Programming environments that claim to have it all are everywhere but most programmers complain that they fail to live up the hype.

SlickEdit is a cross-platform attempt to break this trend as a multi-language code editor that allows programmers to create, navigate, modify, build, and debug code faster and more accurately. There are several features unique to SlickEdit that will make of it interest to programmers.

Context Tagging is one of them which allows you to drill down from a symbol to its definition, or quickly find all references without searching - a huge time saver for most under pressure programmers. Another is Completion on Space. This option allows you to press the spacebar when List Members is displayed and will insert the appropriate code without you having to type it which is another huge time saver.

There are many other more standard features of SlickEdit too including syntax highlighting, code templates and creating custom typing shortcuts with aliases that will help you finish your coding quicker.

Whether it's a major or minor project, SlickEdit packs in a huge number of time saving features combined with quick response times to make it a cross-platform editor worth reckoning with.

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If you like Notepad++, you'll love Notepad++ Portable. It keeps the same great functionality of its big brother, but in a new edition specially designed to be stored and used in a USB memory key.

Once installed, the application hardly takes 2 MB of space, so it's suitable even for the smallest removable drives. During our tests, we didn't miss anything from good ol' Notepad++: support for dozens of coding languages and several text file formats, syntax highlighting, ability to open multiple documents simultaneously and lots of extra tools.

The only downside to this great little application, if we're to find any, is the fact that you have to download spelling files apart if you want to use the spellcheck. Apart from that, Notepac++ Portable is probably one of the best text editors available… and you can carry around in your pocket!

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Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.

This is what Notepad++ has to offer:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• WYSIWYG
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document
• Multi-View
• Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
• Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
• Dynamic position of Views
• File Status Auto-detection
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Bookmarks
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro recording and playback

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Simpedit could be taken as a simple Windows Notepad replacement, but it's really more than that. It's a complete coding editor with support for a handful of programming languages.

The program does keep the same simplicity as the Notepad, but only in appearance. When working with source code, you'll have a wide selection of tools at your fingertips. Besides the basic edition options (copy, paste, search, replace) you'll get special options for optimizing the management of HTML source code, working with online forms and more.

Simpedit makes coding more comfortable thanks to a highlighted cursor line and the use of a color code for different programming languages, although this one is not automatically applied and you have to select it from the Tools menu. As extra features, Simpedit has an "Autocorrection" option and can encrypt your code with the Twofish method.

Simpedit is a simple yet very handy source code editor with support for a wide selection of programming languages.

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EditPlus is an Internet-ready 32-bit Text editor, HTML editor and Programmer's editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good replacement for Notepad, it also offers many powerful features for web designers and programmers. Syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript and VBScript is included.

There's a seamless Web browser for previewing HTML pages, and FTP commands for uploading local files to FTP server. Other features include HTML toolbar, user tools, line number, ruler, URL highlighting, auto-completion, cliptext, column selection, powerful search and replace, multiple undo/redo, spell checker, keyboard shortcuts, and more.

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UltraEdit-32 is a text and hexadecimal editor. It includes column-mode editing, CR fix-up, insert and overstrike modes, drag-and-drop support, bookmarks, font selection for view and print, complete macro support, pop-up menus, numbered lines, tab settings, automatic backup, a spelling checker, and conversion from DOS to Unix file types.

UltraEdit-32 also supports HTML Tidy, contains a sort option in the function list, supports group projects, and more. Files greater than 4GB are supported. Back/Forward functions take you to the previous place you edited, scrolled from, or jumped to. It works across multiple files. Some new features in version 11.0 include an enhanced configurable menus/toolbar support, CSS Style Builder, enhanced color selector, HTML toolbar, and syntax highlighting for multiple languages in a single file.

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LopeEdit is a powerful programmer's editor and a replacement of Windows Notepad. It has tabs to select between open files, supports syntax highlighting of multiple programing languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS, Pascal, Perl, PHP), incorporates build-in hexadecimal editor, some util docking windows (File Browser, FTP Browser, Favorites, Projects Manager, Multiple Clipboards, Code Templates Manager, ASCII Table, MS-DOS console).

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The problem with Windows Notepad is that it has to be the most limited text editor ever created - you can do little more than cut and paste.

