
The best of both worlds! Choosing a Text Editor While the text editor we recommend isn’t considered an IDE, it has many IDE-like features that make life as a developer easier without needing a lot of resources that an IDE usually requires. You may also have read or heard about IDEs, or “integrated development editors.” An IDE allows you to not only edit, but also compile, and debug your code through one application or interface.


If you’ve used Codecademy, you’re already familiar with a text editor.

They can highlight and format your code so that it’s easier to read and understand. Text editors, also called code editors, are applications used by developers to write code. In this article, we will go over the steps necessary to download a popular text editor called Visual Studio Code, also referred to as “VS Code.” By the end of the article you will be able to create a folder in Visual Studio Code that contains an HTML document that you can open in your web browser.
