Top 5 Text Editors

1. Atom

This text editor is preferred by a majority of programmers - it has many developers constantly updating this software, so you will almost never find any bugs that are not solved.

2. Sublime Text

This text editor is used by many, and is actually kind of free in a way! Although the software prompts you to buy a license, you can click "Cancel". There is currently no enforced time limit set for this free version, so you can use it all you want!

3. Visual Studio Code

This text editor was developed by Microsoft, and is used by many programmers! It has a very fancy GUI that is easily navigatable.

4. Vim

This text editor is used by professional programmers. Vim doesn't make use of the mouse much, most controls in this software are utilizing the keyboard. In order to use this editor, you would have to learn all the keystrokes that are used for various different actions.

5. Notepad++

This text editor gives you all the tools you need for programming efficiently. The only downside is that it is only available for the Microsoft Windows Platform. The macOS version is not available yet, hopefully, it will be in the future!