The one good thing about Notepad however is that it's incredibly light - whatever the speed of your PC, you can use and open it in literally seconds. EmEditor attempts to combine the best of both worlds by providing a highly functional text editor that's also very lightweight. You could say that EmEditor is a good compromise for anyone looking for a something in between MS Notepad and MS Word. It's more than that though because it's also a coding environment for programmers so it serves two functions in one. It supports several languages including CSS, JSP and TeX. In addition to fairly basic text formatting tools, it also includes more advanced features such as macro support, encoding support and an excellent search tool. There's also a handy print preview feature for anyone that's planning to use it for printing. All this and more including tabbed editing, syntax highlighting and it's able to handle very large files unlike MS Notepad.

An excellent all round editor although it can be prone to crashes when handling Rich Text and when performing advanced formatting features.

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Minimum Profit is a very basic programming editor that lets you work with multiple files simultaneously, through a system of tabs, copying and pasting text blocks between them.

It provides colour code for the syntax of the most popular programming languages (C, C + +, Perl, php, SQL, Python, HTML, etc), completion labels and commands, automatic positioning of the code created (generating the margins required), a simple utility for search and replace amongst it's many features. The key to the program is simplicity - it's an ideal application for new programmers in particular. It has an easy-to-access help directory that you can reveal at any time simply by pressing F1 over any word of a text. The program "intelligently" assesses what kind of help you are probably looking for based on the code and brings up the appropriate file. Even for non programmers, the interface is easy to understand featuring drop-down menus and a simple list of hot keys. In addition to all these features, you can password protect your code, it's very light on resources and available in several different languages.

It might not be the most versatile programming text editor but it's certainly one of the easiest and intuitive you'll ever use.

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MyGeneration is a structured programming environment with the functions and options needed to plan and build scripts in C #, VB.NET, JScript, and VBScript using predefined templates and examples.

Developed in. NET MyGeneration is ideal for working in ORM architectures or other file-based O / R, as Gentle.NET or Nhibernate. It is compatible with Microsoft SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, FireBird, Interbase, SQLite, VistaDB and Advantage. It also allows you to assemble code compatible with both Windows and other operating systems. By default, the environment includes a large number of templates to help you implement code in C #, VB.NET, PHP, HTML, amongst others and it allows you to establish database connections to test your developments. MyGeneration can also generate code for non-Microsoft operating systems and enables you to adapt it's own templates or write your own to generate your particular architecture.

In terms of a flexible cross language programming environment for scripting, this has everything you need.

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PSPad editor has been designed to allow editing several files at once in different programming languages. It's a very simple but powerful tool that allows you to work with several documents simultaneously in different tabs, save sessions, compare texts highlighting differences with colors, spelling and the use of code templates (HTML, PHP, Pascal, JScript, VBScript, MySQL, MS-Dos, Perl , etc..).

It also provides direct access to HTML tags, the preview tab in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, etc so you can see how things are going easily. It also contains a hex editor, an ASCII table, an internal browser with Apache, code explorer for Pascal, INI, HTML, XML, PHP.

For a free editor, this is an incredibly powerful and effective solution for any serious programmer.

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SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - one of its best uses is for building test and demonstration programs as well as SciTE and Scintilla themselves.

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PSPad editor is freeware programmer editor, designed to help you work within a variety of different programming platforms and build better applications both online and offline. The powerful program combines a series of top features with slick productivity.

The app is perfect for those people who:

• Work with various programming environments
• Like highlighted syntax in code
• Need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor
• Want a tool to work with plain text
• Want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products

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Zeus Publishing Text for Windows is a multiple langauge text editor for programmers which supports Brief, Epsilon, Wordstar and EMACS keyboards. It has been designed to develop software easily by making coding simpler and more intuitive.

Zeus is aimed at all programmers and the developers label it as "language neutral". Whilst this makes it flexible, it's also a bit ambitious because all programming languages have different characteristics and requirements from a development environment. However, Zeus Publishing Text offers an incredible amount of features in it's attempt to cater for all.

Most programmers will really appreciate the Workspace Manager which makes project management very straightforward and clear. You can manage and see at a glance exactly which projects you are working on. In addition, it features an excellent compiler than allows programmers to continue typing whilst it runs in the background. To save even more time, you can even record keyboard macros

The program mainly aims to cater for C/C++, Java, Pascal, Clipper, Cobol, SQL and Fortran programmers although it could prove useful with other languages too, such is it's range. However, if you program in only one language, you'll want something more specifically tailored to it than Zeus Publishing Text.

