Code Editors

Code editors

IDE

The term IDE \(Integrated Development Environment\) refers to a powerful editor with many features that usually operates on a “whole project\.” As the name suggests, it’s not just an editor, but a full\-scale “development environment\.”

An IDE loads the project \(which can be many files\), allows navigation between files, provides autocompletion based on the whole project \(not just the open file\), and integrates with a version management system \(like git\), a testing environment, and other “project\-level” stuff\.

If you haven’t selected an IDE yet, consider the following options:

• Visual Studio Code \(cross\-platform, free\)\.
• WebStorm \(cross\-platform, paid\)\.

For Windows, there’s also “Visual Studio”, not to be confused with “Visual Studio Code”\. “Visual Studio” is a paid and mighty Windows\-only editor, well\-suited for the \.NET platform\. It’s also good at JavaScript\. There’s also a free version Visual Studio Community\.

Many IDEs are paid, but have a trial period\. Their cost is usually negligible compared to a qualified developer’s salary, so just choose the best one for you\.

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