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highlight.js vs Notepad++: What are the differences?

What is highlight.js? Syntax highlighter in JavaScript. It works in the browser as well as on the server. It works with pretty much any markup, doesn’t depend on any framework, and has automatic language detection.

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.

highlight.js and Notepad++ can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.

Some of the features offered by highlight.js are:

Import Highlight.js as a CommonJS-module
The default import imports all languages
Custom Initialization

On the other hand, Notepad++ provides the following key features:

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

Decisions about highlight.js and Notepad++

Andrey Ginger

Managing Partner at WhiteLabelDevelopers · May 18, 2020 | 3 upvotes · 494.5K 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 Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface.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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Syntax for all languages that i use
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Tabbed ui
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Great code editor
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Fast and lightweight
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Plugins
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Nice GUI
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Regex & Special Character Search & Replace
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Fast startup
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Application is free, and plugins are too
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Themes
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Free
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Very Lightweight
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100% Free
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Column selection
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Awesome autocomplete
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Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)
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Cos it's seck
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Nice gui. are you kidding me?
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Open Sourced

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Cons of highlight.js

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No default plugin manager
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Can't install more advanced packets

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What is highlight.js?

It works in the browser as well as on the server. It works with pretty much any markup, doesn’t depend on any framework, and has automatic language detection.

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 highlight.js and Notepad++?

Prism

It is a lightweight, beautiful and extensible syntax highlighter, built with modern web standards in mind. It’s used in thousands of websites, including some of those you visit daily.

Prettier

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.

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.

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.

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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