Tools for Information Literacy ② Task 01c: Install a text editor
Text Editor
You will need a good coding platform when you start to create your own HTML/CSS code.
- Mac users
- Macs come with a native text editor named TextEdit. It, however, tries to add tags to the tags you will write and that will mess up your web pages. Follow these instructions to change the default preferences so it will work for you as an HTML editor.
- However, there is yet a better choice. ⇒
- Windows users
- If you have a Windows laptop, it comes with a native text editor named Notepad. Notepad, however, is a tad limited. A better choice is to download Notepad ++. It is both useful and free.
- However, there is yet a better choice. ⇒
- Mac, Windows and Linux users
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- No matter your preferred OS, you might want to try Visual Studio Code. It, too, is both useful and free, and has features that make it a good platform for creating code.
Choices?
See which one fits your working style better and stick with the one you select.