simulated AJAX calls.
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.