Text editors that support the daily work of engineers and programmers.
Below is a detailed explanation of recommended editors for engineers and programmers and their features.

Contents
  1. Visual Studio Code
  2. Sublime Text
  3. IntelliJ IDEA
  4. Vim
  5. Emacs
  6. Atom
  7. Hidemaru Editor
  8. Summary

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a free code editor developed by Microsoft. Despite being lightweight, it offers powerful features and supports many programming languages. It has a rich ecosystem of extensions and supports a wide variety of languages and frameworks such as Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, Go, and Ruby. It also provides excellent Git integration, allowing real-time version control while coding.

URL：https://code.visualstudio.com/

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a cross-platform text editor known for its fast performance and beautiful UI. While offering many features such as syntax highlighting, plugins, and theme customization, it maintains a simple and refined interface. Its plugin system based on a Python API is also a notable feature, allowing extensive functionality expansion.

URL：https://www.sublimetext.com/

IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE developed by JetBrains, primarily aimed at Java development, but it also supports many languages such as JavaScript, Kotlin, Scala, and Groovy through plugins. With powerful code analysis, smart code completion, and refactoring tools, it significantly improves development productivity.

URL：https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

Vim

Vim is a text editor that runs in the console and is supported by many engineers for its efficient key bindings and high level of customizability. Although it has a learning curve, once mastered it allows extremely smooth text editing. Vim can be used directly in Linux and macOS terminals and is also well suited for working in remote environments.

URL：https://www.vim.org/

Emacs

Emacs is a text editor known for its high extensibility and customizability, often described as “the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor.” By using or creating extensions written in Lisp, users can freely customize the editor’s functionality. Although it has a learning curve, many engineers favor it for its powerful capabilities.

URL：https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Atom

Atom is an open-source text editor developed by GitHub and supports many languages such as HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. It is highly customizable, and users can easily add and use many packages and themes provided by the community. It also offers features that allow direct interaction with Git and GitHub.

*In June 2022, GitHub announced that development of Atom would be discontinued. According to the official website, all projects within the organization were scheduled to be archived on December 15, 2022.*

URL：https://atom.io/

Hidemaru Editor

Anyone who has been working as an engineer or programmer for about 20 years is likely familiar with this text editor.
Some people may still be coding with it today, but what I personally still find useful is its grep functionality. The grep feature is convenient for finding files that contain specific strings among a large number of files.

URL：https://hide.maruo.co.jp/software/hidemaru.html

Summary

Each of these editors has its own unique characteristics, and the points to consider when choosing one will vary depending on project needs and personal preferences.
We recommend trying multiple editors to find the one that best suits you or your project.
We hope this overview helps you understand the basic features of each editor and their typical use cases.

　
　
*Please use this information at your own discretion and responsibility.*

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