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If you haven't selected an IDE yet, consider the following options: If you haven't selected an IDE yet, consider the following options:
- [WebStorm](http://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/) for frontend development. The same company offers other editors for other languages (paid). - [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) (cross-platform, free).
- [Netbeans](http://netbeans.org/) (free). - [WebStorm](http://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/) (cross-platform, paid).
All of these IDEs are cross-platform. For Windows, there's also "Visual Studio", not to be confused with "Visual Studio Code". "Visual Studio" is a paid and mighty Windows-only editor, well-suited for the .NET platform. It's also good at JavaScript.
For Windows, there's also "Visual Studio", not to be confused with "Visual Studio Code." "Visual Studio" is a paid and mighty Windows-only editor, well-suited for the .NET platform. A free version of it is called [Visual Studio Community](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/). Many IDEs are paid, but have a trial period. Their cost is usually negligible compared to a qualified developer's salary, so just choose the best one for you.
Many IDEs are paid but have a trial period. Their cost is usually negligible compared to a qualified developer's salary, so just choose the best one for you.
## Lightweight editors ## Lightweight editors
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The following options deserve your attention: The following options deserve your attention:
- [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) (cross-platform, free) also has many IDE-like features.
- [Atom](https://atom.io/) (cross-platform, free). - [Atom](https://atom.io/) (cross-platform, free).
- [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com) (cross-platform, shareware). - [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com) (cross-platform, shareware).
- [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) (Windows, free). - [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) (Windows, free).
- [Vim](http://www.vim.org/) and [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) are also cool if you know how to use them. - [Vim](http://www.vim.org/) and [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) are also cool if you know how to use them.
## My favorites
The personal preference of the author is to have both an IDE for projects and a lightweight editor for quick and easy file editing.
I'm using:
- As an IDE for JS -- [WebStorm](http://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/) (I switch to one of the other JetBrains offerings when using other languages)
- As a lightweight editor -- [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com) or [Atom](https://atom.io/).
## Let's not argue ## Let's not argue
The editors in the lists above are those that either I or my friends whom I consider good developers have been using for a long time and are happy with. The editors in the lists above are those that either I or my friends whom I consider good developers have been using for a long time and are happy with.