When I started working on this story, my laptop screen consisted of nothing but empty white space—a blank canvas on which to tune out distractions and write. That’s what you get when you write in ...

There's no shortage of text editors on Linux, but Helix Editor may just be the best one out there. Here's why.

Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...

For too long, I, like many developers, believed that an over-engineered IDE was a necessity for professional coding. However, ...

Anyone recomend a text editor (free) that can open huge files? I'm talking multiple GB of text here. Most text editors just take ages to open (while locking the system) and some crash. Basically, ...

I've always programmed on Windows and have owned a Mac for a year or so but only just started programming on it. I'm looking for some decent suggestions for free text editors available for Mac so I ...

Markdown is a widely used markup language, which is now not only used for creating documentation or notes but also for creating static websites (using Hugo or Jekyll). It is supported by major sites ...

Following the deprecation of WordPad, Microsoft has been adding a lot of features to Notepad, which has led to criticism from users who prefer Notepad for its no-frills simplicity. If you’re such a ...

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...