Notepad++ VS VSCode

Juan Fe

I’m new in programming, what text editor you recommend me vscode or notepad++

PeterJones

This is a Notepad++ forum. That should rather tell you what the answer should be.

mkupper

I’m new in programming, what text editor you recommend me vscode or notepad++

If you are learning from a class or book then follow whatever that source uses. That way you can focus on learning the material being presented rather than learning both that material plus vscode and/or notepad++.

Alan Kilborn

@Juan-Fe

I’d say if you are a total noob, go with VSCode. You won’t notice what you’re missing. If you go far with things, you will probably stop liking VSCode – that’s the time to give Notepad++ a look.

Juan Fe

@Alan-Kilborn Thanks

Coises

@Juan-Fe said in Notepad++ VS VSCode:

I’m new in programming, what text editor you recommend me vscode or notepad++

To write the code itself? Use whatever is part of the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) you will be using.

If you are not planning to use an IDE — why not? As a newcomer you will find it much easier. So, for example, if you’re learning C++ on Windows, use Visual Studio (not VS Code).

If you mean you want to edit text files that are used by the programs you’re writing, as opposed to the programs themselves, then, personally, I think Notepad++ is superior as a general-purpose text editor.

Alan Kilborn

@Coises said in Notepad++ VS VSCode:

If you are not planning to use an IDE — why not?

As @mkupper said, I think it depends upon the source of the learning. A lot of time simple C++ tutorials use g++ to build, and they aren’t concerned with teaching you how to edit your textual source code. A huge behemoth like Visual Studio…I think a noob can get lost in there (unless the coaching they are receiving uses that).

Mark Olson

To expand on Notepad++ (NPP) vs. VSCode as a general text editor, I tend to prefer VSCode for “find/replace in files” operations (it is much faster), but NPP has a more feature-rich regex engine, so there are many kinds of find/replace operations that are a lot easier in NPP. The macro system and ability to mark search results are also big time savers in NPP.