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If you're a programmer then anything that helps you program more easily is a welcome addition to your toolbox. Komodo Edit does everything from background syntax checking and syntax coloring while autocomplete and calltips guide you as you write.

It features support for browser-side languages: CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, Server-side languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl and Web template languages: RHTML, Template-Toolkit, HTML-Smarty and Django. In the latest version, there's an auto-update feature so no more checking for the latest features or need to reinstall Komodo to get the latest version. It also has Soft characters and automatic insertion of closing brackets, braces and parentheses.

One nice little touch is that there's an integrated spell checker plus you can even configure the cursor shape. In addition, you've got all the other standard programming features such as auto-indent, block selection and incremental search.

This is an impressive editor which makes programming that bit easier especially for beginners.

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These days, digital technologies are coming into use in almost every area of our life. The high precision of machine-controlled operations coupled with extended overall reliability ensure an optimum result. Almost everything from photos to finance is becoming digital. However, some areas of process automation are somewhat neglected. Numeric control devices are an older technology than digital photography, and there are not enough quality software solutions allowing NC editing.

Introducing CNC Syntax Editor by AGG Software, the unique feature-packed NC editing software, allowing full control over your program file. CNC Syntax Editor operates as a multiple windows NC programming environment allowing you to edit, change, upload and download programs to a numerically controlled device. The application is capable of all types of ASCII CNC files and G codes, ensuring optimum performance even on larger files. CNC Syntax Editor can highlight program syntax and visually split commands and coordinates into groups, helping you to develop NC programs.

Thanks to its highly configurable options, it is possible to customize the CNC Syntax Editor to your needs. And, thanks to its set of built-in tools, it is possible to mirror your coordinates, shift or scale axes value, switch axes, etc. The CNC Syntax Editor comes with flexible licensing options, volume discounts or a free trial version!

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ActiveState Komodo is a professional integrated development environment (IDE) for dynamic languages, providing a powerful workspace for editing, debugging and testing your programs. The software delivers advanced support for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, on Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows.

Komodo's customizable language-aware editor and extensible workspace gives you an intuitive yet powerful environment, including source code control integration (CVS, Perforce, and Subversion), web technologies support (CGI, XML, and XSLT), a powerful regular expression toolkit, and comprehensive debugging support.

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With Programmers Notepad you have all the power of a complete programming editor but with a simple interface that makes using it as straightforward as your notepad. The program supports the most popular programming languages and lets you personalize the colors used to highlight various commands and syntaxes.

Some features:

• Bookmarks (both numbered and plain)
• Code Folding/Outlining
• Export to HTML (using CSS) and RTF
• In-file method/definition navigation (using Ctags)
• No limit on file size (although large files may take a while to load)
• Projects and Project Groups with multi-level folders and file system mirroring
• Quick Search toolbar with links to Google and Google Groups
• Regular expression search and replace
• Support for windows, unix and macintosh file formats
• Syntax highlighting for many languages through “schemes”
• Text Clips
• Unlimited number of schemes supported, powerful syntax highlighting supporting both user-defined and built-in schemes
• User-defined schemes (XML)
• Word-wrapping

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The CodeLobster is a handy and easy-to-use coding editor. Thanks to is numerous features, this easy and yet powerful editor enables to develop websites promptly as well as quickly orient yourself in vast deal of code and make changes easily.

It supports such file formats as TXT, HTML, XML, XSL, CSS, JS, VBS, PHP, PL, SQL, CPP, JAVA, JSP, ASP, AS, Python, Ruby.

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It has almost all the features that can be found in the Visual Studio.NET code Editor, including customizable syntax highlighting, code outlining, code completion, unlimited undo/redo, bookmarks, word wrap, drag-n-drop, search/replace, and displaying gutter/margin/line numbers.

Editor.NET is designed to highlight syntax for more than 30 predefined programming languages such as C, C#, Delphi, VB, Java, Xml, Html, etc. and can be extended to perform syntax highlighting for virtually unlimited number of programming languages.

Editor.NET is written in C# and built on .NET classes. It ships with full source code, including design-time code.

Editor.NET component pack includes:

• SyntaxEdit multi-line text edit control
• TextSource component storing actual data being viewed and edited by the edit control
• Parser component used to highlight syntax for the edit control content
• 30 predefined syntax schemes for most known programming languages
• Advanced parsers for C#, VB.NET, J# and XML
• Additional color editor
• Standard Search, Replace, Goto Line and Editor Settings dialogs

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